cigars

     

A cigar is a tightly rolle bundle of dried and fermented tobacco which is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the smoker's mouth. The English cigar comes from the Spanish cigarro, which in turn derives from the Mayan word for tobacco, siyar; see the entry for cigarro at the Spanish Royal Academy's online dictionary. Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua, the Philippines, and the United States. Cigars rolled from Cuban tobacco are often popularly reputed to be of higher quality and better taste.

Trivia about cigars

  • Havana's Real Fabrica de Tabacos Partagas has been turning these out since 1845
  • Holding a Cohiba panatella, Linda Evangelista was on a magazine cover for aficionados of these
  • A myth has it that the best ones are made from leaves rolled on the legs of Cuban women
  • Sabine Ulibarri's novel "Mi Abuela Fumaba Puros" translates to "My Grandma Smoked" these
  • Arturo Fuente & Macanudo aren't Latin singing sensations, they're fine brands of these
  • In the 1880s N.Y. tried to close sweat shops making these, & Oscar Hammerstein made a machine to roll them
  • Some consider the Hannibal variety of these, made from 100% Havana seed leaf, the world's finest
  • In operation since 1845, Havana's Casa del HabaƱo employs 500 people 6 days a week making these