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Surely you have heard that to enjoy a good cigar it is essential to choose it well, prepare it before lighting and, of course, know the secrets of a good lighting, which can become quite a ritual. Three themes that tend to become a challenge that worries many of those who want to smoke their first cigar.

Growing Corojo tobacco is not easy. Although it is an excellent quality seed, it produces fewer leaves per growing area than other varieties and is susceptible to various diseases and pests. This seed is heir to the well-known Habanesis, the first variety of black tobacco seeds that Cuban producers standardized, which was and is the base of much of the tobacco that is currently used in the world for premium cigars.

Although taste is not one of the most powerful senses in the human being, it is of vital importance. Through it, we perceive the flavors of food and other substances that we consume, without the enjoyment of which, life would be less pleasant.

According to the annual ranking of the digital publication Cigar Aficionado [1] , corresponding to the year 2020, two cigars made in the Dominican Republic had the privilege of occupying

The United States is the world's largest importer of premium cigars -those made by hand- with a market that represents 50% of world consumption, which means that large quantities arrive from the main producing countries.

Every cigar that is lit somewhere in the world has behind it a long story to tell. 

The ring is the paper band that surrounds the cigar, where the tobacco brand is identified. They are also known by the name of vitolas, although in reality it is a wrong name because the vitola is the cigar format. 

The Ashton brand was created by Robert Levin in the early 1980s. His father, Albert, had purchased, in the late 1950s, the iconic Philadelphia store, Holt's Cigar Company, where Robert began working as a child helping his father in various jobs, until at the end of the 70s, he took full charge of running the company, successfully expanding the business.