Tobacco’s used for cigar making is mostly grown throughout the Caribbean and the Americas but the cigars regarded to be the best and most expensive in the world are produced in Cuba. Expensive cigars have always been associated wealth and success.
Cigars are produced from tobacco leaves that have been harvested and aged using a technique of heat and shade which reduces the amount of sugar and water. They are then fermented in conditions that allow the leaves to die slowly. When they are properly aged they are then sorted to be either used as filling or as the wrapper: that is dependent on the appearance and quality. Once matured to the manufacturers stipulations they will be used to produce the finished cigar.
Cigars can be purchased either as singles, or by the box (humidor) which is designed to allow an air flow that is controlled over the cigars and maintain an internal humidity in the region of 70 to 75 percent.
“Behike” manufactured by Altadis of Spain were considered to be the most expensive in the world; they were supposedly named after either the sorcerer or tribal chief of a Cuban/pre Colombian tribe called the Taino.
Cohiba limited edition of which only four thousand have been released, and contain forty cigars per box will sell at around 18,846 dollars a box. Now that’s an expensive smoke running out at 420 dollars a go, no wonder it’s only for the wealthy.
That figure however has since paled into insignificance with the release of “Gurkha’s premier cigar. They are now considered to be the number one when it comes to price, what makes them so expensive is they are infused with a very large helping of Louis X111 Cognac yet still retain the flavor of the tobacco. For those that don’t know Louis X111 Cognac is one of the best cognacs around today.