{"id":2503,"date":"2018-07-25T14:30:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T14:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.thegentsplace.com\/?p=2503"},"modified":"2018-07-25T14:30:12","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T14:30:12","slug":"brazilian-cigars-worth-checking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thegentsplace.com\/brazilian-cigars-worth-checking\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian cigars: worth checking out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tBrazil is the leading tobacco exporter in South America, to the tune of 3 billion USD per year.\u00a0 So why have many people never heard much about Brazilian cigars?\u00a0 While it is indeed difficult to compete with the likes of the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and of course, Cuba, Brazil is slowly starting to be recognized as a producer of some great cigars.<\/p>\n<h4>Where it grows<\/h4>\n<p>The overwhelming majority of tobacco in Brazil is produced in the Bahia region, which is on the Atlantic coast, north of Rio and Sao Paulo.\u00a0 It has a number of microclimates which allow for a number of different tastes in a relatively small area.\u00a0 There are two well-known varietals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mata Fina.\u00a0 Dark in color, medium bodied, tinged with sweetness.\u00a0 This varietal is an offshoot of a type that was grown in the Andes and is native to Brazil.<\/li>\n<li>Arapiraca.\u00a0 Thicker, oilier leaves, smooth smoke.\u00a0 A variety has recently been introduced into Ecuador as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mata Sao Goncalo is fertilized with some of the byproducts of the neighboring cacao industry, which lends its cigars some serious chocolate notes.<\/p>\n<h4>Why it&#8217;s not as known<\/h4>\n<p>Part of why Brazil is not as well-known for its tobacco is the overwhelming use of it by the domestic cigarette industry.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also hard to compete with such well-known powerhouses as the Dominican Republic and Cuba, though Honduras and Nicaragua have shown in the last decade that you can do precisely that when your producers are interested in quality and craft.<\/p>\n<p>Purveyors of cigars are less likely to take risks with regions that are not as well-known, out of fear of not selling, and so the self-fulfilling prophecy of &#8220;nobody buys Brazilian cigars&#8221; easily occurs.<\/p>\n<h4>Some recommendations<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CAO Brazilia<\/span>.\u00a0 In 2001 CAO released this cigar which featured a dark Brazilian wrapper around Nicaraguan filler.\u00a0 It&#8217;s earthy and spicy and features a colorful label which uses the colors of the Brazilian flag.\u00a0 CAO had initially been advised not to use &#8220;Brazil&#8221; in naming the cigar out of fear that it would not take off, but CAO embraced the affiliation and almost two decades later, the risk has continued to pay off.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kristoff Ligero<\/span>.\u00a0 If you want something more medium bodied than the full-bodied CAO, the Ligero, particularly the Maduro series, will satisfy.\u00a0 The fillers here are Dominican and Nicaraguan grown, from Cuban seeds.\u00a0 The cigars are aged for some time post-roll and feature some espresso bean and dark cocoa notes.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CAO Amazon Basin<\/span>.\u00a0 If you want something rare for yourself or to gift to someone who appreciates cigars, CAO also has a cigar with Dominican and Colombian filler with a wrapper from a leaf called Braganca, which is an organic tobacco grown at the edge of the Amazon rainforest, and is only harvested every three years.\u00a0 Boxes are a bit harder, but not impossible, to find.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have you tried a Brazilian cigar yet?\u00a0 Or is there another country not on most people&#8217;s radars that you would like us to feature in a future article?\u00a0 Comment below to get a coupon for 25% off any tobacco-related products at one of our clubs.<\/em>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazil is the leading tobacco exporter in South America, to the tune of 3 billion USD per year.\u00a0 So why have many people never heard much about Brazilian cigars?\u00a0 While&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,5],"tags":[309,37,519],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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