La Casa del Habano

Leaves are picked at intervals from the bottom up, allowing time between pickings for the plant to develop its remaining leaves.

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Harvesting

Shade-grown plants are taller with more leaves, and so they require more pickings.

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The Mañanita leaves that are picked first are too small for Habanos, but they are the perfect size for Cuban mini cigars.
Tobacco Regions
Nowhere in the world grows tobacco better than Cuba...

The Perfect Leaf
Every leaf in a Habano is Tabaco Negro Cubano – native Cuban Black Tobacco –...

Anatomy of a Habano
Three types of leaf are blended to form the filler, or tripa...
Magic Touch
Work starts in the burning heat of June and July, and continues without respite...
Harvesting
Leaves are picked at intervals from the bottom up, allowing time between...
Processing the Leaf
Tendrán que pasar muchos meses -y en algunos casos años- antes de que la hoja...