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Don Benigno Cigars - The Official Site Of Don Benigno Cigars - Premium Hand-Made Cigars From Costa Rica
Description
D on Benigno Cigars was created nearly 10 years ago in beautiful Costa Rica, although the story of Don Benigno, and his family's tradition of cigar rolling began generations before.
Don Benigno Arronte was was born in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba in the 1950s. Pinar Del Rio, right in the middle of the Vuelta Abajo region of Cuba, is known as the international capital of tobacco cultivation. Pre-revolution Cuba had hundreds of cigar factories throughout the country. One of these factories, Ceniza (Spanish for ash), was owned by Benigno's grandfather. Benigno, at a very young age, was involved in Cuba's tobacco world.
In those times, most affluent (and often most experienced) cigar smokers would not be caught dead smoking a brand name Habano, rather they had a personal torcedor, or cigar roller. Their torcedor, often a friend, would roll them the best cigar possible, using the finest materials and strictest quality controls. One of Benigno's uncle's, was a reknown master cigar roller and personal torcedor for many prestigious friends and clients, mainly from Spain. It was this uncle, that taught young Benigno how to roll cigars. Don Benigno's uncle loved to roll cigars (pictured here), and rolled his own cigars up until his death several years ago.
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