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Cohiba "Behike" Cigar Released

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After hearing about the upcoming release several months ago, the Cohiba "Behike" cigars have finally hit the market. They were named after the cheif of one of Cuba's indigenous tribes and are said to be the most expensive cigars in the world. Only 4,000 were rolled, all to be sold in groups of 40 in specially designed humidors for $18,860 - which comes out to about $470 per cigar. Every one of the cigars was hand-rolled by Norma Fernandez, the cigar roller at the El Laguito factory in Havana.

A bit of trivia: no one knows how they taste. Aside from the few who approved the original tobacco blend designed by Norma and used in the cigars, no one has smoked one of the completed cigars yet.

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The 40th Anniversary Cohiba Announced

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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The mystery has been revealed! Cigar Aficionado reports on the new Cohiba which was unveiled today in Havana. The new cigar set a record for the price of a young cigar. A limited edition humidor of 40 cigars sells for 15,000 euros. The cigar, which was produced for the 40th anniversary of the brand, is a Behike and all 4,000 cigars for the project were rolled by one person, Norma Fernandez Sastre. The Behike measures 7 1/2 inches long by 52 ring gauge. The cigar will only be available in the humidors which are made of ebony, bone and skate skin. The cigar will need to be aged but with time it will likely become a legendary smoke. The 100 humidors are numbered and each cigar is also individually numbered on a secondary band.

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