Small country with big cigars

Honduras is rich in tobacco qualities, from which excellent, sometimes world-famous, premium cigars are rolled.

Although there had always been a modest tobacco culture in the small country of Copán with the witnesses of the high culture of the Mayas, the boom in the cigar industry began in the 1960s, when Cuban cigar experts chose Honduras as their new home after the revolution and brought with them their entire experience in growing tobacco and producing cigars. As early as 1960, the then Honduran government requested technical support from Havana for tobacco cultivation. This was also granted by the Castro government, so that as early as 1961 some specialists from Cuba traveled to Honduras with packages of the best tobacco seeds in their diplomatic luggage and stayed there forever. Gradually, many more exile Cubans followed. Names of tobacco growers and cigar makers such as Julio Eiroa, Frank Llaneza, Ramón Martinez, Rolando Reyes or Nestor Plasencia are today world-renowned names of the Honduran cigar industry.

Climate and soil are ideal for tobacco, and not least the Cuban tobacco seeds thrive here magnificently, giving the cigars a very nuanced aroma that satisfies every desire, from subtle to powerful depending on the brand. The quality of Honduran cigars is impeccable today, and in the USA, Honduran cigars already rank second in sales behind those from the Dominican Republic. The center of the cigar industry is the small town of Danlí, and the best cigars come from the Jamastrán Valley. In recent years, more and more cigars made from 100% tobacco from the country itself are being produced, so they are increasingly gaining in their own flavor and expression profile.