The brand that resurrected the Figurado.
The Cuaba name originates from the Taino indians, the indigenous inhabitants of Cuba before the Spanish discovered the island in the fifteenth century. A cuaba was the type of bush the Tainos used to light their cigars.
The brand specializes in creating double Figurado cigars: a cigar that has a "non-standard" shape, as opposed to the Parejo, a standard-shaped cigar with a uniform body, straight sides, rounded top and flat bottom. In other words, all cigars that are not Parejos are Figurados. There are no restrictions on the shape a Figurado can have.
The advantage of this module for the smoker is that he decides where he cuts the top of the cigar. The foot of the cigar, in pear shape, notably facilitates the lighting.
The double Figurado, by the complexity of its construction, is at the top of the art of any highly skilled Torcedor.
Figurados were very popular before the Cuban revolution in the 1950s. However, this type of cigar lost its popularity and almost disappeared in the 1970s. Habanos decided to revive it by creating the Cuaba brand on November 19, 1996 and integrated its production in the Romeo y Julieta factory.
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