The Journey of the Cuban Cigars since the Embargo

About the thing which occurred between Cuba and the US:

Well if you are a cigar lover and you are very much fond of the Cuban variety of cigars then you must be very much aware of the past which led to the embargo placed on them. Surely you are aware! However we here are with the good news that may be soon the embargo will be lifted. It seems that the US and Cuba are in talks and they have decided to resolve their issues and along with that also to have the various bans and embargos that were imposed back in the Cold-War era lifted. Though all aren’t going to occur so fast, there is now the availability of the Cuban brand of cigars for the American tourists vacationing in Cuba.

 

Cuban cigars

But even before them there are already a number of online stores for cigars and this has reduced the woes of the cigar lovers who especially favor the Cuban ones. Cuba has in the early days going on to make a monopoly in the cigar making industry. And it succeeded to a great extent since no one did magic with the rolling stogies like them. It got passed down through generations and the flavor that they had was simply unmatched. It was just like that of wine and thus the cigar’s flavor depended a lot on the soil in which the tobacco plant will be grown. And thus nothing can taste equally good, leave along being superior to the good old Cuban cigars .

Thus it seems that Cuba will reign in the market:

And there are good reasons for that as well. These things were going well with the Cuban market and the cigar makers too acknowledged the superiority that came from this brand. However, there is always a black mark, a different course in every story and this story is no different. September 15, 1960 was the day and it was the doomsday for Cuba. The soldiers of Fidel Castro decided to have the greatest thing of Cuba to be taken away from it. They were aiming for stripping it of its reason of glory or at least popularity. And then in 1962 the famous embargo came into effect as the US imposed on Cuba and that made Cuba lose two-thirds of its business. John F. Kennedy prior to the embargo to come in effect had asked his personal secretary to get him a lot of the cigars of Cuba as she could. And he got 1200.

 

Cigars of Cuba

Those were sort of dark days for the cigar industry in Cuba. It was with much struggle and help that the country was able to regain the footing it had and the credit goes to the Soviet Government. However, the damage was not only from their side but also the Americans were longing to savor the rich and thick taste of the Cuban tobacco on their tongue and take puffs.

The recovery:

Like we said, everything changes and good things will get back to their place. It was in 2006, that the Cuban industry has majorly recovered from the dark days it had been lingering in for years and years. It came up to the position of being able to challenge and gain back it’s vrown from every Cigare Bruxelles . Well, the rise was evident since 2003 and it all shows that the good waves are coming to the shore for Cuba.