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Is it Nicaraguan
Perhaps there is a historical basis for the almost sacred quality that cigars have for so many people. To experience each puff is a moment to be cherished, somehow holy in its own right - a meditation in the midst of the chaos of our everyday lives. It is no surprise, then, that the origins of tobacco are rooted in sacred Native American tribal customs. When Cortes, de Balboa and Pizarro swept through the Americas in the 14th century they found the magic of the Tobacco leaf. It was smoked, chewed, and taken as snuff, but its most ubiquitous use was in the peace pipe, a tradition which was quickly taken-up by sailors and conquistadors and brought back to Europe.
It took a century for tobacco to make the transition from medicine to luxury, and finally to fashion, but the practice of smoking nevertheless spread throughout Europe on the heals of Tobacco pioneers like Sir Walter Raleigh, and rapidly made its way east to China. By the time King James I of England rallied to release Counterblast to Tobacco, a publication replete with a scathing analysis of the effects of the leaf, it was already too late. The fad had caught on and the demand for the tobacco plant would become one of the staples of the new world economy.
The concept of the cigar didn't achieve full fruition until the beginning of the 18th century, where they were pioneered in Cuba and eventually made their way to Seville in Spain. From the mid 1700's onwards, cigars were all the rage with Spain and Portugal, and when European countries rallied to fight off Napolean during the Peninsular War (1806-1812), soldiers from England, France and Germany quickly adopted the practice of smoking cigars from the Spanish.
Cigars remained the vehicle of choice for tobacco until the industrial revolution innovated cigarette-making machines and allowed cigarettes to be sold at rock bottom prices.
It took a century for tobacco to make the transition from medicine to luxury, and finally to fashion, but the practice of smoking nevertheless spread throughout Europe on the heals of Tobacco pioneers like Sir Walter Raleigh, and rapidly made its way east to China. By the time King James I of England rallied to release Counterblast to Tobacco, a publication replete with a scathing analysis of the effects of the leaf, it was already too late. The fad had caught on and the demand for the tobacco plant would become one of the staples of the new world economy.
The concept of the cigar didn't achieve full fruition until the beginning of the 18th century, where they were pioneered in Cuba and eventually made their way to Seville in Spain. From the mid 1700's onwards, cigars were all the rage with Spain and Portugal, and when European countries rallied to fight off Napolean during the Peninsular War (1806-1812), soldiers from England, France and Germany quickly adopted the practice of smoking cigars from the Spanish.
Cigars remained the vehicle of choice for tobacco until the industrial revolution innovated cigarette-making machines and allowed cigarettes to be sold at rock bottom prices.
