About Cohiba
Cohiba was created in Cuba in 1966 and was originally reserved for government figures, foreign dignitaries and Fidel Castro. It has been produced at the El Laguito factory in Havana since its early years, with wider international availability beginning in 1982. The name comes from an old Taíno word for tobacco, used before Christopher Columbus arrived in Cuba in 1492.
Cohiba uses tobacco from selected vegas in the Vuelta Abajo area of Cuba’s Pinar del Río region. It is also the only Habanos brand where two of the three leaf types used in production undergo additional fermentation, a process associated with Cohiba’s distinctive aroma and flavour.
The brand has several important lines, including Línea Clásica, Línea 1492 and Maduro 5. Behike was added in 2010 and is described by Habanos as the most exclusive line it had launched, using Medio Tiempo leaf from the top of sun-grown tobacco plants for the first time in a Cohiba blend.