To kick off the XVIII Habanos Festival in Havana, Cuba this morning, Habanos, S.A. revealed a number of new limited edition cigars, including what the company calls the most exclusive Cohiba ever released. The showpiece of the new releases is the Cohiba 50 Aniversario humidor cabinet, which is lined with Cuban ligero tobacco leaves that have been plated with 24-carat gold and uses ebony, macasar, sycamore and cedar in its construction. Only 50 units are being produced by Elie Bleu, and each one will be numbered and personalized with the owner’s name. Inside each humidor is 50 of the first 60 ring gauge cigar to come from Habanos, the Cohiba 50 Aniversario, which measures 7 x 60 and has been given the vitola name Grandiosos. Also inside the humidor are several accessories” a travel humidor for five cigars, a handmade leather cigar case and an ashtray crafted with the same cabinetmaking technique used for the outer part of the humidor and finished in refined Armenian obsidian. Additionally, each cabinet is outfitted with a device that allows the owner to keep track of both temperature and humidity conditions inside the humidor from a smartphone or tablet by way of an exclusive app. ...
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