One of the more notable trends that the cigar industry has seen in the past two years or so is that of small Dominican cigar brands making their way to the United States. The list has grown to nearly half a dozen, including Chogüi, Modern Tobacconist Art and now Cigar Factory by HumiDom, also known as Humidores Domicanos. The company began making its move into the U.S. in late April with three lines under the Faraón name: Esfinge, which uses a Connecticut shade wrapper over an American binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic; Tutankamon, which uses a Connecticut broadleaf maduro wrapper over an American habano binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua and the U.S.; and Ramses. The company reblended the Ramses for its U.S. release, with a new blend of an Ecuadorian habano sun grown wrapper, American habano binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic. It’s being released in two sizes, a Toro and Belicoso that both measure 6 x 52 and have an MSRP of $8 per cigar. The Faraón name is the Spanish word for pharaoh, the title given to the rulers of ancient Egypt, and for those familiar with Egyptian history, each line ...
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