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Page 1 of 2  Plus: U.S. diplomats see Raul Castro as more of the same for CubaLos Angeles, February 20 – The Perdomo Habano has been a welcome addition to the Tabacalera Perdomo blend line-up with its rich flavor and even burn in five larger sizes. Now, the line is being extended with the addition of a third wrapper – Connecticut Shade – to the line. “I believe these beautifully-aged Connecticut-shade wrappers add smooth, creamy flavors which allow the filler blend to show its rich character,” said Nick Perdomo. The Perdomo Habano line initially featured blends made from all-Nicaraguan-grown leaves, offered in both a Corojo and Maduro wrapper style. Perdomo’s blend used leaves from all three primary tobacco-growing areas in the country, as he said, “the full-flavored tobaccos from Esteli, the aromatic tobaccos from Condega and the naturally sweet tobaccos from the Jalapa Valley.” The new Perdomo Habano Connecticut is offered in all five sizes and is quite reasonably priced, from $5.00 to $7.00 per cigar, not including local tobacco and sales taxes. It’s easy to tell which blend you’re buying, since all of the cigars are double-banded and color-coded. The secondary bands carry the wrapper designation (Connecticut, Corojo or Maduro) and are colored “gold” for Connecticut, “bronze” for Corojo and “platinum” for the Maduro. The new Connecticut line will have a lot to live up to. In our tasting of the Perdomo Habano last October, the Corojo-wrapped edition earned a grade of “A: Exceptional” and the Maduro scored an “A-: Excellent.” It’s also not the first time that Perdomo has offered multiple wrappers in a single brand. His highly-regarded Perdomo Reserve line began in 1998 with Nicaraguan-grown “Cuban Café” and maduro wrappers and added Cameroon and Connecticut (“Champagne”) wrappers in 2003 and 2004, respectively, for a total of four choices. So, can a Perdomo Habano Cameroon be far behind? British plan for tobacco “licenses” criticized: “I think this needs a lot more consultation,” said Gary Burroughs, the strategy manager for the Phoenix Stop Smoking Service in Lincolnshire, England, as quoted by the Lincolnshire Echo. That’s a polite way of saying that the Health England proposal for a personal tobacco license (at about $20 per year, every year) is pretty silly. “Over the last 10 years there have been amazing achievements in tobacco control, but I feel this goes a bit far,” he told the Echo. The newspaper said the plan was also criticized by smokers and retailers in the county, which could be expected. But to have a tobacco control executive back away from the concept is a clear sign that it will be neither popular or workable. British anti-smoking forces have been congratulating themselves since the public smoking ban in England was adopted in 2007. However, even with the ban, smoking has hardly been eradicated. |
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