Rare tobacco from the Amazonian Rainforest inspired the creation of CAO Amazon Basin, a small batch, limited edition release that debuted in 2014 and is now making a limited return to retailers across the U.S. The blend is available in a singular frontmark that ships now and will be released in a slightly lesser quantity than was made available in 2022.<\/p>\n
Ed Lahmann, senior brand manager said, \u201cWhen we launched Amazon Basin a decade ago, we debuted Amazonian tobacco to the world and created a smoking experience that was completely different from anything on the market. We\u2019re pleased to release the special blend again this year. And while we are not disclosing production figures, the number of boxes we\u2019re releasing this year is down from 2022 because of the scarcity of the tobacco and the care it requires. My advice to CAO fans is if you see Amazon Basin, be sure to get your hands on it.\u201d<\/p>\n
CAO Amazon Basin centers on an Amazonian tobacco called \u201cBragan\u00e7a,\u201d which is organically grown on unspoiled tropical land and harvested once every three years. Seedlings are transplanted directly into the soil a full yard apart from each other, resulting in less than half the yield of other tobacco plants.<\/p>\n
The leaves are rolled by hand into tubes called \u201ccarottes\u201d where they undergo six months of natural fermentation. They are then transported out of the rainforest by canoe, taken to the mainland, and ultimately brought to the CAO factory in Esteli, Nicaragua.<\/p>\n
There, CAO\u2019s blenders allow the aromatic Bragan\u00e7a leaf to take center stage, surrounded by tobacco curated from four different countries. Sheathed in an Ecuadoran Sumatra wrapper from the highest primings, with a Nicaraguan binder and Dominican and Colombian tobacco in the filler to compliment the Brazilian Bragan\u00e7a.<\/p>\n
CAO Amazon Basin comes in 18-count rustic wooden boxes. CAO Amazon Basin limited edition release that debuted in 2014, is now making a limited return to retailers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":66233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[49,55,2812,44],"tags":[3096],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66232"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66232"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66237,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66232\/revisions\/66237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/span>CAO Amazon Basin (6\u201d x 52) —\u00a0 SRP per cigar $14.29<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"