The Year of the Snake

Although the New Year in China does not begin until the end of January, at the Intertabac 2024 there are several brands that are presenting their limited edition Year of the Snake, next animal to which will be dedicated the cycle of the Chinese calendar. Among them, Alfambra Cigars, with its founder at the helm, Alejandro Mata, who in addition to the limited edition Year of the Snake of his brand, El Brujito, presents two other novelties.

El Brujito Year of the Snake is a 100% Nicaraguan cigar, in toro size (140 mm x 54) and is presented in the markets in a red and gold wooden box, of 24 units, arranged in three lines of eight, which is the lucky number in China.

Along with the limited edition, El Brujito is launching a new format for its 10th anniversary edition, in short robusto size. The 10th Anniversary was originally going to be a limited edition, but according to Alejandro Mata, “it has been so successful that we have decided to extend it.”

Lastly, the most premium brand, José Gener, which was introduced to the market two years ago, is presented in an attractive lancero format. José Gener is a cigar also made with 100% Nicaraguan tobacco, all from the farms that the company works in Estelí.

Javier Blanco Urgoiti is a Spanish journalist who is crazy about the processes surrounding tobacco that take place before its manufacturing in the cigar factory – in particular the secrets of tobacco cultivation. This is an area in which he tirelessly tries to educate himself. Javier started smoking and writing about cigars in 1998, initially for the Spanish magazines La boutique del fumador and La cava de cigarros, and later, as chief press officer at La Aurora, the oldest tobacco factory in the Dominican Republic. Now he writes for Cigar Journal as a correspondent in Spain.


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