The standout feature of the Cuban cigar brand Cuaba is its shape, known as the ‘double figurado’. This shape was particularly popular amongst Habanos towards the end of the 19th century. Reason enough to continue this fine tradition a good century later. And in a prominent location, namely the Romeo y Julieta factory, where the Cuabas are produced.
And what’s more: in crafting the double-figurados, the torcedores demonstrate their greatest skill. Double-figurados represent the pinnacle of the art of cigar-making. For that reason alone, they deserve a place in every cigar lover’s collection.

Cuaba is – just like Cohiba – a loanword from the language of the Taíno Indians, the indigenous people of Cuba, which was already known to Columbus’s men. It was the name given to a highly flammable shrub which the Indians used to light their cohibas (an indigenous word for tobacco rolls). All sizes feature filler and binder leaves from the Vuelta Abajo tobacco-growing region and are ‘totalmente a mano, tripa larga’ – long-filler cigars made entirely by hand.

A particular highlight is the Cuaba Salomones, which, with its length and ring gauge, is a masterpiece without equal.