Macanudo

In the days when I was traveling to China on a monthly and weekly basis and before living there for a seven month period I found many sanctuaries or Oasis for relaxation. In the early days in Beijing going back many, many years ago there were not that many places to go outside of your hotel unlike now. I had several favourite places to frequent such as the Mexican Wave in Jianguomen not far from Tianmen Square. The owner Greg Elliott opened his bar in the centre of expat territory amongst all of the big Western companies and Embassy’s. Greg’s bar was one of the first if not the first Western bar restaurant and many influential people gathered there to do business and still do today. I met many great people there and accomplished more from my involvement and interaction in the Wave than I did elsewhere due to Greg’s now famous bar.

I was directed to the International Press Club Bar found at the back of the then Sheraton International Hotel in the next parallel Road across from the Mexican Wave to find the best Cigars available at that time. I found it amazing that China being a communist country did not have Cuban Cigars readily available and that the main selection of Cigars was from the Philippines, Dominican Republic and Jamaica. The most popular and easiest cigars to buy were from Holland and available at every bar, supermarket outlets. I found the Philippine Cigars interesting and will do a post about them in the near future. I found and enjoyed my first Macanudo Cigar is this great journalist western environment. I like the dark coloured tobacco and therefore was attracted to the Macanudo and the aroma and flavour were extremely satisfying.

The Macanudo Cigar range are a very popular brand and have gained established a big slice of the market over the years since I began smoking cigars. There are also many females that enjoy Macanudo Cigars due to the slim shape and the fact that you can buy flavoured cigars such as vanilla and many others. I enjoy the Macanudo Pyramid and Robusto but have enjoyed just about all of the Macanudo range over the years. Macanudo cigars have their own distinctive taste and flavour and have developed the cigar to a specific market. Macanudo grows, cures and ages its own Connecticut Shade the tobacco most in demand for premium cigar wrappers.

Macanudo ages the wrapper leaves a second time in the traditional Cuban way. Macanudo have built their name by supplying a consistent product premium cigar that delivers exactly what the customer is looking for. The best carefully hand selected premium filler tobaccos from Jamaica and the Dominican Republic make the Macanudo sought after for its mildness and flavor by knowledgeable cigar smokers everywhere. Macanudo was originally the name of a frontmark produced in Jamaica by the makers of the Cuban brand of Punch. In 1971, General Cigar Company introduced a new cigar named Macanudo as a brand unto itself. Developed in Jamaica under the creative leadership of Ramón Cifuentes, the legendary Cuban cigar master of Partagas, Macanudo soon became the leading premium cigar and remains so today.