Tobacco 100% Dominican Republic
Tobacco is an agricultural productoriginating in America and processedfrom the leaves of Nicotianatabacum. Consumed in variousways, being the main by combustionproducing smoke. Their particularnicotine content makes it veryaddictive. Legally marketedworldwide (except in Bhutan), 1 2Although in many countries it hasnumerous restrictions on consumption, due to their adverse effects tohuman health. Its composition includes an alkaloid nicotine which is foundin the leaves in varying proportions (from less than 1% to 12%).
The Nicotiana genus includes more than 50 species classified into fourmain groups:Nicotiana tabacum, Nicotiana petunoides, Nicotiana rusticaand Nicotiana polidiclia.The species Nicotiana tabacum, can be classifiedinto four varieties: havanesis, brasilensis, virginica and purple, which arethe origin of the varieties used in marketing.
Adoption in Europe
By order of Felipe II, the medical and botanical Francisco Hernández deBoncalo, was who took the first tobacco seeds that arrived in Europe in1577. These seeds wereplanted in the vicinity of Toledo, in an area calledlos Cigarrales because they tended to be invaded by pests of cicada.There began the cultivation of tobacco in Europe, and for this reason,some historians associate the name of cigar with these farms.
Its extension by the European continent was due to the FrenchAmbassador in Portugal Jean Nicot, 1530-1600, in his honor Linnaeusintroduces the name “Nicotiana” inits classification of Botany (SpeciesPlantarum of 1753). This introduced him in its aspirated form (monkfish)and popularized to, supposedly, «heal» Catherine de Médicis (wife ofEnrique II) some migraines, so it was called the Queen, CatalinariaNuducagrass and grass of the Ambassador.
Tobacco did not constitute a health problem until the Industrial Revolution,the beginning of mass production. Advertising, mainly in children andyoung people, became his model of behavior, emitting different messages.But it is true that, as a result, the death toll caused by smoking was a27.2% higher than the given currently according to the internationalagency on the cancer.
Cigar smokers had nearly identical the carcinogen NNK concentrations inthe urine than cigarette smokers. And the amounts of other toxicsubstances that have been linked to cardiovascular and respiratorycomplications were also very similar. Therefore, the FDA plans to expandits regulation on tobacco to include electronic cigarettes and cigars.
The Dominican Republic currently exports more than 350 million cigarsannually, is the world‘s leading producer of quality cigars and has earnedthe nickname of the pure country. The careful crop management andinnovative producers attitude havemade cigars from the Dominican Republic to receive numerous compliments from lovers of cigars fromaround the world.
The beginnings of the Dominican tobacco
The Dominican Republic hasexcellent conditions for tobaccoplantations. It’s located on theother side of the Caribbean, nearlya thousand kilometres from Cuba,but enjoy better weather and bettersoil Cuba: the exceptionalconditions that are necessary forthe cultivation of tobacco. It also has a similar cultural heritage, datingback to long before the arrival of Columbus which, of course, also, was thefirst European to reach its shores in 1492. The native Arawak Indians astheir cousins the Tainos already cultivated and smoked tobacco forcenturies. Spain, the colonial power until 1821, was not interested in itsleaves, concentrating all its efforts on developing the trade of tobacco inCuba. In fact, the Dominican tobacco received little attention until thebeginning of the 20th century, when Cuban seeds were imported for thefirst time: the plantations multiplied throughout the island, but tobacco isessentially intended for export to factories in Europe or the United States,which was used to producecigars to second class machine. Then camethe Cuban revolution. The result was that a generation of Cubanemigrants settled in the Dominican Republic, and among them specialistsin tobacco, which began to grow different varieties most suitable for thatenvironment. Naturally, they used seeds cubanas.hree types of cigartobacco grown on the island. A local variety called Dominican smell, usedfor softer models, and two varieties of Cuban, Cuban pilot and SanVicente, used for stronger models, and with more body. The Cuban pilotcomes from the seeds of the Vuelta Abajo and is, by far, the richest andthe strongest of the three varieties. San Vicente is a hybrid derived fromthe Cuban pilot.
There are about four thousand five hundredcrops in the Valley of Yaque. In the bestlands, barely more than three acres arecurrently exploited. However, alreadysufficient benefits are achieved. Mostcultivated tobacco is used as filler, mainlythree varieties called (from seedsof Vuelta Abajo) Cuban pilot, the smell of nativeDominican (famous for its subtle flavor) and san vicente (a slightly softerhybrid of Cuban pilot). However, some producing innovative, notablyArturo Fuente, have created their own farms and have beenexperimenting with the cultivation of tobacco capero, often with greatexito.
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