Many few places in the world have adequate temperature, humidity and soil in order to make a seed of tobacco become a full developed plant that has the ability to become a good cigar. Inside México there is only four places were this factors come together for tobacco production, the best and most recognized of them is San Andres Tuxtla in the Veracruz State, this is where Tabacalera Lavin and Carranza is situated. San Andres is famous because of its tropical climate during all year, also because its humidity is constant and its soils have the perfect combination of minerals that gives the tobacco plant its exquisite flavor.

We produce Cigars following the antique tradition in Mexico, we first treat our seed more than 60 days before its planted in our soil, our plants are checked up more than 200 times by our cultivators during the growing process. Every Plant block is covered inside a special white permeable plastic fabric and an electro-ultrasonic system that although the crop to remain between 80%RH – 90RH of humidity at all times, this is what gives our cigar its unique flavor, that’s because usually in the zones where the tobacco plant is cultivated, the Humidity drops considerably when is windy and over night, this affects the plants making them less oily and much dryer. Our Patented GHCS (Global Humidity Control System), allows the plants to grow in controlled conditions like temperature and exact humidity, this is what gives this Mexican cigar it characteristically soft and creamy flavor.

When the plant is ready, the recollection of tobacco leaves are started, one by one all the tobacco leaves are retired from the main plant, then they are taken to the “casa del tabaco”, this is a farm where they will be fermented and were the humidity is also controlled. Our “casa del tabaco” is completely different from the common ones, this is constructed with Natural Spanish Cedar Wood (the crust of the tree has not been cutted off) this allows the leaves to acquire a special wooden flavor when they are laid on the “casa del tabaco”.

After the fermentation is over, the “zafado” and “amarre” takes place inside a special part of the “casa del tabaco”, then a specialist select the best leaves an the others are discarded, this leaves are then put over a wooden “burro” this is similar to a wooden hook that hold the leaves from the top, again this is not a common “burro” the ones that we use are made of “aromatic Cedar” this is similar to common Cedar and Spanish Cedar, but this one has a unique aroma. All the selected leaves are laid between 6 to 8 months depending each one. After this process is taken, another specialist selects only the best ones, the others are sold to manufactures here in Mexico. The good ones are taken to the “gallera” this is a place with controlled conditions where the tobacco is selected for the cover, tripa and other components of the Cigar, also in here the “Torcedor” or cigar-maker makes the preliminary part of the Cigar, after this part its cutted off they take it to the press room, this is a device made off Spanish cedar , this is also different from normal non wooden presses. This will press the cigars over a period of time to give them the shape we all know.

Finally they are retrieved from the press and then they are brought back with another “torcerdor” this last one puts the cover, cuts the cigar and sticks the ring. When the cigar is ready is taken to the maturation cave, where the most important part of the process takes place.