{"id":16366,"date":"2016-06-20T13:23:54","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T11:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/?p=16366"},"modified":"2016-06-20T13:23:54","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T11:23:54","slug":"cuba-may-2016-visiting-the-tobacco-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/startseite\/cuba-may-2016-visiting-the-tobacco-farms\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba May 2016 – Visiting The Tobacco Farms"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n As in every trip to Cuba, a visit to the tobacco area of the Vuelta Abajo is mandatory, especially so if it’s your first trip to Cuba as a cigar smoker as was the case with Jan.<\/p>\n So we set off early from Havana and passed by the Robaina farm in Cuchillas de Barbacoa to meet Carlitos and have a cafecito there while shooting the breeze on the harvest ( very good ) and other themes.<\/p>\n Then it was on to Hector Luis’ farm at Quemado del Rubi where we basically had the farm to ourselves on a quiet Saturday. Miguel was there rolling as always and holding the fort as Hector and Mileiby were away on a cigar event in Serbia.<\/p>\n I was impressed at how the Ranchon area has been enlarged and renovated while maintaining a very traditional style. The roof is higher now so more breeze can pass by and underneath the balcony a smoking lounge is planned. The rickety bridge has been replaced by a new and solid structure and all looks just perfect. Sadly I was to learn 10 days later that flooding caused by the excessive rains had swept the bridge away – the water level reaching the head of the Jose Marti statue on the opposite bank … Jaime will be busy rebuilding right now.<\/p>\n The high humidity and lack of cool night winds were also a threat to the harvest curing in the barns but I was assured that it did not affect its quality.<\/p>\n We had a long and relaxed lunch and a few cigars with Miguel who was happy to show his skills and take Jan and our friends around the Vega.<\/p>\n Before leaving the Vuelta Abajo I took Jan to see the famed Hoyo de Monterrey Vega which is very close to Hector’s finca.<\/p>\n After stopping for another cafecito in Consolacion del Sur to pick up a friend ( we were told this is another big tobacco area ) we returned to Havana – happy campers !<\/p>\n Nino <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As in every trip to Cuba, a visit to the tobacco area of the Vuelta Abajo is mandatory, especially so if it’s your first trip to Cuba as a cigar smoker as was the case with Jan. So we set off early from Havana and passed by the Robaina farm in Cuchillas de Barbacoa to Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[491,14,9,1,5],"tags":[21,1176,104,1147,107,1185,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16366"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16369,"href":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16366\/revisions\/16369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAll this was supervised by Jaime, Hector’s Chinese friend who came again to stay a month with Hector and whom I was to meet later in Havana.<\/p>\n