El Rey del Mundo Naturals Reserva Salado Toro

El Rey del Mundo, which means “The King of the World,” was once one of the most expensive Cuban cigar brands around, dating all the way back to 1848. Like many legendary Cuban brands, it’s now made outside of Cuba so it can be enjoyed here in the U.S. The El Rey del Mundo Naturals Reserva Salado Toro in your shipment today was hand-rolled at the iconic HATSA factory in Honduras. This stogie sports a beautiful Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, wrapped around a Honduran binder and a blend of Nicaraguan and Honduran fillers. It’s a smooth, medium-bodied smoke with rich notes of wood, pepper, leather, roasted nuts, and coffee, plus a touch of subtle sweetness and a little cayenne kick. With an easy draw and steady burn, it’s the perfect cigar to light up with a classic margarita on a warm summer afternoon.

Honduras has been a tobacco growing and cigar manufacturing area for hundreds of years, but it was the Communist revolution in Cuba that really put Honduras on the map. In the 1960s, many Cuban cigar makers fled their homeland and arrived in Honduras to re-establish their way of life. The immigrants took advantage of the climate, soil, and geography, which were well-suited to tobacco growing, and began producing high quality cigars. The center of the Honduran cigar industry is the city of Danli and the nearby Jamastran Valley. The majority of the world’s pure Corojo tobacco is grown here, now that Cuba has stopped production of this iconic, spicy, and rich variety in favor of Corojo hybrids. Other important areas of Honduran cigar production include the Talanga Valley, Copan, and Trojes.