Mark Twain once said: "Every morning, as soon as I'm up, I smoke a cigar, and then have breakfast at eight o'clock. After breakfast, I smoke another cigar, and then go back to bed," solidifying his place in the cigar smokers hall of fame and ensuring a future stogie would be named after him. Here are 20 cigars and the stories behind their names.
1. 5 VEGAS
This popular brand, pronounced cinco vegas, is based on the plantation fields where tobacco for cigars is planted and cultivated.
2. ERIN GO BRAGH
Infused with Irish whiskey, this line of cigars takes its name from the anglicized Irish phrase whichtranslates to “Ireland Forever.”
3. GURKHA
The name Gurkha is derived from a town called Gorka in Nepal and was used by the British during colonial times to denote the fearsome soldiers who were called the “bravest of the brave.” The British, who later enlisted the Nepalese to fight with them all over the world, supposedly began calling their cigars Gurkhas, and when cigar maker Kaizad Hansotia began making and selling cigars in the late 1980s, he attached the name and symbol of the soldiers to his company. They now make some of the world’s most expensive smokes. Read More>
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