H. Upmann is a Cuban brand of premium cigars established by banker Hermann Dietrich Upmann. The brand is currently owned by a British corporation, Imperial Brands. The cigars are manufactured by Habanos S.A., the state-owned tobacco company in Cuba, and Altadis in La Romana, Dominican Republic.
A glass jar humidor of H. Upmann Arcadias Claro, believed to be pre-embargo
A cabinet of H. Upmann Magnum 50 cigars
A double guillotine-style cutter, used for cutting the tip off a cigar, next to two hand-rolled H. Upmann Coronas Major cigars, one inside its storage tube and one outside.
A cigar is a tobacco product made to be smoked. Cigars are produced in a variety of shapes and sizes. Since the 20th century, almost all cigars are made of three distinct components: the filler, the binder leaf which holds the filler together, and a wrapper leaf, for appearance and flavor, which is often the highest quality leaf used. Often there will be a cigar band printed with the cigar manufacturer's logo. Modern cigars can come with two or more, highlighting special qualities such as age and origin of the tobaccos used.
A cigar with an airtight storage tube and a double guillotine-style cutter
Indigenous tobacco pipe on display at the regional museum in San Andrés Tuxtla, Mexico
Harry Nelson Pillsbury smoking a cigar
Inside an Ybor City cigar factory c. 1920
