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　　高斯巴（Cohiba）是古巴革命斗士切·格瓦拉最爱享用的品牌。厚实的外形，滑手的质感和丝丝顺畅的口感，视觉柔和，味道很干净，呼出的烟雾有一种一环接一环的层次感，像香水的味道。而不像有的雪茄，烟雾是乱七八糟的一堆，非常有贵族气质，拥有你所期待的抽雪茄应有的所有美感。

　　1966年某天，卡斯特罗偶然抽了一根由他的侍卫所购买的散装手卷雪茄，发觉无论口感还是香气都非常出众，于是便吩咐侍卫聘请那位卷烟工人爱德华多利柏拉当卡斯特罗专用的雪茄卷制师。此后，爱德华多一直在哈瓦那近郊的一幢意大利式豪宅内替卡斯特罗卷制雪茄，并且受到严密保护。这个专供总统、高官及外宾享用的极品雪茄一直都没有命名，到了1968年才正式命名为 Cohiba ，他出产三种卡斯特罗最喜爱的尺寸，分别为 Lancero 、 Corona Especiale 和 Penetela 。

　　古巴是欧洲人发现烟草的地方，至今古巴雪茄就是上等雪茄的象征。美国对古巴经济制裁这么多年，也只有一样东西是无法禁运的，那就是雪茄。

　　高斯巴牌雪茄更是古巴雪茄的极品，在雪茄业的权威杂志——美国《Cigar Africionabo》(《雪茄迷》)中，高斯巴始终位居雪茄扫仁名榜前列。

　　高斯巴一诞生就成为古巴政府的礼品，被送给各国的总统和外交使节。直到1982年后，高斯巴雪茄开始商业化生产，但购买者仍需得到授权方可买到。随着产量的逐年提高，高斯巴得以销售到世界各地，成为世界雪茄迷们的新宠。

　　制作高品质的雪茄首先要选择好的品种在适宜的地方种植。烟叶采摘下来，经烘干、发酵、整平、存放，然后挑选烟叶制作雪茄，其间大约要经历3年时间，80余道工序。卷雪茄用的烟叶外层与内层是不相同的，外包烟叶要挑选叶薄、油份大而有光泽的品种，这样雪茄的外形才会漂亮而且燃烧得好。雪茄的内层又分为Ligero、seco、volado，它们分别是产生沉醉感，制造芳香和助燃的部分，Ligero是雪茄的灵魂所在，雪茄50％的味道取决于它。

　　不同部分的烟草往往来自不同产地。虽然Cohiba是古巴最好的雪茄，卡斯特罗抽的雪茄并不是Cohiba，只是它也是在同一间工厂里制造，但烟叶由阿维利诺?拉瑞先生亲自挑选，单独发酵，并存放在单独的地方，卷雪茄的工人在特别的保护下工作，称得上是“雪茄中的雪茄”，味道司仁常香醇。

　　目前，生产Cohiba的工厂有职工200余名，每人每天卷90—100支雪茄。高斯巴六种最著名的雪茄品种是Lanceros、Esplendido、Coronas Especial、Robusto Exquisito、Panetela。

　　高斯巴的原则是精选再精选，所选用的烟叶皆是上乘之选，同时必定收藏至完美无瑕才推出，产量稀有，更显珍贵。其浓淡随粗细而定，从外型纤细风味清醇的Panatela到浓烈的Robustos，高斯巴始终是雪茄爱好者最钟情的选择。

　　精选再精选的世界上最好的雪茄．有圆滑和丰富的烟味，撩人的巧克力和咖啡香迷倒不少懂得享受人生的绅士淑女，珍贵的Cohiba，是“难忘的时刻”的最佳选择。

　　Cohíba began with the cigars smoked by a bodyguard of Fidel Castro's named Bienvenido "Chicho" Perez. Castro noticed he often smoked a "very aromatic, very nice" cigar. When asked by Castro what brand he smoked, he replied that it was rolled by a friend of his who would give him some of these special cigars as gifts.

　　The man in question was a cigar roller working at the La Corona factory in Havana named Eduardo Rivera. Castro approached Rivera about rolling cigars for him personally and set him up with five other rollers in a former diplomatic mansion in a suburb of Havana known as El Laguito (Spanish for "the little lake"). Later, the factory became the first cigar factory to be staffed entirely by women torcedoras (cigar rollers).

　　The cigars were reserved for Castro himself, other high-ranking Cuban officials, and were commonly presented to foreign dignitaries as gifts. Castro himself is reputed to have been particularly fond of the long, thin cigars rolled for him, especially the sizes that would become the Lancero and Corona Especial.

　　To coincide with the 1982 World Cup being held in Spain, Castro decided to release his personal cigars as a premium cigar brand for public consumption. When it was first launched in 1982, the Cohíba marque consisted of three vitolas or sizes: the Panetela, the Corona Especial, and the Lancero. In 1989, three more vitolas were added (the Robusto, the Exquisito, and the Espléndido) and together with the first three vitolas are referred to as the Línea Clásica.

　　In 1992, in comemoration of Christopher Columbus and his voyage to the Americas, Habanos SA launched the first sizes in what it calls the Línea 1492, with each size named for a century that has passed since Columbus' discovery. The initial launch included the Siglo I, Siglo II, Siglo III, Siglo IV, and Siglo V, with a Siglo VI added in 2002. A long-standing rumor is that the original Línea 1492 was a replacement for the Davidoff marque that recently ceased production in Cuba (as each of the first five "Siglos" corresponded to a size in the Davidoff line-up).

　　Outside of the regular production lineup, Habanos SA regularly releases limited release Cohíba cigars for such events as the annual Habanos Festival, brand anniversaries, and their annual Edición Limitada release of limited edition special sizes of their various cigar brands wrapped in a darker vintage leaf.

　　Cohíba also produces two machine-made cigarillos: the Mini and the Club.

　　Habanos SA also leveraged the renowned Cohiba brandname throughout the years and have produced Cohiba cigarettes since 1987 and Extra Cohiba Cognac since 1999.

　　As of late 2006, Cohíba has released four different Edición Limitada Cohíbas: the Pirámide in 2001, the Double Corona in 2003, the Sublime in 2004, and a remake of the Pirámide in 2006.