Theme Week 35 = Cohiba
I have only a few of the Cohiba brand. Since I won't purchase anything from the murderous, thieving communists in Cuba, I have only non-Cuban (red dot) Cohibas, except for one Cuban which was a gift from a friend many years ago.

I personally do not find the non-Cuban Cohibas to be anything more than just okay, except perhaps for the red label which seems to be, IMHO, their best product. The red dot Cohiba blue label is sort of boring to me, as are most of their other 'colored' (and monikered) red dot labels. One of the reasons I rarely buy any Cohibas is because of their ridiculous pricing that, in some large part, is due to their constant funding for a multi-decade, never-ending legal battle with the communist thieves who confiscated all the properties of the cigar manufacturers and consolidated all of it into a single communist collective company that now also controls the Cohiba name in Cuba.

As an American patriot and a true communist-hating conservative, I refuse to fund the Cuban communists by buying anything from Cuba, and I also refuse to waste my money on what I personally consider to be only mediocre non-Cuban Cohiba cigars.

All of the 'red dot' Cohibas (regardless of the color of the label) in my humidor were acquired at $5 or less per stick when available as part of a 'sale' or 'deal' at a cigar seller, or were received as gifts from friends. I personally just cannot bring myself to waste money on, IMHO, generally nothing more than mediocre, extremely overpriced cigars, just to help fund a stupid lawsuit that has gone on for decades and will never be won by either side. That is just my PERSONAL preference and my own humble opinion.

History
The origins of Cohiba cigars can be traced back to the 1960s when Fidel Castro's bodyguard shared a cigar with him that was made by Eduardo Rivera, a local artisan. Castro was so pleased with the cigar that he had a special production made for himself and other high-ranking government officials. The name "Cohiba" comes from the Taino language and refers to tobacco. The indigenous people of Cuba used the word to describe the bunches of tobacco leaves they rolled up and smoked. In 1982, Cohiba cigars were released to the public in Madrid, Spain. The first vitola (shape) was the Panetela, which is 4.5 inches long and has a 26 ring gauge. Communist Cohiba cigars are manufactured in the El Laguito factory in Havana, Cuba. The factory is located in an old confiscated (stolen) mansion built by Alberto Casimiro Fowler, a Cuban industrial magnate. The design of Cohiba cigar bands has evolved over time, from simple dots and lettering to more sophisticated anti-counterfeit holograms. Cohiba cigars are some of the most expensive regular-production cigars in the world, with some retailing for around $100. Limited-edition Cohiba cigars can cost $300 or more. There has been a legal battle over the ownership of the Cohiba trademark, with both the communist and non-Cuban companies claiming ownership in different regions. This has been a very long, very expensive legal battle and is part, if not substantially, the reason both Cuban and non-Cuban Cohibas are so extremely and ridiculously overpriced. The non-Cuban Cohibas are also priced far beyond the quality of their product, partially to help fund the stupid forever-lawsuit against the communists.