| For a brand of cigars that started out with no name | | | | under the name Cohiba, coming in three sizes, each a |
| Cohiba Cigars have gone a long way in gaining | | | | personal favorite of Fidel, the Cohiba Lancero, the |
| recognition as the best cigar in the world. Cohiba | | | | Cohiba Corona Especiale, and the Cohiba Panetela. |
| cigars started their journey from being a cigar | | | | Because they were all new they were given factory |
| favored by one of Castro's body guards to a | | | | names of Lagito No. 1, No. 2 which had the unique |
| favorite of Fidel himself. He was so impressed with | | | | feature of a tiny pigtail on their caps, and No. 3. |
| these cigars he asked Eduardo Ribera, the local | | | | After 14 years of only being available to the |
| artisan who originally created these fine cigars, to | | | | government and diplomats Davidoff adopted the |
| come make them exclusively for the President. | | | | Cohiba, offering the No.1, the No. 2, and the |
| Accepting the invitation he went to work in an | | | | Ambassadrice when he was granted his brand in 1969 |
| Italiante mansion in El Laguito, a suburb of Havana, | | | | and then by Montecristo in the early 1970s as the |
| under strict security of Castros own guards. | | | | Especial, the Especial No. 2, and the Joyita. |
| In 1968 these nameless cigars were finally produced | | | | |