Canadian tobacco

[El Presidente]

It is a first for me. 

 

It’s called the CAO Borealis, a name that comes from the aurora borealis, a phenomenon more commonly referred to as the northern lights. As for the Canadian tobacco in the filler, it comes from farmland in the southwest corner of the Ontario province near the Great Lakes, where General Cigar Co. says the humidity and warm evenings allow for a special Cuban-seed variety of dark air-cured tobacco to be grown.

https://halfwheel.com/new-cao-borealis-uses-canadian-grown-tobacco-heading-to-canada-as-regional-release/407940/

[benfica_77]

This tobacco would definitely be grown on indigenous/native land lots of reserves in that part of Ontario. 

It's interesting...I wonder if it will be taxed less domestically since it's grown here. I would say that conditions here are nothing compared to Cuba so it's going to resemble cuban tobacco as much as I look like Chris Hemsworth....

Ontario is more known for growing Mary Jane lolll...grows well here haha! 

[KCCubano]

Been fishing above Arctic Circle several times and have witnessed the northern lights. Smoked plenty of Canadian weed as well. Never thought I would see Canadian tobacco being grown for cigars! 

[Chibearsv]

1 hour ago, El Presidente said:

it comes from farmland in the southwest corner of the Ontario province near the Great Lakes, where General Cigar Co. says the humidity and warm evenings allow for a special Cuban-seed variety of dark air-cured tobacco to be grown.

I don't think @Bijan is too far from the referenced location and "humidity and warm evenings" isn't how I'd describe the photos he's been posting for the last 5 months or so 🤣

[Squarehead]

In Brantford,Ontario where I live are still quite a few tobacco farms around not just on the Six Nation by the Grand Reserve

[HondaCanada]

The flavor profile described in the article sounds rather tasty. There's definitely a lot of zero tax tobacco being grown, processed and distributed in that area of Canada. I'm rather surprised that the Six Nations hasn't made a foray into the cigar business as of yet... 

[helix]

The hot humid southern Ontario summers can tropical like for a few weeks each year.

[Puros Y Vino]

Over the years, Ontario tobacco farmers have been incentivized to grow other crops, but there are still many around.  And of course, it is watched over like a hawk by the gov't.  They do routine flights over the fields using various tools to ensure that the farmer is not growing more than allowed/outside of their designated zone, etc.  Indigenous still grow tobacco too of course.  

[BrightonCorgi]

Has anyone tried the cigar?  I'll buy one if I see at a B&M.  Will they make it to the states?

[Cigar Surgeon]

20 hours ago, benfica_77 said:

It's interesting...I wonder if it will be taxed less domestically since it's grown here. I would say that conditions here are nothing compared to Cuba so it's going to resemble cuban tobacco as much as I look like Chris Hemsworth....

Sadly the tobacco tax is more concerned about the place of manufacturer than the contents inside. I'll be chatting with CAO in July when the PCA trade show takes place and I'll be asking them lots of questions about the project.

Who knows maybe I'll get one to smoke and get a sense of what it's like. 

[Huckleberry]

23 hours ago, KCCubano said:

Been fishing above Arctic Circle several times and have witnessed the northern lights. Smoked plenty of Canadian weed as well. Never thought I would see Canadian tobacco being grown for cigars! 

When I smoke these types of earth grown weeds I can see the northern lights from the Tropic of Cancer if its really good, sticky lettuce