Author name: Shon Shalit

I live in NYC with my fiancée and three cats. Between my day job as an executive chef, martial arts training, reading about aliens, and travelling, I make time to smoke a few cigars.

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A Brief History of El Corojo

Corojo, a significant tobacco variety in Cuban history, originated in the 1930s through selective breeding of the Criollo plant. Despite its disappearance in Cuba due to disease vulnerability by the late 1990s, Corojo thrived outside Cuba, particularly in regions like Nicaragua and Honduras, where it continues to be cultivated today.