Photo Tour of Nicaraguan Cigar Manufacturing

[deluxestogie]

A couple of JR employees toured the cigar business in Nicaragua. They have posted scores of interesting photos:

http://www.jrcigars.com/jr/index.cfm/hurl/evt=nica_gallery

Bob

 

[quo155]

That's pretty cool!

I love browsing through photos like these, you can learn A LOT just by observing. I can't ever seem to get enough of these...

Thanks for the share Bob!

 

[FmGrowit]

Those pictures make me want to get into the business...or at least build a giant humidor and fill it with bundles of cigars. They can keep the boxes...no sense in hiding all those cigars.

 

[deluxestogie]

...get into the business...

Or at least plan a tax-deductible trip to Nicaragua.

Bob

 

[quo155]

You know...looking back thorough these photos for a second time, I noticed that I never saw an actual roller (employee) smoking a cigar. There were a few here and there with what appeared to be a tour group or a boss.

I wonder why...

You can't roll cigars and not be smoking one, right?

 

[FmGrowit]

You can't roll cigars and not be smoking one, right?

I'm pretty sure that is the first rule in rolling...you gotsta have one burning before you start rolling

 

[deluxestogie]

In many (maybe most) countries of the world today, smoking within a work environment is no longer legal. I know that is the case in Honduras. I'm not sure about Nicaragua.

Bob

 

[Michibacy]

Bob, as of 5 years ago Nicaragua had no ban on workplace smoking, though I'm unsure as of now.

Source: http://chartsbin.com/view/3k0

Very fun to see these pictures though! When we were in Mexico we went past a cigar rolling shop, seemed very similar!

 

[deluxestogie]

According to this well-documented Wikipedia article, Nicaragua presently has no smoking prohibitions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_smoking_bans

Of course, any company could enforce smoking prohibitions if they chose, regardless of the absence of a national law.

Bob

 

[ArizonaDave]

Seems to me the prohibitions have gone way too far. There should be more allowances.

 

[Ben Brand]

Looked at the pictures, very good, couldn`t see them all, my pc being from the stone age. I just don`t know if i like the two tone cigars, especially with the green leaf.