Cuba’s Newest: The Cohiba Behike BHK 58
One of the largest Cohibas ever made takes center stage at the Habanos Festival
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As cigars seem to grow ever fatter, Cuba’s cigar industry has followed the trend, adding a massive new size to its most luxurious cigar brand. In February, Cuba debuted the Cohiba Behike BHK 58, a pigtailed smoke measuring 7 inches long by 58 ring gauge. The new cigar is expected to sell for hundreds of dollars apiece once it formally hits the market. A humidor dedicated to the brand and stuffed with 400 Behikes sold for 4.6 million euros (about $4.8 million) on March 1, a record price. News of the new Behike broke on day one—Monday, February 24—of the Habanos Festival. The weeklong celebration of cigars is thrown by Habanos S.A., the Havana-based company that …
