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The Spaniard Don Jaime Partagás Ravelo worked in the Cuban tobacco business for years before establishing his own factory, Real Fábricas de Tabaco Partagás in 1845. The name, which translates as "Partagás Royal Tobacco Factory," was supposedly chosen because of Don Jaime's status as cigar supplier to various European and Asian nobility. Don Jaime owned many of the best plantations in the Vuelta Abajo tobacco-growing region of Cuba and being able to choose from among the finest tobaccos on the island made the brand incredibly successful. Don Jaime is also believed to have experimented with various methods of fermenting and aging tobacco.
Before and after the Revolution, the Cuban-produced Partagás has been one of the most revered and highest-selling brands of cigars in the world. Many cigar connoisseurs consider this to be their favorite brand of Cuban cigars, with the Serie D No. 4, Lonsdales (now discontinued), Lusitanias, and Shorts all being incredibly popular and renowned sizes. The Partagás Factory (since renamed the "Francisco Pérez Germán" factory) still produces Partagás and numerous other cigar brands for export and has proven to be a very popular tourist destination for cigar smokers vacationing in Havana.
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