Liebherr ZKES453 Product Catalogue
Cigar & More
The humidor ZKes 453
Design, Quality & Innovation
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The perfect climate
for your cigars
Cigar devotees often refer to themselves as aficionados to express
the personal and intense satisfaction they derive from celebrating one
of life‘s pleasures. Achieving this is, however, reliant on a humidor.
What is equally important to aficionados as savouring cigars is their passion for collecting and nurturing cigars
from their preferred countries of origin.
They always want their cigars ready
and waiting in perfect condition for
when the precious moment comes to
enjoy them. Storing and maturing cigars is a major facet of collecting them
because it‘s an established fact that
cigars, like wine, unfold their aroma
and can even appreciate greatly in
value when properly stored.
The prime requirements a humidor
needs to fulfil are accurate temperature control, adjustable and constant
humidity and simple handling.
Liebherr‘s new humidor is the ideal
solution for storing cigars in boxes as
well as loose cigars.
Store your treasures under ideal conditions.................................... 12
A constant temperature is vital for your cigars ............................... 18
The right humidity to savour cigars at their best............................. 24
Don‘t expose your cigars to any unnecessary risk .......................... 30
Making your cigars feel at home ..................................................... 36
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Cuba – a true
tobacco paradise
Nowhere is better tobacco grown
than in Cuba. But even here, only
a few select tobacco plantations
are suited for growing the highquality leaves used for making
Habanos.
In the same way as a fine wine owes
its distinctive character to position,
earth and microclimate, so the nature
of a Habano is closely linked to the soil
in which the tobacco used for making
the cigar is grown.
Habanos are made in plantations enjoying first-class status (Vegas Finas
de Primera) from leaves of the very
best quality. In most cases they are
made by hand in elaborate processes
handed down from generation to generation, which have been preserved
almost unchanged since they evolved
in Havana nearly two hundred years
ago.
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The planter’s
skill is key
The top plantations have drawn
on their planters’ expertise to
develop their own, special style
of cultivation.
Work on Vegas Finas de Primera is
tough and arduous. A single planter
may be in charge of over a half a million plants which he has to keep under
surveillance and check over 150 times
during the vegetation period. Work
begins during the hot months of June
and July and continues without respite
for nine months.
For shade-grown tobacco under cloth
(tabaco tapado, wrapper tobacco), the
span of time between sowing the seed
and harvesting is about 17 weeks; for
sun-grown tobacco (tabaco de sol,
for filler and binder) it takes about
16 weeks.
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Good tobacco requires
careful husbandry
Tobacco plants grow best in loose, well-tilled soil. Therefore the fields
are repeatedly, very carefully ploughed in a certain pattern and to a
certain depth, using animal-drawn ploughs so as not to compact the soil.
The seedlings are reared in special
nurseries and are covered with straw
for protection. After 45 days, the seedlings in the nurseries reach a height of
about 13 to 15 cm and are large
enough to be planted out.
About 18 to 20 days after transplanting, the soil is banked up around the
base of the plant to promote the de-
velopment of strong roots, a process
known as aporque. As each plant
reaches the desired height, the top
bud is removed (desbotonado), encouraging the plant to grow large
leaves. The planter has to keep checking each single plant to remove the
side shoots (deshije).
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Store your treasures
under ideal conditions
Cigars are often called treasures or
gems, highlighting that premium
cigars are high-quality and delicate
luxury products.
The ideal interplay of temperature and
humidity is vital for storing your cigars
in perfect conditions ensuring aroma
retention and proper maturing. Humidity is far more important than temperature though because if a cigar has
dried out it quickly loses its aroma and
its flavour is compromised.
While it is possible to recondition a
cigar, lost aroma cannot be restored.
Cigar devotees aspire to define the
storage conditions for their treasures
themselves so as to allow their cigars
to mature as they see fit.
The storage environment of the cigars
must be under control at all times. The
cigar devotee must be able to place
absolute trust in his humidor and its
microclimate.
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