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From Harvest
Carefully selected tobacco leaf is harvested at its best—chosen for its structure, aroma, and natural character.
Our Story
The Dos Hermanos Legacy
The origins of Dos Hermanos trace back to 1995, when PT Djarum began researching cigar-making standards in Honduras. This journey led to a significant realization: Indonesia's own tobacco was capable of meeting the world's highest standards.
Following this research, PT Djarum reached an important milestone in May 1997 with the successful export of its first long-filler cigars. Building on this foundation, the Dos Hermanos brand was officially introduced to the Indonesian market in September 1999. Crafted from a blend of selected Indonesian and Brazilian tobaccos, each cigar is hand-rolled rather than mass-produced.
That confidence in Indonesian tobacco was well-founded. Indonesia ranks among the world's leading tobacco-producing countries, with an equatorial climate and volcanic soil that support one of the most diverse tobacco-growing landscapes in the world. Distinct micro-regions across western, central, and eastern Indonesia each produce tobacco with its own unique body and curing method.
From this diversity, a select few varieties have earned recognition among cigar makers worldwide as some of the finest wrapper-grade tobaccos available, prized for their fine texture, structural strength, and refined flavor. It is this exceptional tier of Indonesian leaf that Dos Hermanos sources for its cigars.
Today, Dos Hermanos is available in Indonesia's premier lounges and destinations, from Bali to Jakarta.
1995
Research Begins
1997
First Export
1999
Dos Hermanos Launch
Today
The Legacy Continues
Indonesian Tobacco
A Nation Built on Leaf
Indonesia ranks among the world's top tobacco-growing nations by volume. Its equatorial climate and volcanic soil support one of the most diverse tobacco landscapes in the world, with distinct micro-regions across western, central, and eastern Indonesia, each producing leaf with its own body, texture, and curing method, from sun-cured varieties grown in the open to rarer shade-grown leaf cultivated under cover for a finer finish.
From this range, a select few varieties have earned recognition among cigar makers around the world as some of the finest wrapper-grade tobaccos available, prized for their rare combination of fine texture, structural strength, and refined flavor. It is from this upper tier—not the country's broader commercial tobacco production—that Dos Hermanos sources its leaf.
This is the foundation on which the brand is built: a tobacco heritage that predates many of the names associated with premium cigars today, and a leaf that has quietly supplied the international cigar industry for well over a century.
Craftsmanship
Where Time
Becomes Technique
A cigar is not made quickly, and Dos Hermanos does not try to make it so. From harvest, the tobacco leaf is left to rest and ferment before it is ready to be rolled—a process that can take anywhere from three to ten years, allowing the leaf to develop the depth and stability of flavor that raw tobacco alone cannot offer.
Once ready, each cigar is hand-rolled—a discipline that separates true craftsmanship from mechanized production. Where machine-made cigars priorities speed and uniformity, hand-rolling depends on trained judgement: reading the leaf, balancing the blend, and shaping the construction by feel, cigar by cigar. It is a skill built over years, not automated in minutes.
The process does not end with the roll. To preserve their integrity, finished cigars are stored under controlled conditions a consistent 20°C and 70% relative humidity the same standard maintained by premium cigar houses worldwide, ensuring the tobacco's character is preserved from production to the point of sale.
This is the standard to which Dos Hermanos holds itself: not the fastest path to a finished product, but the most deliberate one where every stage, from leaf to fermentation to roll, is treated as part of the craft.
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Rest & Fermentation
The leaf is left to rest and ferment—sometimes for years—allowing the tobacco to develop depth, smoothness, and stability of flavor.
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Hand-Rolled
Skilled artisans hand-roll each cigar with precision and experience—balancing the blend and shaping the construction by feel.
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Controlled Conditions
Finished cigars are stored under controlled conditions at 20°C and 70% relative humidity, preserving their integrity and character.
How to Enjoy a Cigar
A Ritual Worth
Doing Properly
Enjoying a cigar well is less about ceremony and more about technique. A few fundamentals make the difference between a rushed experience and one that reflects the work put into the cigar itself.
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Choosing the Moment
Body and strength vary by blend—mild, medium, or full—and pairing them with the occasion matters more than reputation alone. A shorter window calls for a smaller vitola; a longer, unhurried setting suits a larger one.
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Preparing the Cigar
Locate the shoulder—where the rounded cap begins to straighten into the body of the cigar—and cut there. A double-bladed cutter offers the cleanest, most controlled result: position the head between the blades, hold it steady, and cut in one confident motion. A hesitant cut risks tearing the wrapper and unravelling the construction beneath.
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Taking Your Time
A cigar rewards patience. Drawing too quickly overheats the leaf and flattens its character; a slower, more deliberate pace lets the blend's complexity develop as intended, often shifting in profile from start to finish.
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Preserving the Experience
Between occasions, cigars should be kept in a humidor maintained at approximately 20°C and 70% relative humidity—conditions that preserve the leaf's oils and structural integrity over time. Cigars stored outside these conditions lose consistency quickly, regardless of how well they were made.
Technique aside, the essentials remain constant: a good cut, an unhurried pace, and proper storage in between—the same fundamentals observed by cigar houses worldwide.