Davidoff Training

Second day of my training trip to the third world country continues.

I start my day with my favorite coffee.

anytime, anywhere..

Memang seksa la tekak sepanjang minggu tue. Makanan halal memang tak ada. Tapi nasib ada bawak bekal megi, sambal ikan ikan bilis dan sambal hijau.

sambal ikan bilis import dari Malaysia

After breakfast, we start our training and it last for 4 hours.

the late Mr.Zino Davidoff

tobacco plant

Its all bout back to basics. From the plant, seeding , fragmentation, to making cigars.Its all made by hand. That's why Davidoff cigars are very well known for their quality! 

ms.connie, me and jea li

 In between time we had a break and most of us took a chance to get to know each other.

This time most of representative has been monopolize by Asian. Asian smokers has grown for years now, and Asian has become  one of big buyers in tobacco business.

Paris, USA,Hong Kong and Malaysia participants

Had a lunch by the pool side. They serve the local dish which i cant eat. So i stick with my "sambal hijau" and plain white rice. Nasib la omputeh ni reti makan nasik.

Habis semua mat saleh nak cuba makan sambal hijau nih. Lepas tu cakap pedas! I did warn them bout it.

this is sambal hijau! spicy and very malaysian!

Done with the lunch. Check out and move to another hotel. It took another 2 hours to reach there.

We did try to stroll around, but there's nothing much to see. And besides they don't really advice us to go anywhere by our self. 

So we end up going back to our room and rest before dinner.

Had our dinner at the pool side and it was nice view.

 cabana at pool side and bbq for dinner

 sambal ikan bilis tetap pembuka selera

 cigars anyone?

After dinner, most of us hit back to the room, still jet leg.. And we have to wake up early for the next day.

On the third day of training, they took us to the plantation farm. I was so excited!

 selfie!

the tobacco farm

 the barn

At the "barn" house, this is where all the tobacco leaf will be left for natural drying.

With the farm owner
Later on we went to Davidoff Factory. Where all the raw material been kept, aged and rolled. Surprisingly most of the workers are women. This is because women are patience and has a sharp eyes.

 Davidoff factory

 they tear off the vain of the tobacco for cigars

 cigar testing

This training program, include cigar testing an chance for us to create our very own cigar blend. It was interesting day for me and the rest of representative. 

That's a wrap for the third day training. It was very informative and interesting.

 I can't wait for the next day!

Till the next entry! 

Lots of love,

Rose Maamor

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