Different Clove Cigarettes and Their Product Features

Clove cigarettes or kreteks are famous for their unique tastes, flavor, quality and cheap price. The Indonesian origin cigars had a long history and their production was started more than 100 years back. Being one of the oldest cigars in the world, kretek manufacturers better know actual expectation of customers, changes in their choices and individual preferences.

As the kreteks have huge customer bases spread across the world, the producer prepares varieties of cigars of different compositions, tastes, ingredients and prices. Basically, you find the following major varieties of kreteks that are favorites among consumers.

• Diarum Cigarettes: Diarum cigarette was the first brand of kretek. Different products of Diarum cigars are Diarum Black, Black Tea, Black Cappuccino, Super, Mr Brown and L.A Lights. Each product has different amount of tar and nicotine. One cartoon of Diarum cigarette has 10 packs and each pack contains 16 cigars.
• Sampoerna Cigarettes: Sampoerna cigars are considered as the perfect blend of tobacco and cloves. Started with unfiltered cigarette version of DJI SAM SOE, these cigars were developed to machine made filters at later stages. The distinctive flavor, taste and aroma of the cigars are due to the presence of fine natural cloves in them.
• Gudang Gram: The different brands of Gudam Garam cigars are CG International Tin, Mild, New Signature, Professional, and Surya 16. The mixture of new mild flavor and the Indonesian cloves have made these kretek cigarettes popular in the market. The sweet ingredients in these cigars make your smoking smooth and highly enjoyable.
• Bentoel Cigarettes: Bentoel cigars are unfiltered and hand rolled clove cigars. The popular brands of these cigars are Biru 12, Sejati 12, Star Mild 16, and Club Mild. The Bentoel cigars are considered as premium low tar and low nicotine clove cigarettes. These cigarettes make you feel spirited and think forward in your life.
• Wismilak Cigarettes: The two varieties of Wismilak cigars are Diplomat and Kretek. These cigars support of a feeling of pride and satisfaction in smoking. A customer finds the rich aroma of filtered Diplomat and unfiltered Kretek brands from the first opening the package.

After the FDA ban on 2009, there was a restriction on sale and distribution of clove cigars in America. But the limitation does not apply to online purchase of kreteks by the customers. The kretek products sold online are for personal consumption only and not meant for resale.

As a consumer you can also buy in bulk from online stores. Buying more cigars at a time reduces your spending. This is because most of the online stores are offering attractive discount schemes on purchase of large number of cigars at one go.

While buying cigars online, a customer has to go through some terms and conditions. Always keep in mind the statutory warning that tobacco smoking is injurious to health. As per the existing regulations, the age of a person should be more than 18 years to buy tobacco products online. The presentation of false age while purchasing cigars online on behalf of a minor is also illegal.

The author, Justin Barrett here describes some of the popular brands of Djarum Black cigarettes and their features.