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Only a small sign outside the three-storey office building  which says “Tabacalera Cigars” quite simply  gives passersby an idea that the place figured much in Philippine history.

Ongpin tells SundayBiz that Philippine cigars, including the world-renowned Tabacalera, Alhambra, 1881 and Don Juan Urquijo produced by Tabacalera, have always been known to be quite mild.