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100% Swiss tobacco
Organic peppermint & mullein
Refined with a worldwide patent
Hand-harvested leaf by leaf
Swiss family manufactory
With every purchase you support Swiss tobacco farmers, Swiss jobs and our local agriculture.
Among connoisseurs, Swiss tobacco ranks among the great rarities of the tobacco world: around 700 tonnes harvested per year – next to nothing on a global scale, internationally sought after at premium prices. Heimat is the manufactory that keeps this rare leaf entirely within the country: from the field through fermentation in Payerne to refinement in Steinach on Lake Constance. This compendium gathers the knowledge behind it – varieties, craft, care.
Two characters. One origin.
Anyone who has held a fermented Swiss leaf between their fingers understands why connoisseurs speak of it with such reverence: dense, aromatic, with a depth mass-produced tobacco simply does not know. Every Heimat product exists in two varieties. Both grow on the same Swiss fields – their character parts ways only later: in the curing method and in the duration of fermentation. It is not the recipe that decides, but time.
The aroma is not made in a laboratory. It emerges over weeks of fermentation in Payerne – shaped by the soil, by the summer, by patience. Connoisseurs taste Swiss tobacco the way they taste a great wine: every vintage carries its own signature, every terroir its own hand. It is precisely this singularity that makes it a rarity.
Soft and round. Fine hay, freshly cut grass, a clear, light finish. Nothing imposes itself – everything is in its place.
Earthy, full, of tangible depth. The long fermentation shapes full, deep tones – a tobacco with poise.
On attentive tasting: a hint of honey and grain. An aroma that does not explain itself, but reveals itself.
Hints of dark wood, roasted nuts, a quiet, tart spiciness. The finish lingers – as Swiss tobacco has done for generations.
Both varieties exist in three formats. The leaf is the same – only the cut differs, tailored to the way it is enjoyed.
Heimat Original is the only cigarette in the world made from 100 % Swiss tobacco. Grown in nine cantons, fermented in Payerne, refined in Steinach on Lake Constance. Every step stays in the country – documented, traceable, without exception. Among connoisseurs it is one of a kind: the only format in which this rarity can be experienced in its completed form.
No imports, no blending down. Every leaf comes from Swiss family farms – from the Broye, the Seeland, from Lake Constance.
The taste comes from the leaf, the fermentation and time. From nothing else.
Measured not in units, but in vintages. The manufactory team knows every batch personally.
Traceable from field to pack. At Heimat, origin is not a promise – it is on record.
RYO stands for « Roll Your Own ». The field-fresh fine cut reaches the 30g pouch by the shortest route – barely stored, its character unaltered. To roll your own is to own the ritual: the leaf, the paper, the moment.
MYO stands for « Make Your Own » – tobacco for filling filter tubes. The 250g tin is the grand reserve of the manufactory: a hand-picked traditional blend for those who do not sample Heimat, but live it. Every tin comes from a documented batch – traceable back to the field.
🌿 Swiss organic herbs from the Pre-Alps
Real peppermint & mullein
Field-fresh organic peppermint with its unmistakable natural freshness meets mullein, a plant valued in traditional herbal lore for centuries.
✨ Refined with a worldwide patent
Natural herbs. In harmony.
Our patented refining technology gently combines 100 % Swiss tobacco with field-fresh organic herbs for an exceptionally harmonious composition.
🤲 Hand-harvested leaf by leaf
Traditional craft instead of mass production
Every tobacco leaf is harvested by hand, traditionally fermented and processed with the greatest care.
📍 Traceable to its origin
From the field to our manufactory
Every batch can be traced back to its origin without gaps: transparent, verifiable and authentic.
🏔️ In the rhythm of nature
Every harvest tells its own story
Soil, climate and season give every tobacco leaf and every herb harvest its unmistakable character.
100 % field-fresh Swiss tobacco, refined with real Swiss organic peppermint and mullein grown in the Pre-Alps. Harvested by hand leaf by leaf, traditionally fermented and finished in our family manufactory on Lake Constance with our worldwide patented refining technology. An exceptional composition of Swiss tobacco culture and local herbs, made for people who want to taste where things come from.
You can produce tobacco. Or you can give it time to tell you where it comes from.
The first time you open Heimat Original with peppermint & mullein, it isn't the freshness you notice first.
It's the calm.
The scent of a tobacco that had time to mature.
The fine herbs that don't push themselves forward, but accompany the tobacco's character with respect.
Maybe that's exactly the difference between an industrial cigarette and a manufactory cigarette.
While flavours are developed elsewhere, for us everything starts in a field.
With soil.
With rain.
With morning dew.
With people who have known for generations that true quality can't be rushed.
And every cigarette is made in our family manufactory on Lake Constance, where Swiss craftsmanship has been lived for generations.
Our tobacco grows in Swiss soil and is harvested by hand, leaf by leaf. After its traditional fermentation, it rests until its full character has developed.
Only then does the second part of this story begin.
Swiss organic peppermint and mullein thrive in the pre-Alpine climate, two plants that have been part of local herbal culture for centuries.
The peppermint gives the composition its natural, field-fresh clarity.
The mullein brings a soft, almost silky herbal note with remarkable depth. It has been valued in traditional herbal lore for generations and symbolises the close bond between people and nature.
Switzerland is one of the traditional producers of high-quality aromatic and medicinal plants, most of which are grown by specialised family farms. Peppermint is one of the most important Swiss aromatic plants.
Both plants are selected with the same care as our tobacco.
Not to change it. But to complete its character.
Our worldwide patented refining technology makes it possible for the first time to permanently combine the finest herbs with high-quality Swiss tobacco: not as an artificial effect, but as a harmonious whole.
The result isn't a loud freshness. But a freshness that comes from nature.
Not from a capsule.
Not from a lab.
But from plants grown in Swiss soil.
Maybe that's the true luxury of our time.
Knowing where something comes from.
Knowing who grew it.
Understanding why no harvest is ever like the next.
Every batch carries the character of its year.
The warmth of a summer.
The moisture of a morning.
The strength of a soil.
The patience of the people who farm it.
We believe that the greatest treasures of our homeland don't lie hidden deep underground.
They grow on it.
In fields that have fed generations.
In meadows where herbs have had their place for centuries.
In landscapes that remind us every day that true quality is never artificial.
Heimat tobacco with peppermint & mullein is a tribute to these treasures of the soil.
To Swiss tobacco.
To local herbs.
To honest craftsmanship.
And to the conviction that nature has already created everything needed for exceptional enjoyment.
Maybe true luxury isn't what people create. But what nature gives them.
Honest tobacco. Refined by nature. Grown in our wonderful homeland.
The result is not a menthol cigarette.
It's Heimat.
A composition that exists only once in this form.
| Contents |
20 cigarettes with approx. 20 g of natural Swiss Virginia & Burley tobacco, Swiss organic peppermint and mullein grown in the Pre-Alps |
| Origin | 100 % Swiss tobacco: grown locally, processed in our manufactory in Steinach (SG) |
| Additives | Free from flavourings, humectants & chemicals: a pure natural product |
| Nicotine | 0.5 mg per cigarette |
| Taste | Mild, slightly sweet and with a subtle mint note |
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Tar / CO |
10 mg / 9 mg, as with classic cigarettes, but without additives or burn accelerants. |
| Sustainability |
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| Responsibility |
Natural tobacco and Swiss organic herbs from the Pre-Alps, with no animal ingredients and no animal testing. A quiet sign of respect for animals, nature and what drives us. |
Health warning: This product contains tobacco/nicotine. Nicotine is addictive. Tobacco/nicotine use is harmful to your health. Not for minors. Not recommended during pregnancy/breastfeeding.
Our products are made in our workshop on Lake Constance.
Short distances. Personal relationships. 100% Swiss origin.
We know every batch. Every supplier. Every decision.
No additives. No greenwashing.
What we do is real. And it stays real.
Heimat is nature. No compromises. No exceptions.
