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{{Short description|American rolling paper brand}}
'''Bambú''' is a brand of [[rolling paper]] sold by Bambu Sales Inc. in [[New York City|New York]], New York. The company writes that Bambú began in  Spain in 1764, originally for the Bible.<ref>[http://www.bambu.com/pages/about-us "Company history"], Bambu.com, accessed January 13, 2011.
*Also see [https://books.google.com/books?id=yvoTAQAAMAAJ&q=%22bambu%22+1764 ''Media Decisions''], Volume 14, Issues 1–4, N. Glenn Publications, 1979, [https://books.google.com/books?id=yvoTAQAAMAAJ&q=%22where+they+have+been+manufactured+since+1764%22 p. 48]: "Bambu sales imports their standard Bambu cigarette rolling papers from Spain."</ref> The paper it sells is still manufactured in that country, by Miguel y Costas & Miguel, S.A.<ref>[http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/58/58.F3d.849.93-7913.602.html  "Bambu Sales, Inc  v. Oak Trading Incorporated"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100517015305/http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/58/58.F3d.849.93-7913.602.html |date=2010-05-17 }}, United States Court of Appeals, June 26, 1995, accessed January 14, 2011.</ref> It offers a number of paper sizes — regular, big, half extra, and double wide — and a line of pure [[hemp paper]]s which are packaged in Argentina and made in Spain.

==Cultural influence==
Bambú became a pop culture reference during the 1970s with the release of the [[Cheech and Chong]] ''[[Big Bambu]]'' album. Since then, it has had many other musical references in pop culture by artists such as [[The Notorious B.I.G.]],  [[Method Man]], [[A Tribe Called Quest]], and others {{Citation needed|date=March 2018}}. Bambú appeared on the front cover of the book ''Pot Culture''.{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}} [[Dennis Wilson]]'s second album was titled ''[[Bambu (album)|Bambu]]'', after the rolling papers, and was released with [[Pacific Ocean Blue]] in 2008.

==See also==
* [[List of rolling papers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.bambu.com Bambu official website]
*[http://www.miquelycostas.com/esp/prod4.htm Miguel y costas the Bambu manufacturer]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=Mnq0DgAAQBAJ&dq=miguel+y+costas+bambu&pg=PA345 The closing and later re-opening of Bambu]

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