8/16/2023 0 Comments Corona cigar company boy scout![]() ![]() Newman is restoring the El Reloj factory which includes a cigar museum, factory store, handmade cigar factory-within-a-factory, tours, seminars, and event space. Newman brought the cigar back to life celebrate J.C. Newman’s El Reloj factory opened in Ybor City, Florida, The Ameircan was the first to be there. ![]() We are proud to be working with the Newman family to bring back this long lost cigar-making tradition after a 50 year hiatus.” “A hundred years ago, it was commonplace for Florida-grown tobacco to be rolled into cigars in Tampa’s numerous cigar factories. “We are delighted to see our exclusive Florida Sun Grown wrapper tobacco being used on a cigar that is hand crafted in America’s ‘Cigar City,’” said Borysiewicz. Below that is a filler blend of Pennsylvania Type 41, grown by Mennonite family farmers in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Connecticut Havana, grown John Foster in South Windsor, Connecticut. ![]() Under the wrapper is a Connecticut Broadleaf binder grown by eighth-generation family farmer Jon Foster in South Windsor, Connecticut. The wrapper is Florida Sun Grown, grown by Jeff Borysiewicz in Clermont, Florida. The American is not the first Florida Sun Grown (FSG) tobacco, but it is the first to use this tobacco as a wrapper. I am thrilled that we have created an outstanding all-American cigar.” Cigar News: J.C. As an American, I wanted to prove that we could hand roll a world-class cigar in the United States using American tobaccos. “Our country’s rich premium cigar tradition dates to the Colonial Era. “The American speaks to the heart of who we are: a four-generation, 124-year-old, American family business,” says Drew Newman, great-grandson of company founder J.C. This cigar was originally released in 1910. In addition, the boxes, bands, labels, molds, cellophane tubes, and everything else is made in the United States. Newman’s El Reloj factory in Ybor City, Florida. It is made from tobacco grown in the US and rolled at J.C. What makes this project so unique is that it is 100% American. It will be launched at two events happening at the same time in Orlando and Tampa on Friday, May 31st. Newman Cigar Company has announced it’s latest project: The American. ![]()
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