The no-cover event brings hand-made cigar makers and sellers from around the world to Ybor’s Centennial Park, where there will be cigar rolling demonstrations, drinks, food trucks, and local artisans.
TAMPA, Fla.--There’s a reason Tampa’s nickname is Cigar City: It has more than 100 years of history in the cigar rolling industry. But now there’s concern it could all go up in smoke. When people see ...
NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- The Jimenez family, led by their matriarch Nelda Pozo-Jimenez, have carried on the famous Cuban tradition of cigar rolling in the heart of Newark, New Jersey for over ...
Custom Tobacco is hearing wedding bells. The Westwood tobacco company lets shoppers customize the look and taste of their cigars through its online ordering system, but its in-person cigar rolling ...
A cigar is a process. From selecting the right one, to lighting it, to finally letting the final remnants burn out in an ashtray, steps are taken to get the maximum enjoyment out of a good cigar. So ...
DALLAS — A few hundred feet from a Hong Kong tailor, several fast food joints and an Albertson’s in the Casa Linda neighborhood of East Dallas, Jose Hernandez is rolling cigars. Hernandez, 34, grew up ...
Jim Jackson’s fingers move quickly but lovingly over the wrapper, pulling the leaves apart and inserting the filling tobacco — some with the hint of spice, others with an almost chocolate aroma.
Tulsa’s Ultimo Cigars is the only hand-rolled cigar shop in Oklahoma, or anywhere else close by. It’s the dream of the shop owner and cigar roller Tomas Baquier Baldonado. Baquier Baldonado said he ...
As Edga Ramaz worked in front of them, Paul Shubert passionately talked to Knance Phelps about marrying, about finding a love naked, about strippers. So goes the conversation when an esteemed master ...
Spend an interesting day exploring the history of tobacco culture in Florida on Saturday, April 2, at the Shade Tobacco Museum, 204 2nd St. NW, in Havana. The Havana History & Heritage Society will ...
Cigar connoisseurs typically snub infusions, often critiqued for being sickeningly saccharine or masking the tobacco taste, but two retired schoolteachers from Goose Creek have found a fan base ...