Cigar Interview: Adrian's Costa Rican Cigars
I had the pleasure of spending some time with Michael Rosales of Adrian's Costa Rican Cigars to discover the latest insights about these fabulous cigars during the latest event hosted at 'Cigar Emporium' cigar shop. What a great time!
Michael was kind enough to inform me about the inspiration behind his cigars, as well as what we can expect in the near future. This is a treat you will want to discover for yourself.
Be sure to check in on the blog for more insights and photos!
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In the mid 19th Century, Jose and Eusebio, cousins and offsprings of immigrants from Canary Island owned a small cigar factory with about 12 employees on Macías Street of Santiago de Las Vegas, a province of Havana. Their cigars were made from the leaves cultivated in two small tobacco plantations of their own inherited from their parents located 25 kilometers apart from each other. One was located in the town of Santiago de Las Vegas like their factory. The other was in Tapaste, a village in San José de Las Lajas, also a province of Havana....
In 19th Century California, the brand’s importer was St. Losky, Levy & Co. In 1852, it published an ad in the “Daily Alta California” listing all their major Cuban brands which included Lord Byron among others. Few years after the launch of the brand, the cousins out grew their factory due to high demand from foreign importers. Therefore, they decided to expand their production to a larger factory located on O’Reilly Street of Havana City. They only contracted the production in which they supervised using their own raw materials to guarantee quality and consistency.
Toward the end of 19th century, Lithographic printing developed full color prints which became the latest technology in printing at the time. This gave birth to production of full color paper prints for inside and outside of cigar boxes and cigar bands alike.
At the time, the founder’s son, Jose Ricardo, had already taken over the reign from his elderly father. The old man’s last request to his son was to make a full color design using the latest technology of the day on the next run of their cigar boxes using a female’s image of a poet to introduce the relationship between romanticism and poetry.
Unfortunately between the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th Centuries, Ricardo, the grandson of the founder and a third generation brand owner and producer, due to major financial hardship was forced to sell the brand to Casimiro Alvarez, a cigar producer whose factory was on the same street in Santiago de Las Vegas. Ricardo invested in construction of a very large cigar factory on the very popular and famous Reyna Street in Havana City. Once the factory’s construction was completed, he could not uphold his financial obligation to the lender because he never received the monies owed to him from his distributor in the UK who had filed bankruptcy. Therefore, the newly constructed building was confiscated by the lender and he had no other choice but to sell the brand among other properties to repay the debt. 90 years after Ricardo Alfonso sold and lost the brand, his great-grandson recover again the Byron brand in 1998, as a compromise he own from his grandfather Conrado Alfonso, son of Ricardo Alfonso.
José Ricardo Alfonso
José Ricardo Alfonso, son of one of the founders,
also father of Ricardo Alfonso Perdomo.
Returning to the early days, now the brand, in a very limited quantity, is produced in a small factory in Costa Rica.
As a general rule, cigars usually sit in an aging room on average about 60 days. On that note, Byron cigars sit in an aging room for period of 1 year. They are then transported to another factory also in Costa Rica that specializes in quality control of packaging of the cigars into the ultra luxurious porcelain jars, super elaborate humidors and state-of-the-art cigar humitubes. The brand’s packaging is unique to the cigar industry and accordingly very costly to produce.
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BYRON Cigars
THE STORY OF BYRON CIGARS
In 1823 George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron or more commonly known as Lord Byron becomes the official Poet Laureate of the cigar, thanks to The Island and the line Yet thy true lovers more admire by far thy naked beauties -- give me a cigar!
In 1848 Jose and Eusebio Alfonso, cousins, opened a small cigar factory in Santiago de Las Vegas, a province of Havana Cuba and created a cigar brand named Lord Byron in honor of this world renowned English poet. He was arguably the greatest author of romantic poetries of the day and more importantly pertaining to the brand, an avid cigar smoker and enthusiast. Some researchers say Lord Byron became the first cigar brand to adorn a lithographed cigar band and label with a name on it. More than eighty years later, in the 1930's, The Great Depression hits and Lord Byron cigars were gone, but not forever.
Now...150 years later the original owners' great-great-great grandson Nelson Alfonso recovered again the Byron brand name in 1998.
Today Byron Cigars have finally returned, now produced in a small factory in Costa Rica. Nelson Alfonso continues where his ancestors left off, and is taking Byron Cigars through processes no cigar has even seen before. The cigar leaves are hand selected and color sorted, not just the wrappers, but every leaf including binder and filler leaves, to create the most balanced and consistent cigar possible. As a general rule, cigars usually sit in an aging room on average about 60 days. Finished Byron Cigars sit in an aging room for period of 1 year to marry, then transported to another factory that specializes in quality control and packaging of the cigars into the ultra humidified luxurious porcelain jars, super elaborate humidors and state-of-the-art cigar humitubes.
Byron Cigars comes in 3 different blends: Byron SIGLO XIX (19th Century), Byron SIGLO XX (20th Century) and Byron SIGLO XXI (21st Century) each standing for the centuries this brand has gone through, and each unique and special in every way.
What makes Byron Cigars even more special, they are sold exclusively by United Cigar Retailers, and to carry them you must be an active member of the organization. United Cigar Retailers is the continuing education of tobacconists and business owners, who thrive to improve and to be the best, always. You must learn how to present, store and care for all Byron Cigars, they are that special.