J.C. Newman Cigar Company has plans to refresh its El Baton brand in 2022. In a video posted to the company’s YouTube channel, Drew Newman of J.C. Newman said the brand will be reenvisioned and will be reintroduced back to the market next year. In addition, Newman confirmed a couple of items we reported by […]
Late last year, J.C. Newman Cigar Company announced it was revamping its Perla del Mar brand. Perla del Mar was J.C. Newman’s premium box-pressed brand and was offered in two blends – a Connecticut Shade and a Maduro. While the company felt it had a good brand in Perla del Mar, they felt they could […]
Each week, I have the opportunity to produce the news segment for KMA Talk Radio. On the Cigar Coop “blog,” we will now post replays of the shows the week following the date the show is aired. On August 28th, KMA Talk Radio officially celebrated its 10th anniversary. It was back in the Summer of […]
Back at the 2021 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, J.C. Newman announced that Yagua, a limited production cigar, would be making a return this year. Today, the company said it is releasing 1,000 boxes of the cigar from its aging room. J.C. Newman first released Yagua in 2020. What makes this cigar unique is that […]
J.C. Newman Cigar Company has always embraced its heritage. It’s proud to be the oldest family-owned cigar maker in America, and it’s proud of its 111-year-old El Reloj factory. Over the past few years, J.C. Newman has focused on its unique position of having such a rich history behind it. The company recently has […]
At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Drew Newman of JC Newman Cigar Company told the Cigar Coop team production that a new project out of the El Reloj factory in Tampa, Florida has commenced known as the Angel Cuesta. El Reloj is a 111-year-old cigar factory that recently underwent some renovations. JC Newman […]
J.C. Newman Cigar Company has begun shipping Brick House Beginnings, the company’s release for the 2021 Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Exclusive. The story is that the cigars comprising Beginnings were from a ten-year-old stash of Brick House Cigars uncovered in the basement last year while the company was working on renovations to its El […]
J.C. Newman Cigar Company has added a fifth cigar to its The American line in the form of a 5 1/2 x 56 Double Robusto. The cigar is the first line extension to The American brand and will feature a slightly modified blend. News of the release was first reported by Halfwheel and more recently […]
At the start of 2021, J.C. Newman Cigar Company launched a new brand known as Havana Q. The Havana Q is described as a cousin to J.C. Newman’s popular Quorum brand. Quorom is a brand that has been in the J.C. Newman portfolio for quite some time and its a value-priced line of Cuban sandwich […]
Coop pays a visit to El Reloj, the factory in Ybor City, Florida and interviews Drew Newman. In this interview we discuss The American, Yagua, and the Perla Del Mar releases. Note: Apologies in advance for audio issues. Please turn up your volume to hear this interview. (Note: Due to age restrictions, you may have […]
