Miami Herald Article
El Titan de Bronze: the quaintest mom-and-pop shop I found on my tobacco journey, exudes an atmosphere of authenticity unmatched. On the counter sits a cigar-filled jar reading, “Smuggled Cuban cigars; stolen from Castro’s private stash.” Those stogies sell for only a buck.
But the real treasure in this shop is watching the artwork unfold. Skilled cigar rollers (all of whom hail from Cuba) tube tobacco leaves, slice the wrappers, and roll the cigars with a few pinches of vegetable-based adhesive. Co-owner Sandy Cobas says that each roller makes about 100 to 125 cigars everyday, and they stick to making only one kind of cigar. For example, Ernesto Pérez, 29, only makes Churchill cigars to master the art form perfectly.
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On our recent Cigar trip to Florida, we spent some time at Historic Calle Ocho. One of our stops was the El Titan de Bronze Cigar store. In the store there were two cigar rollers. El Titan De Bronze was started in 1995, and they pride themselves on quality over quantity. They produce a cigar with very high care and attention to detail. From what I have learned “They only employ the best to hand-roll their cigars, and most have experience at some of the top factories in the world such as Partagas and Romeo y Julieta.”
The El Titan de Bronze Redemption is the newest addition to the El Titan De Bronze Family. The cigars are produced in the USA at El Titan De Bronze Cigar Manufacturing Company in Miami, Florida. The factory is located on the corner of 8th and 11th streets (Calle Ocho) and shares the area with the famed La Gloria Cubana and El Rey de los Habanos Factories.