Why us?

Our company was launched by generous support from prominent African Americans in the South in the summer of 2025. 

African Americans have contributed to the tobacco and cigar industry through cultivation, craftsmanship, and cultural influence, especially from the era of slavery through the 20th century and into modern times.

Early Tobacco Cultivation and Labor Enslaved Black people were essential to cultivating, harvesting, and processing tobacco, using agricultural techniques passed down through generations. After emancipation, many Black Americans continued working in tobacco farming and some established their own farms. Their expertise was vital to the success of the tobacco industry in the U.S., especially in the Southern states like Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky.

Many African Americans worked as skilled cigar rollers (torcedores) in factories. Their craftsmanship helped elevate the quality of U.S.-made cigars. This tradition was influenced by Cuban cigar-making techniques and brought by Black artisans trained in Cuba. The Black community's contributions to cigar rolling have been significant though often overlooked. This is WHY we exist  

During the Harlem Renaissance and through the early 20th century, cigars symbolized status and sophistication in Black intellectual, business, and artistic circles. Prominent Black figures like W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, and Marcus Garvey were often associated with cigars as symbols of power.

Jazz musicians such as Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong also popularized cigars in Black culture. Black-owned speakeasies and nightclubs often featured cigar lounges that fostered racial integration in social spaces during Prohibition.

One of the most notable events in was the Charleston Cigar Strike, led primarily by Black women working in a major cigar factory in Charleston, South Carolina. The strike protested low wages, racial discrimination, and poor working conditions. Though the strike achieved some wage increases, union recognition remained elusive. This strike remains a significant chapter in labor and civil rights history, demonstrating the role of Black workers in advocating for economic and racial justice.

Our premium cigars are produced in Tamburil, Dominican Republic by small-batch tobacco farmers whose family has worked for generations in the tobacco fields. Every cigar we produce directly benefits the economic well-being of low-income residents of this cigar manufacturing capital of the world. We work DIRECTLY with these farmers and their families - some of whom work two jobs to support their families. We do not deal with large tobacco houses with glamorous factories and fancy country club memberships.

The goal of our company is to empower minorities and people of color to own their cigar destinies and create their own private label cigars for personal and professional development and create lasting generational wealth for themselves and those they serve.