With a location of solely 90 miles from Havana, the Cuban Independence Warfare of 1868 and the ensuing migration of cigar employees to the little island made Key West the cigar capital of the USA.
In 1885 there was a significant cigar employee’s strike which lasted for months and Vicente Ybor, a principal producer, moved to Tampa. In fact, Tampa provided a wide range of ‘good offers’ and particular person employees adopted.
Although Tampa would quickly exceed Key West in cigar manufacturing, the affect left behind on the small island with its proximity to Cuba resulted in a long-lasting impression that’s nonetheless a part of the tradition that lives on via right now.
Cigar containers have been utilized by cigar producers to differentiate themselves other than their competitors.
Spanish cedar grew to become the wooden of selection for making the containers to protect the nice hand rolled Cuban tobacco leaf cigars. Cedar is combative towards moisture, naturally proof against rot, decay and bug assaults, to not point out the distinctive aroma and delightful wooden grain of pure cedar.
It ought to come as no shock that we discovered the cigar containers an ideal match for storing and sharing the spices. So we set out on having a cigar field designed and constructed in the identical method that’s nonetheless used right now for the world’s best cigars.
Every cigar field consists of 100% all pure Spanish cedar. Handmade and sanded proper right here within the US. Meant to carry and shield all 5 of our signature blends.
We hope our Key West Spice Firm cigar field reward set makes for the right reward and the fortunate recipients get to develop their very own distinctive use and function for every field lengthy after the spices are gone.
