Origin of Don Pepin Cigars

The story began in 1950, when Jose Pepin Garcia was born into a renowned cigar rolling family in Cuba. Post a decade, when 11-year old kids use to play with their friends after school, Jose use to sit at rolling table learning about his trade business. His passion for the tobacco industry continued to evolve throughout his adult life because he got inspired from his generations of tobacco growing.

Jose Pepin Garcia along with few of his best Cuban Cigar rollers opened his first cigar factory in Havana in 2003, thus created his own legacy. Garcia with his best torcedores began selling his first premium creations to the neighborhood locals. By making top-quality sticks that were robust, flawlessly constructed, and aromatic, he swiftly emerged as one of the handful manufacturers that began gathering fame from the entire nation.

After producing the original Don Pepin Garcia Classico, Garcia’s business really took off, and Jose Pepin and his family are now proud owners of two factories, headquartered in Doral, which is a boutique factory comprising of a team of twelve cigar rollers who are trained by Don Pepin himself. The other factory is the Garcia Family Industrial Park in Nicaragua, where more than three hundred cigar rollers perfectly make Don Pepin products on a daily basis.

Debuting in 2007, El Centurion was a limited edition cigar that was available in three different sizes  with only 850 cigars made of each size. The company reached the acme of success in 2012 when Cigar Aficonado Magazine awarded the My Father Flor de Las Antillas Toro the cigar of the year. DonPepin and My Father Cigars laid the foundation for the success of the company.

However, the family of Garcia continues to pass on the legacy and follow the tradition of excellence they lived and inherited in Cuba. While, Jose along with his daughter and his son are poised to keep their brands flourishing for many years to come. Garcia’s son Jamie was a talented blender in his own way and secretly  began to work on his own project.