The last cigar factory in Tampa keeps rolling

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  • Опубліковано 23 вер 2018
  • History lives here, inside the J.C. Newman Cigar Co. Machines manufactured in the 1930s are still used to pack and roll the cigars, and the sights and smells are throwbacks. Tampa was once home to 150 cigar factories, which churned out millions of cigars in the early part of the 20th century and shipped them worldwide.

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  • @TampaBayTimes
    @TampaBayTimes  3 роки тому +9

    The clock tower will ring again soon and, if the owners have their way, will chime for at least another 110 years. Read the story: www.tampabay.com/life-culture/history/2020/09/24/century-old-ybor-city-clock-tower-will-ring-again-soon/

  • @hulkslayer626
    @hulkslayer626 3 роки тому +108

    Just started smoking cigars a couple months ago. I do roadside assistance and someone gave me a couple cigars as a tip for changing their flat tire. He was a cigar roller for a local cigar shop. I smoke one cigar a week. Sunday night. My only day off of work.

    • @lukevolnhyr6169
      @lukevolnhyr6169 2 роки тому +9

      Yep, only can smoke a cigar when your able to relax.. Just like the man says it's it's relaxation business, unlike cigarettes, vapes

    • @Pjs-kl1op
      @Pjs-kl1op 2 роки тому

      Have fun with the cancer

    • @lamtran1934
      @lamtran1934 Рік тому

      @@lukevolnhyr6169 what type of business is vapes and cigarettes then?

    • @andycole_92
      @andycole_92 Рік тому +8

      @@lamtran1934 just feeding an addiction

    • @IDrinkAndIKnowThings
      @IDrinkAndIKnowThings Рік тому +2

      smoke more...try a macanudo 1968..you'll thank me...your welcome

  • @taylorwatson7932
    @taylorwatson7932 4 роки тому +177

    Placing your personal opinion of tobacco aside, this is more than a factory. It’s a living history museum that celebrates the ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit of Latin-American immigrants.

    • @TheAfrothunderr
      @TheAfrothunderr 3 роки тому

      No one said anyhing wtf 😂😂😂😂

    • @supremecaffeine2633
      @supremecaffeine2633 3 роки тому +4

      @Arnold Davis Only the ones who break the law and come here illegally. Seriously, what's with you people and not understanding the difference between legal and Illegal immigration?

    • @coronalight77
      @coronalight77 3 роки тому +2

      Lol what a moron. The methods, machines, designs, and ownership are not at all Latin but simply take advantage of a minority workforce. Its also automated so the skill of hand rolling is completely absent. Stop pretending to be deep and pick up a book.

    • @edf203
      @edf203 3 роки тому +2

      @@supremecaffeine2633 legal/illegal makes no difference if you're a racist.

    • @supremecaffeine2633
      @supremecaffeine2633 3 роки тому +1

      @@edf203 Oh, are you one of those morons who don't know the difference between nationality and race?

  • @mrrailgun6440
    @mrrailgun6440 Рік тому +4

    Couldn't agree more. When you smoke a cigar, nothing else matters. Everything fades to pure relaxation.

  • @growleym504
    @growleym504 2 роки тому +12

    I admit I am sort of a cigar snob, but I really enjoyed the video, watching the vintage machines bam bam bam punching those manufactured stogies out like a machine gun. There is a real magical kind of aura about it. I am a recently retired seaman and so I am used to getting Cubans, but lately I have been messing around with rolling my own. Sometimes I will have a Fuente 8-5-8 or a Hemmingway Short Story and I won't refuse a Dominican Romeo Robusto, But my first ever cigar was a Tampa Nugget Sublime and I had probably smoked about 1000 of them by the time I was old enough that I didn't have to lie at the store and say they were for my Dad. I even had a Swisher Sweet or two. Once I discovered long filler hand rolls, I was hooked, and then, Habanos. But I still remember getting green about the gills from my first Tampa Nugget, and the satisfaction I got from the second one. Then my uncle found me puffing away and suggested that I not inhale. LOL! Anyway thanks for posting the vid.

    • @skyking4501
      @skyking4501 Рік тому +1

      That’s a great story!! Thank you for sharing it.

  • @timothyhopper8804
    @timothyhopper8804 3 роки тому +137

    The story goes that JFK had 50 boxes of cigars delivered to himself before the embargo went into effect.

    • @ivanfierro8940
      @ivanfierro8940 3 роки тому +11

      This is true

    • @tonioreyes
      @tonioreyes 3 роки тому +9

      lucky for him he didnt died from lungcancer

    • @buythaiproperty
      @buythaiproperty 3 роки тому +7

      Yup, he told his secretary to buy 1,000 Cubans the day before he signed on the Cuban embargo.

    • @tonioreyes
      @tonioreyes 3 роки тому +3

      @MetherFeckerrrr do you know one that isnt?

    • @jaredwilliams6189
      @jaredwilliams6189 3 роки тому +4

      This shows that he believed the embargo would be temporary.

  • @charlesrocks
    @charlesrocks 3 роки тому +21

    Thank God someone is still making cigars.

    • @MarquisDeSang
      @MarquisDeSang 6 місяців тому

      Don't worry, south america has all our bases covered.
      So much for the land of the free and Chinada.

    • @dmc4936
      @dmc4936 Місяць тому

      And making them here in the U.S.A. A rarity. Made in the U.S.

  • @main183
    @main183 3 роки тому +69

    Great piece! Sad to see what the FDA has done to our cigar makers

    • @MarquisDeSang
      @MarquisDeSang 6 місяців тому +2

      The Nazis always always ban things that makes you think or enjoy life.
      You think the FDA is bad, here in Quebec they totally banned pipe tobacco and all cigars in Chinada must have a brown ring with no indication on it.

    • @anonymousr1918
      @anonymousr1918 6 місяців тому

      FDA approves democide causing bio weapons that weren’t tested properly but bans cigars? That tells you all you need to know. Corrupt and evil.

  • @grahamkilpatrick4862
    @grahamkilpatrick4862 5 років тому +6

    Great family. Great history. Great cigars!

  • @miguelitoantonio1950
    @miguelitoantonio1950 3 роки тому +23

    Bought a pack of no 99 at my local rez smoke shop. Really good cheap cigars. Lil sweet and peppery, mellow smoke, goes great with spiced rum. Glad there still American cigar factories still open.

  • @zeeshanshaikh2133
    @zeeshanshaikh2133 3 роки тому

    Watching this video i could feel the smell of the beautiful cigar. Awesome. Its been long i had smoked one.

  • @chrisross298
    @chrisross298 5 років тому +7

    Cool factory, have to visit it.

  • @rrxbjr
    @rrxbjr 3 роки тому +7

    Great video. He touched the heart of the matter for cigar smoking. When you smoke it you got your feet up....real time on your hands and all is well with the world. One or two cigars a week would do it...

    • @michaelkingsbury4305
      @michaelkingsbury4305 Рік тому +1

      The latest report says smoking one or two cigars per day has no measurable effect on health.

    • @eliasbram3710
      @eliasbram3710 3 місяці тому

      ​​​​​@@michaelkingsbury4305 wich report, "cigars digest"? We need to admit it, it is harmful to some extent.
      If its more or less harmful than others habits its an different discussion, but we need to be mindful of our decisions and know they do have consequences:
      increase in tongue and larynx cancer risk, chance of addiction in nicotine, and so on.
      of course, it's better than other crap, for sure, but not safe, far from it.
      Telling ourselves lies is not going to change that.
      That's why: the cigar is just worth it if it is exceptional

  • @balasmj
    @balasmj 4 роки тому +7

    I love the rustling sound of a burning cigar

  • @LarryTaint-qn8pd
    @LarryTaint-qn8pd 2 роки тому +1

    I was in Ybor City about 15 years ago and they had several cigar rolling businesses. We got some from a shop that rolled them right in front of you and we bought some finished (aged) ones and they were delicious.

  • @itsallgonemad
    @itsallgonemad 3 роки тому +3

    Beautiful machinery 👍🏻

    • @stevemc75
      @stevemc75 3 роки тому

      This is not how real cigars are made.

  • @jeffreymontgomery4091
    @jeffreymontgomery4091 Рік тому +6

    So cool! I didn't realize what a huge cigar industry FL once had. I think it double cool that they are still using original factory equipment. I would think original machines are almost worth their weight n gold these days...

    • @philw8704
      @philw8704 Рік тому

      Yep, and Kennedy choked the life out of York City and Tampa with his Cuba embargo...right after he had his assistant order 1,000 of his favorite Cubans. Politicians and FDA, hows that for helping American business?

  • @HarmonHeat
    @HarmonHeat 2 роки тому +1

    Found a local place here in Baltimore that sells them. Heading there tomorrow! Stay strong J.C.

  • @Duckbutter93
    @Duckbutter93 3 роки тому +1

    Always wanted to see the inside of this building when i drive by on the interstate.

  • @tonywolton
    @tonywolton 3 роки тому +1

    This side of 2020 (ugh) I hope you are still doing good business. I vape now but still and always look forward to smoking cigars on holiday, a treat to myself. Like to try one of your smokes.

  • @petemitchell6788
    @petemitchell6788 2 роки тому

    Love my Quorum cigars!

  • @bigjondlc4140
    @bigjondlc4140 3 роки тому +3

    Tampa Nuggets are all my Grandpa smoked till he died. Hardly ever saw him without one in his mouth. Many times it was not lit but he was just chewing on it to keep the smoke down when the grandkids were over.

  • @TrustNotta
    @TrustNotta 3 роки тому

    Good stuff🤙

  • @DreamFireNostalgia
    @DreamFireNostalgia 4 роки тому +2

    Bless there hearts

  • @bonsaibrian
    @bonsaibrian 2 місяці тому

    God bless this man and his business

  • @hippiehillape
    @hippiehillape 3 роки тому +9

    When I lived in Tampa, I paid girls in Ybor City to roll up all of my cannabis into blunts with green tobacco leaf. They'd smoke the first one while rolling the rest. I really miss those smokes

  • @WootTootZoot
    @WootTootZoot 3 роки тому +2

    There are still lots of artisanal cigar rollers around Florida.

  • @AdventuresofmalibuandDad
    @AdventuresofmalibuandDad 3 роки тому

    A true treasure. Tampa is the best city in the world. 👍👍❤️

  • @slothystyle
    @slothystyle 3 роки тому +1

    Cue the Limp Bizkit song "Rollin"
    Keep rolling, rollin, rollin, yeah!

  • @donaldfloyd8308
    @donaldfloyd8308 3 роки тому

    @ 1:35 what is that in the sky to the left of the cloak tower?

  • @deathcometh61
    @deathcometh61 3 роки тому +18

    1930 machine. When shit lasted. I've been looking for kitchen equipment like a potato press for fries. Some big cast iron that can be used as a hammer and still work for 50 years.

  • @Ruthless69
    @Ruthless69 5 років тому +37

    2:23 she ain’t talking broke

  • @RedRiverChannel
    @RedRiverChannel 3 роки тому +1

    Tampa Sweet was Richard Overton's favorite cigar!

  • @timmyraw329
    @timmyraw329 2 роки тому

    Perfect video!!!!

  • @hamidijafri
    @hamidijafri 3 роки тому

    you got my vote bob

  • @Larkon979
    @Larkon979 Рік тому +2

    Machine made not hand rolled. I can see why it's not easy to stay in business. Watch vids of the cigar factories in other countries. Complete different, no machines at all. I prefer the old world methods of rolling a good cigar by hand.

  • @shadeshiest22
    @shadeshiest22 4 роки тому +6

    THE ONLY reason I’ve ever been to Tampa...

  • @michaelwoods3799
    @michaelwoods3799 3 роки тому

    I need to visit

  • @luisllorens70
    @luisllorens70 3 роки тому +11

    Many Cubans received their education in cigar factories. Many old timers that I knew that are no longer with us would make cigars while a young person would read the newspaper, Cervantes, and even the bible. One old woman that I knew was completely senile and unable to speak. But she rolled imaginary cigars for years until she died. True story.

    • @SoldierAndrew
      @SoldierAndrew 2 роки тому

      Thank you for sharing this. I hope you're still well. Dios te bendiga y cuidate.

    • @Alaskan-Armadillo
      @Alaskan-Armadillo Рік тому

      It was more than just literature and the bible but many Cubans became radicalized to support Cuban independence from Spain.

  • @nkosikhonamnamatha
    @nkosikhonamnamatha 4 роки тому +2

    Help fund fffc their cigar packing and manufacture. For procedia at gym plans

  • @romemac1380
    @romemac1380 4 роки тому +2

    Lived in Tampa damn near my whole life and haven’t visited this factory 🤦🏿‍♂️

  • @ExpatPlans365
    @ExpatPlans365 Рік тому

    Is the company still open for business?

  • @Espankyz45
    @Espankyz45 Рік тому

    They do tours if you guys are interested

  • @TearitoffE
    @TearitoffE Місяць тому

    Is this where I can create my own blunt wraps at ?

  • @asadunkerton8843
    @asadunkerton8843 3 роки тому +3

    Sad to see that they are using short filler and machines to roll them then are calling them premium cigars. That’s like calling swisher sweets premium cigars. Long filler hand rolled cigars are premium everything else is just a cigar. Don’t get me wrong people love their cheap sticks but don’t water down the premium moniker by using it on cheap shit

  • @Alaziqx
    @Alaziqx 3 роки тому +1

    YOOOOO I PASSED THIS PLACE

  • @TheAfrothunderr
    @TheAfrothunderr 3 роки тому +1

    Shit yall better keep making them. Cigarillos are becomin rare!!

  • @eddieaguirre605
    @eddieaguirre605 3 роки тому +1

    What brand are they ?

  • @andriasiswanto
    @andriasiswanto 3 роки тому +1

    Please don't die..!!! 🙏

  • @dariostino
    @dariostino Рік тому

    Tampa, producing America's best Death metal and best cigars💪💪🤘🤘

  • @ThomasSmith-os4zc
    @ThomasSmith-os4zc 2 роки тому

    Do you know where the word Tampa comes from?

  • @tubtigre
    @tubtigre 3 роки тому +1

    Use to smoke Hav-A-Tampa Vanilla Jewels (Blue box) with wood Tips... NOT made anymore unfortunately... Really missing those.

  • @cannonmartin7952
    @cannonmartin7952 3 роки тому

    Hell yes

  • @politicsuncensored5617
    @politicsuncensored5617 9 місяців тому +1

    I remember when I could make a road trip from Tampa to Miami going from cigar shop to the next and it was for me a fun trip. OK smoking is bad for you, but it is OUR choice. People eating habits are horrible and millions die from that. I don't see the gov. cracking down on people who are fat and unhealthy because of their eating crap. Shalom

  • @datbigboi3005
    @datbigboi3005 3 роки тому

    Just like me still rolling

  • @773120688
    @773120688 7 місяців тому

    Ganja wine on Cuban cigarettes will live the world of fantasy; Or a beer with a shisha, perfect imagination.

  • @user-gd9qy9ct4i
    @user-gd9qy9ct4i Рік тому

    Где можно купить?

  • @lengkahmedia
    @lengkahmedia 2 місяці тому

    the problem with cigar artisan, the just rolling cigar but not doing how to mix leaf till get good cigar

  • @mohammedcohen
    @mohammedcohen 2 роки тому

    cigars...and now craft beers in Ybor City

  • @IDrinkAndIKnowThings
    @IDrinkAndIKnowThings Рік тому

    WHY is it the last????

  • @aky19832001
    @aky19832001 3 роки тому +1

    Whats the difference between a Cuban cigar vs Caribbean made cigar or knes made in florida, if the cigar is made from top quality leaf?

  • @jc6565
    @jc6565 3 роки тому +1

    JFK liked a42 ring gauge cigar

  • @benher6934
    @benher6934 6 місяців тому +1

    3:40 that cigar was disgusting. 😂

  • @laurataff1962
    @laurataff1962 Рік тому

    Make sure you have a good dental insurance plan

  • @speedshiftr88
    @speedshiftr88 3 роки тому

    Too bad prices aren't relaxed

  • @smasher.338
    @smasher.338 11 місяців тому +1

    Ah, the government to the rescue as usual.

  • @frankvalice311
    @frankvalice311 2 роки тому

    Dam I want to work here it looks satisfying

  • @robertbaldwin5771
    @robertbaldwin5771 8 місяців тому

    Medicinal meditaton sticks.

  • @alanmcewen6111
    @alanmcewen6111 Рік тому +1

    Why is Cuban tobacco so better/different to another country?

  • @smellyvalley
    @smellyvalley 3 роки тому

    Cubans are still making them by hand?

    • @LordDavid04
      @LordDavid04 3 роки тому

      Yes.
      De Olifant, Netherlands does it both. By hand and machine.

    • @zack9912000
      @zack9912000 3 роки тому +2

      Yea and they are over rated trash. People like to brag about them because of the embargo made them hard to get,not because they are any good. Their quality is all over the place .

    • @djrxmx
      @djrxmx 2 роки тому

      @@zack9912000 I've had REALLY good Cuban cigars, and I've had REALLY bad ones as well. One has to understand the options.

  • @RahulSingh-lu3eo
    @RahulSingh-lu3eo 3 роки тому

    How much start this business in India

    • @marctemura2017
      @marctemura2017 3 роки тому

      Indians can't afford to make Cigars right now.

  • @tbugher62
    @tbugher62 3 роки тому +1

    Good luck,few people smoke Cigars anymore,most people don't even smoke at all these days.

    • @djrxmx
      @djrxmx 2 роки тому +4

      Omg, that's so simplistic. Beyond your generalization, you should do some research about how many people across the globe smoke cigars; not too mention, you might want to even travel abroad for a while and see what other societies do with regards to smoking. The United States is more uptight about smoking compared to most other countries in the world.

    • @BuffaloNickel9
      @BuffaloNickel9 4 місяці тому

      OP couldn't be more wrong, do your research. Cuba *cannot produce enough cigars to meet demand,* Arturo Fuente Opus X Davidoff etc sell for 20- $50+ per cigar & Habanos can double that easily. Huge Demand!

  • @sharan96vj87
    @sharan96vj87 3 роки тому

    👍

  • @manuelbou2576
    @manuelbou2576 4 роки тому

    3k dollars a day? That's fucked up

  • @leudisvalerio2885
    @leudisvalerio2885 4 роки тому +1

    I don’t smoking that cigars

    • @djrxmx
      @djrxmx 2 роки тому +1

      Alternate way to convey that: I don't smoke cigars. (OR) I don't smoke those types of cigars. Free language lesson for you.

  • @LanNguyen-np4ei
    @LanNguyen-np4ei 3 роки тому

    Ok thich

  • @thesmokinyoda9948
    @thesmokinyoda9948 3 роки тому +1

    I have alot more respect for cigars after watching this video.

  • @goodgollyjosh
    @goodgollyjosh 3 роки тому +1

    Short filler? Aww man :-/

  • @georgewashington938
    @georgewashington938 3 роки тому +1

    I wish cigars weren't bad for your health

    • @CrookDanny
      @CrookDanny 3 роки тому

      Are they?

    • @ACILifeline
      @ACILifeline Рік тому

      They are only if you believe the 3 letter government agencies. You don't inhale cigars and they are as dangerous as washing your hands with sanitizer all the time. Cigars are tobacco, cigarettes' contain tobacco. The cigar was just tagged along with regulations on the filthy cigarettes' by those who know nothing about the cigar culture. We (cigar smokers and manufactures) are regulated but not represented. It is authoritarian and it sucks.

  • @escalade5592
    @escalade5592 Рік тому

    That’s not how u light a cigar took a big first puff of nothing but lighter fluid

  • @alanstrong3295
    @alanstrong3295 3 роки тому

    Swisher Sweets worked well enough.

  • @lilchromisome7895
    @lilchromisome7895 2 роки тому

    Mfs still smoke tobacco in 2022 😂😭

  • @oterocigars2893
    @oterocigars2893 3 роки тому

    Machine cigars are good only for fumas jj

  • @hoangmyngoc2306
    @hoangmyngoc2306 3 роки тому

    Xì gà thì ra là như vậy..

  • @congnguyen490
    @congnguyen490 3 роки тому

    💪💪💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @dantedanis
    @dantedanis 2 місяці тому

    I smoke 4 a week

  • @blanquitocotorrard3216
    @blanquitocotorrard3216 2 місяці тому

    Hola agos sigarros si mene sesitan es toy dis ponile

  • @beehive739
    @beehive739 3 роки тому

    Those workers look as dull as those cigars yuk.

    • @zack9912000
      @zack9912000 3 роки тому +1

      then why are you watching it.

  • @dennishill9472
    @dennishill9472 3 роки тому

    Just to hi in price

    • @tarui
      @tarui 3 роки тому +5

      Do you even English?

  • @t34sasha40
    @t34sasha40 3 роки тому

    Very nice😈come fast hell

  • @christinasutherland1474
    @christinasutherland1474 3 роки тому

    Y

  • @stevenshelhamer4841
    @stevenshelhamer4841 3 роки тому +13

    Best thing you can do to stay in business is re elect President Trump.

  • @theowissmann6527
    @theowissmann6527 2 роки тому

    N8

  • @learninglife38
    @learninglife38 2 роки тому

    I wish that you could find a more healthier alternative to smoking cigars.

    • @ACILifeline
      @ACILifeline Рік тому

      Like using hand sanitizer all the time? You have not a clue. You mean well but don't know what you say!

  • @lecturedecombat8054
    @lecturedecombat8054 2 роки тому +1

    Real cigars are made entirely by hand. The rest is crap.

    • @coolman102490
      @coolman102490 2 роки тому

      Preach.. the davidoff video of cigars being made is exactly how it should be done

    • @Larkon979
      @Larkon979 Рік тому +1

      Totally agree!

  • @zack9912000
    @zack9912000 3 роки тому

    Cuban cigars are over rated and vast differences in quality make them a gamble at best. So many substantially better cigars then cubans. People like them for bragging not for quality.

    • @Vladpryde
      @Vladpryde 3 роки тому +1

      I don't know about that. I've had two Cuban Montecristo # 2 Torpedoes and they were out of this world.

    • @djrxmx
      @djrxmx 2 роки тому +1

      @@Vladpryde Word. I've also had some really tasty Montecristo's. Zachay doesn't know exactly what he's talking about. The best tasting cigar I've ever had (and I've smoked many different Cuban, Nicaraguan, and Dominican) was a higher end Cohiba. Nothing yet has ever topped that experience.

    • @Vladpryde
      @Vladpryde 2 роки тому +1

      @@djrxmx I've always wanted to try a Cohiba, but I'm on the lower end of the pay scale, and I can't justify paying those prices for a cigar. $20 Ashton ESG are about the max I'm willing to spend.

  • @dupreymartin1
    @dupreymartin1 4 роки тому +1

    Can't even pronounce watch correctly generations after pff 😑

  • @learninglife38
    @learninglife38 3 роки тому

    If you smoke any type of tobacco, please quit now! Your health, heart, and lungs will thank you later!

    • @ChristSpiritoftheSun
      @ChristSpiritoftheSun 2 роки тому +2

      Weekly cigar smoking has zero health risk. Driving is far more dangerous.

    • @ACILifeline
      @ACILifeline Рік тому

      yeah, and stop using hand sanitizer all the time, it is just as bad as CIGAR smoking. You don't inhale cigars. It's people that think like you that has had a negative effect on the cigar culture injuring a whole industry and culture that is nothing like the cigarette industry, but.... you didn't know that. Just regulate it! More government! I am sure you mean well, but you DON'T have a clue!

  • @jimboslice9472
    @jimboslice9472 3 роки тому

    how ignurt,,, to bad the last cigar dump wasnt shut down, cancer fingers

  • @totesmuhgoats4287
    @totesmuhgoats4287 3 роки тому

    This Jew.

    • @Alaskan-Armadillo
      @Alaskan-Armadillo Рік тому

      It's sad because Jews and Cubans share a very similar history. You'd know that but sadly by being a reactionary it shows that you still worship Spain.