Trader Jack's
Aromatic, machine-assisted cigars from J.C. Newman
- Family
- Fourth-generation Newman family ownership through J.C. Newman Cigar Company
- Home
- Tampa, Florida, United States
- Factory
- Historic Regensburg cigar factory, Ybor City, Tampa, Florida
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The house
The story of Trader Jack's
In 1954, J.C. Newman moved to Tampa's Ybor City cigar district and into the historic Regensburg cigar factory, built in 1910. The company remains under fourth-generation Newman family ownership and lists Trader Jacks among its United States cigar brands.
Trader Jack's centers on flavored, medium-strength cigars with a Caribbean theme. The Sunrise and Midnight blends combine Dominican, Honduran and Nicaraguan tobaccos, with aromatic island spice added before packing.
The Midnight uses a Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper. Trader Jack's cigars are described as machine-assisted and attended by skilled cigar makers.
Milestones
Moments that made the house
- 1895
J.C. Newman established
Julius Caeser Newman founded the company in Cleveland, Ohio, after rolling his first cigars in the family barn.
- 1910
Regensburg factory built
The historic Regensburg cigar factory was built in Tampa's Ybor City.
- 1954
Move to Ybor City
J.C. Newman relocated to the Regensburg factory in Tampa to be closer to Cuba.
- 2001
Charitable foundation created
The Newman and Fuente families created the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation to support children in the Dominican Republic.
Craft
How they make them
Trader Jack's cigars are machine-assisted and manned by skilled cigar makers. The Sunrise and Midnight blends use Dominican, Honduran and Nicaraguan tobaccos and receive aromatic island spice before packing. Midnight is finished with a Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper; the cigars are identified as medium-strength, flavored and medium-filler.
Details
Things most people don't know
- Three-country blend
- Sunrise and Midnight combine tobaccos from the Dominican Republic, Honduras and Nicaragua.
- Aromatic finish
- Each cigar is spiked with aromatic island spice before it is packed.
- Historic machinery
- J.C. Newman's Tampa factory uses hand-operated ARENCO and American Machine and Foundry cigar-making machines from the 1930s.
- Early packaging innovation
- J.C. Newman was the first to package cigars in cellophane tubes to protect them and keep them fresh.
- Global reach
- J.C. Newman cigars are sold in 81 countries.
In the humidor
Trader Jack's up close
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