The Gran Habano - G.R. Tabacaleras Co. cigar factory located on "Calle Ocho", 8th street, in the Little Havana district of Miami is completed and ready to roll. Focusing on the highest standard for the cigar community the factory will employ 10 Cuban rollers who will produce no more than 1,000 cigars per day to ensure quality and consistency. This will be the base of our new cigar line “Gran Habano Miami” which will lead off with the soon-to-be-released Black Corojo, Opium Miami and the continuance of our STK program.
Black Corojo will be an extension of our popular Gran Habano Corojo #5 line. As the name implies, it will feature the industries first black corojo cigar wrapper. Due to the overwhelming success of our Opium release it will become a regular production cigar line known as Opium Miami. Production on both of these cigars will be based on traditional Cuban sizes and the blends will be revised to take the connoisseur to the next level.
Hot on the heels of the Zulu Zulu, that was just rated 91 by Cigar Aficionado, the STK Opium is now ready to be released into the wild. After years of experimenting with wrappers, fillers, blends and various prototypes George Rico has finally developed a cigar worthy of the unique name Opium.
The STK Opium is comprised of a Nicaraguan Habano Corojo Hybrid wrapper, a Nicaraguan binder and a mixture of unique fillers at deliver power and flavor to this limited production cigar. Only 1,000 boxes of the 6 x 52 Opium have been created and each cigar will have an MSRP of just $9.
The 2011 IPCPR in Las Vegas was a great success and it was amazing to see all the retailers, cigar manufacturers, media and random guests have a great time. We also wanted to take the time to thank everyone that came by our booth and especially those who were daring enough to try our freeze-dried ice cream.
Also, to answer all the questions we got at the show and through email: The Gran Habano flat black ice cream truck is fully functional and operational. It is a 1967 International Metro-Mite, it was a straight-six engine that was rebuilt (mostly using Chevy parts), the top speed is 45 MPH, painted with a true Hot Rod Black and highlighted with a custom red that was created at the paint booth. The interior was redone with a synthetic grass floor, velvet diamond walls, 4 speaks, two 12 inch subs, a working fridge, a racing Sparco seat and the interior lights were all changed to blacklights.
