The leather case is an individually-numbered, baseball-inspired cigar case made by Brizard & Co., manufactured from actual vintage baseball mitt leather and ash wood from baseball bats, with each set including a retro Tampa Smokers cap and a 1947 vintage Tampa Smokers program, with only 250 sets produced. Tampa Smokers Cigars blend tradition, craftsmanship, and nostalgia, making them a must-try for cigar lovers and baseball fans alike, honoring the deep-rooted connection between America's favorite pastime and its historic cigar culture.
The Tampa Smokers cigars deliver mild to medium strength that increases to medium by the final third, with medium-bodied flavors throughout the smoking experience. Professional reviewers note the cigars open with notes of cream, cedar, and sweet berry flavors, with earth notes surfacing as primary flavors alongside cream, while cedar and berry notes settle in the background. The retro-hale delivers cedar and pepper combinations, with black pepper emerging and increasing throughout the smoking experience.
Tampa Smokers cigars are hand rolled in J.C. Newman's iconic El Reloj cigar factory in Tampa in two sizes, with a single master cigar roller hand rolling only 80 Tampa Smokers cigars per day using an Ecuadorian Shade wrapper, Connecticut Broadleaf binder, and filler tobaccos from Latin America. This cigar celebrates the Tampa Smokers, a minor-league baseball team that played in the Cigar City from 1919 to 1954, when Tampa's local baseball team was named the Tampa Smokers to celebrate its place as Cigar City, with many famous athletes including Al Lopez, who was the son of cigar workers and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.