Cuesta-Rey is a brand of hand-made cigar

Cigar

A cigar is a tightly-rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco that is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the mouth. Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Philippines, and the Eastern...

, founded in 1884 by Angel LaMadrid Cuesta and Peregrino Rey.

Cuesta, a Spaniard, had apprenticed in cigar making in Cuba

Cuba

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 before he met Rey. They formed the company in the Ybor City district of Tampa

Tâmpa

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, Florida

Florida

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 to make 'clear Havana' cigars (cigars made in the United States using imported Cuban tobacco

Tobacco

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).

In 1958 Carl Cuesta, Angel's son sold the company to the J.C. Newman Cigar Co. and since the 1980s they have been produced in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

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 by Tabacalera A. Fuente.

External links

• Historical Images for Cuesta-Rey from the University of Florida Digital Collections
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• http://www.cigarfamily.com