Hirsh y Garcia
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Hirsh y García is a brand of hand-made premium cigar
owned by Cigar King, Inc..
and is manufactured at the El Rey de los Habanos factory in the Little Havana
section of Miami
, Florida
.
The brand takes its name from the two men responsible for its creation: Mitchell Hirsh, owner of Cigar King, Inc., and Pepin Garcia.
Mitchell Hirsh was born in Skokie, Illinois in 1957. He acquired his extraordinary business ethic working at his father’s retail store, Discount King. Discount King sold everything from toothpaste to cigars. Even as a young child, Mitchell was fascinated with the small section of the store that was dedicated to tobacco sales. When his father retired, Mitchell purchased Discount King from him. He discontinued all non-tobacco products and changed its name to Cigar King. It was there that Mitchell began building a foundation and a reputation for one of the finest cigar – retail stores in the world. When he moved to Arizona some 15 years later, he established a second retail store in Scottsdale, Arizona, also called Cigar King. There, he incorporated the distribution of fine luxury items such as watches, mount blanc pens, and so on. What gives the Cigar king it’s exceptional name is its renowned reputation for fine service and reasonable prices. Mitchell still incorporates the same customer – friendly values he did when he first opened Cigar King.
The filler is a Nicaragua
n blend, as is the binder. The wrapper is a chocolate-colored Nicaraguan Corojo. It is a medium to full-bodied cigar and yields a rather spicy flavor. The band is red, with a white emblem. The brand consists of a single range of four vitolas.
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...
owned by Cigar King, Inc..
History and Background
The brand was created by José "Pepin" GarciaPepin Garcia
Don José "Pepin" Garcia is currently the CEO of El Rey de los Habanos, Inc, a cigar company in Miami, also known as Don Pepín Cigars. He is a noted cigar maker living in Miami, Florida...
and is manufactured at the El Rey de los Habanos factory in the Little Havana
Little Havana
Little Havana is a neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States. Home to many Cuban immigrant residents, Little Havana is named after Havana, the capital and largest city in Cuba. The approximate boundaries are the Miami River , SW 16th Street , SR 9/West 27th Avenue and I-95...
section of Miami
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
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The brand takes its name from the two men responsible for its creation: Mitchell Hirsh, owner of Cigar King, Inc., and Pepin Garcia.
Mitchell Hirsh was born in Skokie, Illinois in 1957. He acquired his extraordinary business ethic working at his father’s retail store, Discount King. Discount King sold everything from toothpaste to cigars. Even as a young child, Mitchell was fascinated with the small section of the store that was dedicated to tobacco sales. When his father retired, Mitchell purchased Discount King from him. He discontinued all non-tobacco products and changed its name to Cigar King. It was there that Mitchell began building a foundation and a reputation for one of the finest cigar – retail stores in the world. When he moved to Arizona some 15 years later, he established a second retail store in Scottsdale, Arizona, also called Cigar King. There, he incorporated the distribution of fine luxury items such as watches, mount blanc pens, and so on. What gives the Cigar king it’s exceptional name is its renowned reputation for fine service and reasonable prices. Mitchell still incorporates the same customer – friendly values he did when he first opened Cigar King.
Description
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
n blend, as is the binder. The wrapper is a chocolate-colored Nicaraguan Corojo. It is a medium to full-bodied cigar and yields a rather spicy flavor. The band is red, with a white emblem. The brand consists of a single range of four vitolas.
Models/Vitolas
| Model Name | Length (in.) | Ring Gauge |
|---|---|---|
| Churchill | 7 | 50 |
| Panatela | 7 | 42 |
| Corona | 5.5 | 42 |
| Robusto | 5 | 50 |