The American Torpedo 6"1/8 * 52

A medium strength cigar with a warm earthy and sweet profile. This All-American puro’s Florida Sun-grown wrapper covers a USA Connecticut Broadleaf binder and a USA Pennsylvania and USA Connecticut filler. The American is expertly handmade in Tampa, Florida at J.C. Newman’s century old El Reloj cigar factory. 

• Brands
  The American

  JC Newman Cigars has been making premium cigars for more than a century. With headquarters in Ybor City, Florida, JC Newman Cigars has been dubbed “America’s Oldest Family-Owned Premium Cigar Maker.” Now entering its fourth-generation as a family run company, JC Newman has brought back the American cigar. First made in 1910, the American is made of 100% American tobacco from wrapper to filler, and it is hand rolled in Newman’s El Reloj factory located in Tampa, Florida. Think of it as an American puro. The American sports a Florida Sun grown wrapper that is draped over a Connecticut broadleaf binder, which houses USA Connecticut and USA Pennsylvania long-filler tobaccos. The American is a medium-strength toro that offers an earthy flavor profile you will want to try again and again. Limited availability, 3 singles per customer
• Cigar Shape
  Torpedo

  The Torpedo was traditionally a fat cigar with two closed, tapered ends. Today, it is any cigar with a cut foot and straight body which tapers to a closed, pointed head.
• Cigar Section
  Round

  Most cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.
• Cigar Length
  6"1/8

  This cigar is 6"1/8 inches long, or 155.57 mm.
• Origin
  USA

  Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
  Production of cigars in the United States, once a thriving industry, is now mainly machine made cigars. They are still being produced in the last remaining cigar factory from the 1890s, the JC Newman Cigar factory in Tampa. However, in recent years boutique brands have flourished and are being handmade by select rollers in Miami, Florida.
• Cigar Ring Gauge
  52

  The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 52, so his diameter is 52/64 inches or 20.57 mm.
• Strength
  Medium
• Wrapper Color
  Natural

  Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
  Natural wrapper, also known as Colorado Claro, is light brown in color.
• Single Packaging
  Cellophane
• Rolling Type
  Handmade

  Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar Manufacturer
  J.C. Newman Cigar Co.

  Established in 1895, J.C. Newman Cigar Co. is America's oldest family-owned company making premium cigars, which include the cigars they make at the last operating cigar factory in Ybor City, Florida, and their popular Brick House cigars made in their factory in Nicaragua.
• Cigar Wrapper
  Sungrown

  The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
  Sungrown cigar wrappers come from tobacco plants that are grown directly under the sun without the use of man made tents to give shade as in Shade grown wrappers. As opposed to the Shade grown plants, sun grown tobacco plants grown thicker leaves with thicker veins and darker color. Sungrown wrappers can be appreciated for their rich taste and sweet undertones.
• Cigar Binder
  Broadleaf

  The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. 
  Broadleaf tobacco leaves are known for being large, resilient, thick, and sweetness. Ideally, they are used in the production of maduro cigars and primarily used as wrappers, but they add dimension to a cigar’s flavor profile when used as a binder.

  Connecticut

  The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. 
  Connecticut tobacco is golden brown with a mild to medium flavor. It is mainly grown under shade in the Connecticut River Valley or sun grown in Ecuador.
• Cigar Filler
  USA Connecticut

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.

  USA Pennsylvania

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
• UPC
  076622130302
  076622013209