LA Tropical Deluxe

[PeeJay]

Anyone know anything about these Jamaican cigars? All I can find are some auction listings but nowt definitive.

[Sean]

Never heard of them have u got one mate if so pics pleaseeeeee

[cigarmo]

Anyone know anything about these Jamaican cigars? All I can find are some auction listings but nowt definitive.

i had an authentic Jamaican cigar once, but i promise i Didn't inhale

[ValeTudoGuy]

The only info I can find is that they appear to have been available during the 1950's in the UK. They look to be a low cost cigar.

[PeeJay]

Anyone else bidding on this? Silly to bid against each other.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171259360035?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1431.l2649

[Sean]

No bidding from me good luck

[butternutsquashpie]

i had an authentic Jamaican cigar once, but i promise i Didn't inhale

[ValeTudoGuy]

Anyone else bidding on this? Silly to bid against each other.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1712593600...84.m1431.l2649

Not me mate, fill your boots!...... Though if you want to part with one or two of them if you get em then PM me.

[ValeTudoGuy]

Here is the culmination of the research I have managed to do into this brand:

The company that made these was built and owned by Benito and Juan Machado who were two Cuban tobacco planter cousins fleeing Cuba.


They ended up in Jamaica with access to tobacco seed from the Vuelta Abajo area of Cuba and the expertise to understand what was the best land to plant it. They chose Temple Hall and Colbeck as being similar to the best tobacco land in Cuba.


In 1875, they established B. and J.B. Machado and started a cigar factory on Harbour Street in Kingston. It was small and employed about twenty-five workers, who were all experienced Cuban cigar rollers.


The La Tropical brand was the joint first ever trade mark in Jamaica, being registered on June 21st 1889.


Before the re-entry of Cuban cigars to the British market B. and J.B. Machado were one of the bigger a cigar suppliers to Britain and now had a staff of over 300.


Upon the death of the founders, the company floundered in family ownership for a while before Temple Hall Ltd. purchased them and managed to grow them to a point that they were exporting cigars to 40 countries.

[PeeJay]

Here is the culmination of the research I have managed to do into this brand:

The company that made these was built and owned by Benito and Juan Machado who were two Cuban tobacco planter cousins fleeing Cuba.


They ended up in Jamaica with access to tobacco seed from the Vuelta Abajo area of Cuba and the expertise to understand what was the best land to plant it. They chose Temple Hall and Colbeck as being similar to the best tobacco land in Cuba.


In 1875, they established B. and J.B. Machado and started a cigar factory on Harbour Street in Kingston. It was small and employed about twenty-five workers, who were all experienced Cuban cigar rollers.


The La Tropical brand was the joint first ever trade mark in Jamaica, being registered on June 21st 1889.


Before the re-entry of Cuban cigars to the British market B. and J.B. Machado were one of the bigger a cigar suppliers to Britain and now had a staff of over 300.


Upon the death of the founders, the company floundered in family ownership for a while before Temple Hall Ltd. purchased them and managed to grow them to a point that they were exporting cigars to 40 countries.

Good stuff Marc. A box of these went in the last C.Gars auction for ?70 well exceeding the guide price of ?30-40

[Sean]

Any age on them mate you spoke to the sellar

[PeeJay]

Any age on them mate you spoke to the sellar

I think they were sold here in the 50s. I haven't spoken to him but he ws given them as a gift and described all the markings in his ad. There was no date mentioned there. Big gamble with an unknown quantity.

[ValeTudoGuy]

Good stuff Marc. A box of these went in the last C.Gars auction for ?70 well exceeding the guide price of ?30-40

Cuban rollers from Cuban seed grown in land that experienced Cuban growers chose fir it's similarity to Cuba..... Now I'm not naive enough to blindly believe all the romantic notions that will be recorded in the history of a company, but these could be good and worth a punt. I have no idea how to determine age with these sticks at the moment though.

I was watching that auction too.

[ValeTudoGuy]

I think they were sold here in the 50s. I haven't spoken to him but he ws given them as a gift and described all the markings in his ad. There was no date mentioned there. Big gamble with an unknown quantity.

Obviously a gamble, they could be awful husks of flavourless dust..... But they could be real gems too.

[PeeJay]

Obviously a gamble, they could be awful husks of flavourless dust..... But they could be real gems too.

I've already pushed the other bidder higher than I intended which is why I asked if it was anyone on here