My Father Cigars Goes To Honduras

[JohnS]

My Father Cigars Goes To Honduras

The Garcia family has expanded to Honduras with a new factory, a new farm and an upcoming brand

Mar 7, 2025 - By Gregory Mottola

Photos/My Father Cigars

It’s been a long journey for the Garcia family of My Father Cigars. First, José “Pepín” started in Cuba before settling in Miami, then expanding and settling down in Nicaragua with a large factory and vast plantings of tobacco—not to mention cigars that have earned the company three Cigar of the Year awards, including the one for 2024. Now, the Garcias have gone to Honduras where they’ve constructed a new factory and started growing their own tobacco. Next month, we’ll see their first Honduran brand: My Father Blue.

Three years ago, the Garcias quietly purchased 360 manzanas (about 890 acres) in Talanga with the intention of growing their own Honduran tobacco to diversify My Father’s portfolio of cigars, which to this point has been almost entirely Nicaraguan. When Pepín and his son, Jaime, first encountered the plot of land, it was overgrown and wild, but once they uncovered the dirt, they were taken by its similarities to Cuba.

“You couldn’t see the soil,” Jaime tells Cigar Aficionado in an exclusive interview. “It was all bushes but it’s surrounded by rivers. You had richness. When we saw those soils, we had a flashback to Cuba and San Luís. It’s virgin soil and was not a tobacco farm. There are three types of soil on the farm so you can grow stronger and softer tobaccos.”

Pepín was initially skeptical about Honduran tobacco, but soon had a change of heart. 

“I didn’t believe it was that good,” he says of Honduran leaf. “But when you blend it, it’s like a Cuban cigar from the good times. The combustion is very easy.”

They named the farm Finca La Opulencia. Afterward, the Garcias built a 78,000 square foot factory with the capacity for 150 to 200 rollers, called My Father Cigars Honduras, and cigars have been rolled there since February (construction was completed last November). The factory’s inaugural brand, My Father Blue, is a Honduran-heavy blend. Besides the Connecticut rosado broadleaf wrapper, all the tobacco (Corojo and Criollo varietals) comes from the Garcia’s Honduran farm. The blue packaging pays homage to the colors of the Honduran flag, while the secondary band marks the year of the brand’s debut. It’s intended to be a medium-to-full-bodied cigar.

The new My Father Cigars Honduras factory. Construction was completed last November, and the facility started producing My Father Blue cigars in February.

Prices have yet to be established, but the line will be offered in four sizes: Petit Robusto, measuring 4 1/2 inches by 50 ring gauge, Robusto (5 1/4 by 52), Toro (6 by 54) and Toro Gordo (6 by 60).

My Father Blue is scheduled to be on display at the PCA trade show next month in New Orleans and will ship in late May or early June. 

Source: https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/my-father-cigars-goes-to-honduras

[JohnS]

My Father Announces Blue as First Honduran-Made Cigar

March 7, 2025 - Patrick Lagreid

My Father has announced the upcoming release of Blue, the company’s first Honduran-made cigar that also features tobacco from its Honduran farm.

In an advertisement for the line, the company says it is a medium-to-full-bodied cigar that uses a Connecticut broadleaf rosado wrapper over a Honduran binder and filler that is a mix of corojo and criollo varietals harvested from Finca La Opulencia, the García family’s first farm in Honduras. The company goes on to say that the blend delivers a “rich and complex smoking experience.”

The blue packaging of the line was created to pay homage to the colors of the Honduran flag, with the year 2025 expressed in Roman numerals — MMXXV — on the secondary band.

My Father has been expanding its operations into Honduras in recent years, though the company has been reluctant to say much about it, other than a social media post from late January that said “Honduras, here we are,” and a note on the company’s website saying that it has a factory in El Paraíso.

When asked about the Blue line on Thursday, Janny García, vp of My Father Cigars, declined to provide any details about the cigar, saying she didn’t have any information about the cigars at the time. However, a Cigar Aficionado story published on Friday indicates that the line will be offered in four sizes:

• My Father Blue Petit Robusto (4 1/2 x 50)
• My Father Blue Robusto (5 1/4 x 54)
• My Father Blue Toro (6 x 54)
• My Father Blue Toro Gordo (6 x 60)

It appears that the cigars will come in 20-count boxes, though the company has not yet confirmed that. Pricing has also not yet been finalized.

The My Father Blue line is scheduled to be shown off at the 2025 PCA Convention & Trade Show in April, with shipping scheduled for late May or early June.

The company has not yet confirmed the accuracy of the Cigar Aficionado story, nor has it responded to a request for images and additional details about the line.

Source: https://halfwheel.com/my-father-announces-blue-as-first-honduran-made-cigar/448055/

[SCgarman]

The factories they are building are beautiful. Takes deep pockets to accomplish this. I really don't think they have any regrets about leaving Cuba. Havana is stuck in the dark ages compared to what this family (and they are a family run company) is doing. Very impressive.

[mikejh]

Looking forward to this, wish they had a Corona.

[teamrandr]

I don't love the box. I bet the cigars will be really good though.   

[beparrish]

8 hours ago, mikejh said:

Looking forward to this, wish they had a Corona.

Same here. It seems like more and more brands are starting at a 50 ring gauge and going up from there. I'd much prefer some 44, 46 or 48 ring gauges.

[Ruggerpgh99]

Excited to try this blend, but, as Mike said, why can we not get more Coronas, and Lonsdales and Lanceros?

[SCgarman]

7 hours ago, Ruggerpgh99 said:

Excited to try this blend, but, as Mike said, why can we not get more Coronas, and Lonsdales and Lanceros?

The sizes you mention are obviously desired by the minority and not the majority. Didn't Cohiba just release a Behike "58" ring? Somebody is smoking large ring gauges. I'm not defending it, just making an observation.

[HenryMartin]

Thought about this recently and as mentioned "minority", I am assuming therefore are enthusiasts with a breakfast cigar lifestyle like everyday is a Sunday followed by a Corona in the afternoon casually enjoying life while strolling through online cigar forums to trade insights and exchange aficionado banter. I feel like the market is shaped like a pyramid and the majority cover the ground and represent the biggest and most lucrative market. A large RG always makes for a spectacle, like an event in itself. So for the majority, its the ideal choice  for that once a month or two smoke, paired with an illustrious drink to match the occasion. That occasion is probably not at home, its at a venue where the setting is furnished with chesterfield, complete cigar amenities and an ambience to match.

I don't think the huge RGs are marketed for the minority to covet and to charge a premium to extend profit. To think that the golden-standard RG was 40, means those cigars are now almost 50% larger. If its all about size though, I wonder why pyramids and torpedos aren't as popular, I thought those vitolas were more majestic.

[mikejh]

4 hours ago, SCgarman said:

The sizes you mention are obviously desired by the minority and not the majority. Didn't Cohiba just release a Behike "58" ring? Somebody is smoking large ring gauges. I'm not defending it, just making an observation 

Looking through the My Father catalogue, the smaller ring gauges are well represented, so maybe its just a matter of time.

[Capn_Jackson]

On 3/10/2025 at 9:38 AM, mikejh said:

Looking forward to this, wish they had a Corona.

Exactly what I thought. Maybe a lancero down the line.

[Çnote]

On 3/9/2025 at 5:38 PM, mikejh said:

Looking forward to this, wish they had a Corona.

Great minds