J.C. Newman Cigar Co.

Company Highlight

Julius Caesar, an èmigrè from Hungary, was a self-made man who created a tiny cigar company in 1895 with $50 he borrowed from his family and an order for 500 cigars from the local grocer. The company was a one-man cigar factory, operating out of a barn behind the family home near Cleveland. Today, the J.C. Newman Cigar Co. is now headquartered in Tampa, where it still makes cigars by machine, and oversess its Puros de Estelí Nicaragua S.A., also known as PENSA. The company owns such popular brands as Diamond Crown (from the Dominican Republic), El Baton and Brick House, while also running the U.S. sales force for Arturo Fuente cigars.

Brands Distributed By J.C. Newman Cigar Co.

Brick House

The Brick House brand was brought to market during the tough financial times when a value-priced cigar was most welcome. But there's history to the brand. Brick House was an old cigar named after the brick house in Hungary where company …

Diamond Crown

J.C. Newman Cigar Co.’s Diamond Crown brand is made by the Fuente family at their Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia factory in the Dominican Republic. Most of the Diamond Crown series, which was created in 1995, consists of cigars rolled in 54 …

J.C. Newman Cigar Co. in the news

New Ashtrays By J.C. Newman Have Vintage Look

February 8, 2023

J.C. Newman Cigar Co. recently released a new ceramic ashtray with a very old-school look and feel, one modeled after a legendary New York City nightclub.

J.C. Newman Celebrates 125 Years And Restoration Of Historic …

December 9, 2022

The celebration for J.C. Newman Cigar Co. turning 125 finally took place on November 19 in Tampa, Florida at Newman’s historic El Reloj cigar factory.