Arturo Fuente Little Cigars have been made by hand for over 100 years. The family-owned company has suffered some setbacks, but has been able to assert itself time and again and is now one of the world’s best-known brands for luxury cigars.

Most Arturo Fuente Little Cigars are long fillers – the different series are very different from each other because the brand uses four different types of tobacco as an insert. Depending on the composition of these tobaccos, which differ significantly in color and strength, the end product can have a sweet and mild but also spicy and strong aroma. In any case, the Arturo Fuente Little Cigars from the Dominican Republic stand for excellent quality and are appreciated by connoisseurs all over the world.

The Cuban immigrant Arturo Fuente founded his company A. Fuente & Co. in Florida West Florida in 1912. At that time he was 24 years old and imported Cuban tobacco, which he processed into high-quality cigars. In 1924, Fuente already had 500 employees who rolled cigars for his company by hand. But this year a fire broke out, which burned down the entire building including all tobacco supplies.

It wasn’t until 22 years later, when the Great Depression and World War II were over, that Arturo Fuente started to build his cigar factory again. To do this, he put a few tables in his garage and started from scratch with his family to start the business. Arturo and his wife rolled cigars all day long, and their sons Carlos and Arturo Oscar helped out after school. The family was supported by some part-time Torcedores. In the 40s and 50s, the cigar business was rather slow, which is why Fuente and his wife both had to work on the side to make ends meet.

In the 1950s, the company had established itself locally and Arturo sold its Arturo Fuente Little Cigars in Tampa – but growth was slow. In 1958, the younger son Carlos took over the business, which only made a few thousand cigars a year, but was in the black. Arturo Fuente sold the company to his son for one dollar. The following political events should, with some detours, turn the small local business into a world-famous company.