# Cuesta-Rey

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'''Cuesta-Rey''' (originally '' 'La flor de Cuesta-Rey' '' and still printed on the box) is a brand of handmade ''[cigar](/source/cigar)'', founded in 1884 by ''Angel LaMadrid Cuesta'' and ''Peregrino Rey''. Cuesta, a [Spaniard](/source/Spanish-American), had apprenticed in cigar making in [Cuba](/source/Cuba) before he met Rey. They formed the company in the [Ybor City](/source/Ybor_City) district of [Tampa](/source/Tampa), [Florida](/source/Florida) to make 'clear Havana' cigars (cigars made in the United States using imported Cuban [tobacco](/source/tobacco)). As well as making their own brands they made cigars for other companies such as [Nat Sherman](/source/Nat_Sherman).

In 1958, ''Karl Cuesta'', Angel's son sold the company to the ''J.C. Newman Cigar Co.'' and since the 1980s they have been produced in the [Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic) by Tabacalera A. Fuente.

==Current brands==
*Cabinet Selection
*Centenario Coleccion
*Centro Fino Sungrown

==References==
* R.C. Hacker, The ultimate cigar book (2003, 3rd Ed.) {{ISBN|0-931253-14-4}}
*[Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of Cigars](/source/Perelman's_Pocket_Cyclopedia_of_Cigars) (2006 Ed.), Richard B. Perelman, {{ISBN|1-893273-07-5}}
* Bati, Anwer - "The Cigar Companion" (1997, 3rd Ed., Reprinted: 1998-2000, 2003), {{ISBN|1-84092-413-6}}

==External links==
* [http://usf.sobek.ufl.edu/results/?t=cuesta Historical Images for Cuesta-Rey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211100100/http://usf.sobek.ufl.edu/results/?t=cuesta |date=2013-12-11 }} from the [University of South Florida](/source/University_of_South_Florida)
* [http://www.cigarfamily.com http://www.cigarfamily.com]

Category:Cigar brands
Category:History of Tampa, Florida
Category:1884 establishments in Florida
Category:Products introduced in the 1880s

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