The ethnic tradition of hand rolling cigars is deeply woven into the fabric of Central American and Caribbean history.

The culture is diligently preserved to this day by the Torcedores.

Artisan hands selecting and sorting premium Honduran tobacco leaves for cigar rolling at Fabrica De Puros factory
Honduran tobacco farmers inspecting and sorting dried tobacco leaf bundles by hand at Fabrica De Puros in Danlí, Honduras.
Hands holding and shaping dried tobacco leaves.
A person rolling cigars by hand with brown tobacco leaves on a work surface.
Close-up of hands handling dried, brown tobacco leaves on a table.

Long before the Spanish colonized the Americas, indigenous communities in the area regularly utilized tobacco for medicinal and ceremonial activities.

Person holding a Columbus cigar, surrounded by cigar boxes and packaging on a wooden table.
Worker arranginghand-rolled premium cigars by size during quality control at Fabrica De Puros
Close-up of a person's hand holding two cigars with orange and white bands.
A woman holding a cigar with a wooden cigar holder, wearing a white shirt with the text 'Mama of Drama & MOM' and a gold necklace.
A hand placing a red and white capsule on a wooden surface with cigars lined up nearby.
Close-up of a person arranging cigars on a wooden surface.
A wooden box containing several red and white tubes of Carmex lip balm arranged in a row.
Quality inspector placing banded premium cigars into a wooden cedar box for packaging at a Danlí factory called FDPI
Stacks of wooden cigar molds used for pressing hand-rolled Honduran cigars during the shaping process at Fabrica De Puros

The art of cigar-making evolved into what it is today during the 19th and 20th centuries, when cigars were chiefly made in Cuba.

Master blender hand-selecting aged tobacco wrapper leaves for premium cigar production in Danlí, Honduras
Torcedora hand-rolling a premium Honduran cigar at her workstation using traditional craftsmanship techniques
A person inspecting a large cigar leaf near a pile of other cigar leaves.
Person rolling dried tobacco leaves on a table, wearing a green apron with white text that says "Danli Territorio" and a black shirt.
Experienced cigar roller shaping a handcrafted cigar by hand on a traditional rolling table at Fabrica De Puros
A person hand handling dried tobacco leaves in a cigar-making process.
A woman in a sleeveless top examines dried tobacco leaves in an indoor setting.

When Castro’s government nationalised the Cuban cigar industry, the families that pioneered the field started venturing abroad.

Man sitting at a table examining a cigar in a factory or workshop setting with other workers in the background.
Close-up of hands holding a cigar
Worker loading freshly rolled cigars into wooden pressing molds for shaping.
A woman torcedores rolling a premium cigar at Fabrica De Puros international's factory in honduras. Showcasing the factory's diversity and open-minded business policy that has allowed it to become one of the most high quality factories in the world
Quality Control at fabrica De Puros International. Hands holding and inspecting a piece of tobacco leaf before deciding whether to use it.
Post-Fermentation Cigar Leaves at fabrica de puros international, the most professional cigar maker in Honduras

They soon discovered that Honduras’ unique soil chemistry offers globally optimal growing conditions for tobacco leaves.

A wooden workbench with several beautiful cigars displayed. The Cigars are in a torpedo shape, created in Honduras by Fabrica De Puros International, one of the most reknown and luxurious cigar boutiques in the country,
Quality Control Cigar Inspection at Fabrica De Puros international.
A Cigar Roller putting the finishing touches on a cigar's capa. Taken at fabrica De Puros international's factory at Danlí, El Paraíso, Honduras.
Person at Fabrica De Puros international's Luxury Cigar Making Factory holding a block of cigars with both hands, standing near a table with additional cigars laid out.

Our trocedores preserve the expertise of hand-crafting cigars, continuing the legacy of artisanship in cigar-making.

Fabrica De Puros international's main torcedores, this gentle man with gray hair, beard, and mustache, is hand-rolling a cigar at Fabrica De Puros international's premium cigar-rolling factory located in Danlí, Honduras
A Cigar Roller from Fabrica De Puros International in the process of Hand-Rolling a CIgar in Danlí, Honduras.
A man with glasses on his head, wearing a green shirt, is sitting at a wooden arcade game machine, holding a wooden stick in his right hand and a wooden slat in his left hand, with a wall mirror and a brown wall in the background.
An elderly man with gray hair and wearing a red polo shirt inspects a cigar in a cigar factory, with rolls of cigars on the table, and other workers in the background.
Woman in a black tank top and green shorts inspecting a dried tobacco leaf.
A woman wearing glasses and a patterned blouse working with cigars in a workshop with shelves of boxes and tools in the background.
A woman is working with large sheets of brown tobacco leaves in a room with a plain wall. There are bags of tobacco visible in the background.