J.C.紐曼雪茄公司是美國本土經(jīng)營時間最悠久的家族式雪茄制造商，今年是它成立129周年,。該公司邀請了社會公眾一起參加慶?；顒印?月18日,，周六,，上午11點開始，到下午3點結(jié)束,，活動在佛羅里達(dá)州坦帕市的紐曼公司總部舉行,。
家族的第四代經(jīng)營者德魯·紐曼（Drew Newman）告訴記者，延續(xù)我們家族在美國手工制作優(yōu)質(zhì)雪茄129年的傳統(tǒng)是一種真正的榮幸,。如今,，我們像曾祖父100多年前那樣手工卷制優(yōu)質(zhì)雪茄。我們的目標(biāo)是以同樣的生產(chǎn)方式再經(jīng)歷下一個129年,，下一個四代人的歷史,。
活動是免費開放的，可以參觀時鐘雪茄廠,、雪茄博物館,、草坪游戲，享受現(xiàn)場的餐車服務(wù),、現(xiàn)場的音樂表演,。
活動還安排了一項吃熱狗比賽，著名的饑餓夫妻搭檔也來了,，他們是三木須藤（Miki Sud）,、尼克·韋里（Nick Wehry），其中三木須藤是某吃熱狗大賽的七屆冠軍,，她有一項女子世界記錄,，十分鐘內(nèi)吃下了48.5個熱狗,。尼克·韋里也創(chuàng)造過多項世界記錄，在一次世界競吃大賽中獲得第四名,。他們將和紐曼公司的員工以及其他參賽者一起比賽,，在八分鐘內(nèi)吃下盡可能多的古巴式熱狗。這可是坦帕的雪茄工人們的傳統(tǒng)午餐,。
德魯·紐曼說,，一個世紀(jì)之前，在坦帕的伊博爾（雪茄區(qū)）,，是一個融合語言,、文化、宗教和食物的大熔爐,。古巴式三明治正是代表了這種多樣性,。西班牙人帶來了火腿，古巴人帶來了豬肉,，意大利人喜歡加入意大利臘腸,，德國人則加入瑞士奶酪和泡菜。所有這些食材裹在一起,，就像坦帕的歷史悠久的雪茄社區(qū)大熔爐一樣,。
現(xiàn)場也出售雪茄，紐曼公司以每支5美分的價格出售桑切斯和哈雅（Sanchez y Haya cigars）雪茄,，這是1886年在坦帕卷制的第一款雪茄的復(fù)刻品。你買了雪茄后,，可以直接在一塊臨時設(shè)置的戶外區(qū)域的露天雪茄休息室品嘗這款雪茄,。
1895年，匈牙利移民,，紐曼家族的先輩,，朱利葉斯·凱撒·紐曼（Julius Caeser Newman）創(chuàng)立了紐曼雪茄公司。他向家人借了50美元,，在克利夫蘭的家后面開了一家一個人的雪茄廠,。最終，它發(fā)展成克利夫蘭最大的雪茄廠,。1954年,，紐曼公司遷址到坦帕。如今,，紐曼公司擁有的雪茄品牌包括：磚房（Brick House）,、鉆冠（Diamond Crown）、天使奎斯塔（Cuesta-Rey）,。該公司在坦帕的時鐘雪茄廠還生產(chǎn)美洲（The American）雪茄,，這是一款只使用美國種植的煙葉卷制的產(chǎn)品線,。
J.C. Newman Cigar Co., the oldest family-owned premium cigarmaker in the United States, is celebrating its 129th anniversary and the company is inviting the public to join in the festivities. The company’s Founder’s Day celebration takes place this Saturday, May 18, from 11am to 3pm at J.C. Newman headquarters in Tampa, Florida.
“It is a true privilege continuing my family’s 129-year tradition of handcrafting premium cigars in the United States,” fourth-generation owner Drew Newman told Cigar Aficionado. “Today, we hand roll premium cigars just like my great-grandfather did a century ago, and our one-and-only goal is to hand roll cigars the same way for another four generations and 129 years.”
The event is free and open to the public with attractions such as tours of the El Reloj cigar factory and museum, lawn games, food trucks, live music and more. One of the events will be a take on the hot dog eating competition with a Tampa twist: The Cuban Sandwich Eating Challenge. Among the contestants will be The Hungry Couple Miki Sudo and Nick Wehry. Sudo is the seven-time winner of Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest, holding the women’s world record of eating 48.5 hot dogs in ten minutes. Wehry has multiple world records under his belt and is ranked as No. 4 in the world of competitive eating. The pair will be joined by local celebrity Drew Garabo of 102.5 The Bone and members of the J.C. Newman staff to eat as many Cuban sandwiches—the traditional lunch of Tampa cigar workers—as they can in eight minutes.
“A century ago, Tampa’s Ybor City cigar district was a melting pot of languages, cultures, religions, and foods,” Newman says. “The Cuban sandwich represents this diversity. The ham came from the Spaniards. The Cubans brought the pork. The Italians added the salami while the Germans added the Swiss cheese and pickles. All of these ingredients are pressed together just like the melting pot that was Tampa’s historic cigar community.”
As to be expected at an event held at a cigar factory, there will be cigars on sale. J.C. Newman will be selling Sanchez y Haya cigars, a recreation of the first cigars rolled in Tampa in 1886, for the era-appropriate price tag of just 5 cents apiece. An outdoor area has been designated as an open-air cigar lounge for those who wish to light up their purchases.
J.C. Newman was founded in 1895 by Hungarian immigrant Julius Caeser Newman, who borrowed $50 from his family to open a one-man cigar factory behind his home in Cleveland. It eventually became the largest cigar factory in the city. In 1954 the company relocated to Tampa and today its portfolio includes brands such as Brick House, Diamond Crown and Cuesta-Rey. The El Reloj factory in Tampa is where the company rolls The American, a line of cigars that utilizes only tobaccos grown in the United States for its blend.
J.C. Newman’s main parking lot will be closed during this event, but the overflow lots at 1509 E. Columbus Drive, 1602 E. Columbus Drive and 1530 East 15th Avenue will be available to park.
