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My Father: A Son's Tribute That Became a House
Don Pepín García came to Miami from Cuba in 2003 and opened a small factory in Little Havana. His son Jaime secretly made him a cigar, and that tribute ended up naming the whole company.
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Some brands are born from a business plan. My Father was born from a gift: a son who wanted to honor his father with a cigar.
From Havana to Little Havana
José “Don Pepín” García was a highly respected roller in Cuba. In 2003 he emigrated to the United States and set up a tiny factory in Miami’s Little Havana. That same year the first Don Pepín García cigars came out, with his name on the band.
His style, with strength, pepper and plenty of character, quickly won over aficionados and made him one of the most sought-after names of his generation.
A secret tribute
His son, Jaime García, quietly worked on a blend to surprise his father and honor him. He called it My Father, and it came out in 2008.
When the family opened its factory in Estelí, Nicaragua, Don Pepín named the whole company after his son’s cigar: My Father Cigars. Today it is led by Pepín, Jaime and his daughter Janny García.
Two awards, two tributes
In 2012 the family won Cigar Aficionado’s Cigar of the Year with the Flor de las Antillas. In 2015 it won again with the My Father Le Bijou 1922.
That second cigar closes the circle: Don Pepín made it in honor of his own father, born in 1922. Le Bijou means “the jewel”.
Why it matters
My Father is one of the great recent stories in cigars: a Cuban roller who started from zero past the age of fifty and, in little more than a decade, built one of the most respected houses in Nicaragua. All under a name that is, quite literally, a family tribute.