(Description provided by JC Newman cigar company)
J.C. Newman Cigar Co. launched Diamond Crown Tampa at the Diamond Crown Cigar Lounge at Corona Cigar Co. in Tampa, Florida. The event took place on Tuesday, which marked the 138th birthday of the City of Tampa. In celebration, Eric, Bobby, and Drew Newman, along with Jeff and Tanya Borysiewicz, hosted a party featuring Diamond Crown Tampa cigars and a birthday cake designed as an edible replica of the cigar box.
Diamond Crown Tampa is the first cigar rolled by Tabacalera A. Fuente with Florida Sun Grown tobacco grown by the Borysiewiczes in Clermont, Florida. It is a 6.5 x 52 Toro with a Connecticut Shade wrapper, and binder and filler tobaccos from the Dominican Republic and Florida. The suggested retail price is $30 per cigar.
Tampa was built by the cigar industry, and Diamond Crown Tampa pays tribute to the city’s legacy as Cigar City. The packaging features many of Tampa’s famous landmarks, including the Tampa Theatre, Plant Hall, Bayshore Boulevard, the Jose Gasparilla pirate ship, and J.C. Newman’s iconic El Reloj cigar factory.
Diamond Crown Tampa is available at Corona Cigar Co. locations in Tampa, Orlando, and Sarasota, the J.C. Newman Factory Store in the Ybor City historic cigar district, and at Visit Tampa Bay’s retail store in Downtown Tampa.
The cigar is golden brown and has a nice feel in the hand.
The test draw after cutting the cap was good with a touch of firmness. The initial flavors at light up were lime, brown sugar, tanned leather, and earthy black coffee. There was black pepper rated at 7 1/2. Pretty nice start.
At the first third (26 minutes) I still had the lime and brown sugar and a lot of earthy black coffee. The cigar is medium bodied. The finish is black coffee with very good lingering black pepper. The cigar is coming across as being on the light side. It has nice sweet notes and a lot of dark notes. I rated the first third 92.
As I moved through the second third (58 minutes) the cigar stayed fairly consistent. I had the same notes in about the same percentages. The cigar is medium bodied. The finish is unchanged. This is a lighter version of a Diamond Crown. I held the score of 92.
The cigar lasted 1 hour 35 minutes. The earthiness rose considerably along with the black coffee while the sweet notes greatly decreased. The cigar is still medium bodied and the finish is unchanged. I rated the final third 89. There is just too much earthiness and black coffee. The first two thirds were pretty consistent but the cigar fell off in the final third.
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