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Hermann Dietrich Upmann (1 May 1816 in Bielefeld-Altstadt, Germany – 29 January 1894 Bremen, Germany) was a banker, merchant and cigar manufacturer in Cuba, creator of the H. Upmann 1844 brand. At 23 years old he embarked for the New World in 1839 to work for an import/export company, The Gravenhorst & Co.
H. Upmann is a Cuban brand of premium cigars established by banker Hermann Dietrich Upmann (who also founded the H. Upmann & Co. bank on the island). The brand is currently owned by a British corporation, Imperial Brands .
After the death of Hermann Friedrich Upmann in 1910, the bank was presided by his nephews, Hermann Friedrich and Albert Upmann and Theodore Garbade, a partner of the bank who quit the bank in 1916. [3] In Havana the bank built its own business house in Havana on the corner of the Amargura and Mercader’s streets. Built in 1904, it was the ...
Cuban cigar brands and brand names are among the most recognized and prestigious in the world. [19] Among them are Cohiba, Montecristo, Partagás, H. Upmann, La Gloria Cubana, Hoyo de Monterrey, Punch, and Romeo y Julieta. Due to an embargo on the import of Cuban cigars by the United States in 1960, difficulties with maintaining the integrity ...
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A double guillotine-style cutter, used for cutting the tip of a cigar, next to a hand-rolled H. Upmann Coronas Major cigar. The "Made in Cuba" label (see Cuban cigar) is visible on the lower tube. Most machine-made cigars have pre-formed holes in one end or a wood or plastic tip for drawing in the smoke.
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