ARTICLE BY BROOKS WHITTINGTON OF HALFWHEEL, NOVEMBER 13TH, 2023
MBFUMA SHIPS STRAIGHT OFF THE BOAT, CONSEGNA SPECIALE
The first two cigar lines from MBFUMA, the new cigar company from Jared Ingrisano, are now shipping to retailers.
According to the company, Straight Off The Boat was created to celebrate “the Italian immigrants of the Americas, but especially those of Nicaragua who enriched and beautified the nation.”
Straight Off the Boat is available in two different blends, each made up of all Nicaraguan tobacco: the Alla Brace features a maduro wrapper, while the Cazza La Randa is made with a habano wrapper.
- Straight Off the Boat Cazza La Randa Habano Robusto (5 x 54) — $9 (Box of 20, $180) (Box of 6, $54)
- Straight Off the Boat Cazza La Randa Habano Torpedo (6 1/4 x 52) — $10 (Box of 20, $200) (Box of 6, $60)
- Straight Off the Boat Allla Brace Maduro Robusto (5 x 54) — $9 (Box of 20, $180) (Box of 6, $54)
- Straight Off the Boat Allla Brace Maduro Torpedo (6 1/4 x 52) — $10 (Box of 20, $200) (Box of 6, $60)
In addition, the company is shipping Consegna Speciale, which translates to Special Delivery in Italian. Unlike the Straight Off The Boat, the Consegna Speciale is available in a singular 4 x 49 Rothschild vitola.
The new cigar is a Nicaraguan puro made up of a habano wrapper, Jalapa binder and filler tobaccos from the Condega and Estelí growing regions. It has an MSRP of $7.75 per cigar and is available in both boxes of six cigars and 25 cigars.
The MBFUMA brand was founded by Ingrisano, co-founder of Favillii Trading LLC and former president of Mombacho Cigars S.A.
All of MB Fuma’s cigars are being made at the AgroIndustrial Nicaraguense de Tabacos S.A. cigar factory located in Condega, Nicaragua, and the company will be releasing a third line named NOV30, which is scheduled to be released on Nov. 30.
In an email, Michaeli told halfwheel that boxes of Straight Off The Boat and Consegna Speciale started shipping to “11 or so” retailers in Florida last week and that more are scheduled to ship to additional retailers around the country “right after Thanksgiving.”
