El Titan de Bronze

My wife and I stopped in while in vacation in South Beach. We were really not impressed with our experience. We stopped in on a Friday around 4pm and the rollers were busy wrapping up the day’s work so no one was interested in paying us much attention. I understand they were probably ready to get the weekend started but some attention and a warm welcome would have been nice. Luckily, I had already been familiarized with the rolling process and wasn’t really looking for a «Mr. Rogers experience» but I was not happy with the lack of service. I bought two cigars to take home and haven’t smoked them yet. I know this is a quality fabrica and that my experience was probably mostly due to the time of day. Don’t let me scare you away from visiting but please visit earlier in the day.

This is THE cigar experience in all of Calle Ocho.
We were welcomed warmly like old friends even when we were assumed to be mere ignorant tourists. Photos were strongly encouraged, and help always a glance away. Once established that we knew what we were talking about, the owner became extremely excited and starting taking down vintage cigar paraphernalia to show us, and brought us into the aging room to ogle.
Being a functioning factory, all rollers were present, and very friendly to us annoying visitors who constantly poked our noses into their work. Quality is clearly paramount in this factory (just look at the work done by Maria, their star roller, not to discount the others of course). Cigars smoked beautifully especially the Sun Growns, although some would have benefited from additional resting — though this is true of any boutique without the capacity for aging substantial inventory.
I have never seen a more respectfully run cigar establishment, whether factory or store, anywhere in the world, and I have seen my fair share. MUST NOT MISS.

I love there Cigars true artisans, friendly honest you will not find a better cigar.
They are very sought after cigars and not available every where, so your going to have to make a trip to little Havana or call them and have them shipped.
If you love cigars like I do you must give them a try.

Excellent cigars, friendly service. They take time to answer questions for a novice like myself.

This little Cigar place blew me away. I knew that there were a few Cigar manufacturers in the Little Havana area, but I doubted they could produce the high quality Stogies that I was used to smoking. Brother, was I ever wrong. The El Titan Maduro is one of the best Cigars I’ve ever smoked.
This little shop is small but beautiful. The smells of fresh tobacco and leaf smack you in the face when you walk in the door. And I use the term smack in the most loving way possible. If there was a Hockey game on TV and Penelope Cruz lighting my Cigar in a skimpy nighty, this would be my version of heaven. The wonderful woman who runs the shop made me feel welcome and at home. If I knew how good these Cigars were, I would have brought home 10 boxes. On the average, they’re sticks ran about $ 6.00 a piece and considering how good they are, it’s a bargain. Yes folks, they were that good. Thank goodness she gave me a order form so I can purchase them online. The El Titan Maduro will be added to my regular, Cigar rotation.
Here’s the bottom line: Even if you’re a casual, weekend Cigar smoker. A visit to El Titan is a must. Not only will you deal with a hospitable host who provides a delicious, affordable Cigar, you will get a chance to see how a good Cigar is made. Believe me when I tell you, Cigar rolling is an art form. And it’s a beautiful thing to watch.

Amazing boutique cigar shop. Owners very knowledgeable and helpful. Will make custom boxes for you. Authentic hand rolled cigars extremely well made. Prices very reasonable. Highly recommend.

I had already been to a couple of cigar shops in Miami which appeared to have wonderful collections of cigars. But, I hadn’t actually visited one where they were rolled on site. I had read about this one in this listing and happened to drive past it as I was leaving Little havana. There was a parking space open so I thought, what the heck. I walked in the door and immediately saw two experienced cigar makers working to one side. A wonderful woman who I later found was the wife of the owner and book keeper offered to help me out. One thing I was a little concerned about was the quality of the English spoken at these places. So far, i was able to communicate with many of the businesses I’ve visited in Little Havana, but there are always limits that ultimately mean the conversations are pretty short. She was obviously a native Floridian. In fact, I originally thought she might even be a New Yorker to had moved to Miami. But, she knew her stuff and immediately struck up a quick friendship. She steered me to a particular blend that looked great then said I should definitely try one. On first puff, I realized this was a SERIOUS cigar and coughed a bit. But, within moments I was puffing away on the best cigar I had every smoked (this includes Cuban). Her husband came in with some Café Cubano and that complimented the cigar even more. I was impressed enough that I dropped over $ 200 on 40 of them. I’m definitely staying in touch and will be ordering more when I need them.
If you are looking for GREAT cigars that are rolled in front of you, are a little unsure of just how good your Spanish was (by the way, I ultimately found she was a true bilingual) and really want a small family factory where the personal service is amazing, this is an absolute MUST. Check it out!!!

This one is going to be partially based on memories from a bachelor weekend in Miami about a year ago… yeah, it was a little blurry, but El Titan de Bronze made a clear impression that I had to give it its deserving review.
It was a Sat morning when a Friend and I wondered into Little Havana after a crazy Friday night out with the boys. We took a Taxi down to SW 8^th Street not without purpose… 1. To sober up from the drunkenness. 2. In search of authentic Cuban food and Espresso! 3. To check out the «cigar row» 4. And get the true experience of the Cuban community in person.
I can tell you that we certainly accomplished #3 and #4 in finding El Titan de Bronze! I will say that having my friend who is fluent in Spanish/​Portuguese was tremendous. I don’t think the experience would have been the same without the translation. Near El titan de Bronze were several larger and more «corporate» cigar stores. And they were cool as well… El Titan de Bronze has a small store front and on this particular day having just the owner (Carlos?) and his wife tending the shop. It almost has a feel of a classic Barber Shop. The owners are well in their 60? From the moment we walked in, I felt like they were ‘hosts’ rather than ‘merchants.’ He gave us his story of coming to the US from Cuba, explained the all the differences between his products. He offered us several free sample stogies and we lit it up right in the store. All I can say is, WHAT AN EXPERIENCE.
We left happily with a box of cigars and last month I purchased another box via telephone. The customer service on the phone was friendly and the shipping process was flawless.
By the Way, the cigars are really great too!

stopped in here bought a few cigars. Great atmosphere, 4 rollers, freindly service. cigars are about 6 out of 10, being fresh, average price around 4.00.Not my taste for cigars but they were smokable and reasonably priced.

I will start off this review by saying that I know nothing about cigars. We ended up wandering into El Titan de Bronze because we felt we wanted to have the ultimate Cuban experience while we were in Miami and buy a cigar, which we would take to thebeach with us and smoke at night. Located in the heart of Little Havana, this place caught our eye because, first of all, it looked cool from the outside and second, because they had a huge selection. I still don’t understand what everything in there was but the guy there said something along the lines of them having all kinds of different strength… or something! We ended up buying one of the weaker ones, since we aren’t smokers, but open arriving at the beach and lighting one up we realized that we just weren’t meant to smoke them– the taste was incredibly strong! However, we brought some back to California as gifts for some of our friends, and they loved them. They said the quality was great.
I definitely recommend going here because it’s a completely family run operation and they make all the cigars there, all handmade. The guy there (who might have been the owner) was extremely nice, helpful and gave us very elaborate explanations and suggestions.