Laguito88

Handed Down Through Generations, Crafted for Yours

ABOUT US

At Laguito88, we honor this essence of mastery. The number "88" carries dual symbolism: the infinite ascent toward excellence in the West, and the Eastern promise of prosperity. Born to connect ancient Far East and Modern West, we fuse centuries-old ceramic artistry with modern cigar culture, crafting accessories that transcend functionality to become heirlooms of craftsmanship.

In 1966, Fidel Castro himself decreed the birth of El Laguito — Havana's temple of cigar alchemy, where rollers' fingertips coaxed Cohiba's first embers into being. That sacred name now finds its reincarnation in Laguito88. Here, the DNA of Cuba's most mythic fábrica de tabacos merges with Jingdezhen's 1,200-year ceramic lineage. The "88" seals this pact: a Chinese promise of prosperity ascending with Western rigor toward the pinnacle.

In Havana's El Laguito factory, only rollers who can hand-roll a cigar with 0.02mm wrapper thickness tolerance earn the title torcedor. We impose fiercer trials at Laguito88: Each porcelain core undergoes 88-stage molecular conditioning in chambers replicating Cuba's diurnal pulse — where 30℃/95% humidity midday crashes to 18℃/45% by midnight. This forces clay particles to self-organize into armor-like lattices, a process our chemists call 'tobacco leaf crystallization'."

99.9% of attempts fail where we thrive. While others rely on small workshops, we command a legacy: the industrial might of China's porcelain capital flows through our veins. Our factory's vertical integration — from raw mineral refinement to precision molding — unlocks what no artisan studio can replicate. Like the elusive dance of glaze crystallization, our process remains an enigma even to connoisseurs.