{"id":40010,"date":"2021-04-28T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T10:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=40010"},"modified":"2021-04-28T12:27:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T10:27:25","slug":"serafin-de-cuba-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/serafin-de-cuba-history\/","title":{"rendered":"SERAF\u00cdN DE CUBA: HISTORY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u201cMy grandfather owned a chinchal, a small tobacco store, in Cuba.\u00a0 When the revolution happened in 1959, all of the tobacco stores became nationalized\u201d explains Arnold. The family ultimately wound up in Florida.\u00a0 After some time in the clothing business, Arnold knew that his love was cigars. In 2006 he and his father, Ram\u00f3n, opened up Seraf\u00edn de Cuba and the rest is history.\u00a0 The shop has some indoor seating and a patio out front.\u00a0 Patrons are welcomed to bring their own food and have lunch while enjoying the culmination of the efforts of the Seraf\u00edn family. I smoked the Sublime cigar and would put it up with any major brand that I have ever smoked!<\/p>\n<p>These days Arnold has expanded the Humidor to include many great brands such as Montecristo, AJ Fernandez, Karen Berger, Cohiba and more!\u00a0 A slow transformation is happening that is changing Serafin de Cuba from just a local cigar store, to a humidor stocked with all of the currently most sought after cigars!\u00a0 Oh, the Serafin local cigars are still there as well!<\/p>\n<p>In addition to cigars and coffee, there are many Cuban souvenirs available for purchase in the store such as dominos, beach shirts, full-brim hats and much more.\u00a0 Soft drinks and bottled water are available for purchase.<\/p>\n<h3>Seraf\u00edn de Cuba Cigars<\/h3>\n<p>45 Dodecanese Blvd.<br \/>Tarpon Springs, Florida 34689<br \/>Seating Capacity: 30<br \/>Food: no<br \/>Beer and Wine: no, coffee is available<br \/>Cigars: yes<br \/>786-262-4887<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serafincigars.com\/\">www.serafincigars.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you make a left onto Dodecanese Boulevard, one can see a cigar boutique immediately on the left-hand side of the road.\u00a0 This oasis of the leaf is the Seraf\u00edn de Cuba cigar shop. \u00a0Owner Arnold Seraf\u00edn and I sat down with a couple of cigars and an espresso and discussed the history of his delightful store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":40011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[5463,44],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40010"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/110"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}