Hamlet Paredes was a former Habanos S.A. star roller for Habanos S.A, who became famous among Cuban cigar smokers through his in-store rolling demonstrations and Cuban tobacco seminars held at tobacco shops around the world. Rocky Patel met Paredes through one such event and offered him a job.

Tabaquero Hamlet Paredes, is now manufactured at the TaviCusa factory in Nicaragua, but garnered its fame being featured at Burn, Rocky Patel’s high-end cigar lounge in Florida.