We sat down with Hamlet Paredes to find out why he left a successful career in Cuba to start over with Rocky Patel Premium cigars. The conversation includes everything from pairing recommendations to an explanation of why Hamlet's owes much of his success to his mother's insistence that he learn English even before he seriously considered leaving Havana behind.

Music in this episode:

"BossaBossa" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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