The Golden LeafChesterton
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An experience offered nowhere else

Cigar Maker
Experience.

Step behind the rolling table and into the shoes of a cigar maker. See it, feel it, and learn what it takes to become one of the greats.

Reserve Your Seat Give It as a Gift
The Invitation

Walk in the shoes
of a cigar maker.

Most people only see the finished cigar. For one afternoon, you'll see everything that comes before it.

Fourth-generation roller Will Perez opens the doors to the craft his family has practiced from Puerto Rico to Miami to Chesterton. You'll stand where a cigar maker stands, work with the tools a cigar maker uses, and feel the leaf the way a cigar maker feels it. It's an honest, hands-on look at what it takes to do this work at the highest level.

This isn't a class or a demonstration you watch from a chair. For the afternoon, you're one of us.

At the rolling table
Inside the Craft

Everything a cigar maker touches.

Every tool and every leaf is in your hands, not behind glass.

Whole tobacco leaf
The LeafWrapper, binder and filler. Feel the difference in texture, oil and aroma, and learn why each one matters.
The walk-in humidor
The HumidorStep into our walk-in humidor and follow the leaf from the fields where it's grown to the lounges where it's enjoyed.
Chaveta on the rolling board
Chavetas & CuttersThe cigar maker's blade. Learn to stretch, trim and cut the wrapper the way the masters do.
Cigar molds
Molds & the PressHow a bunch becomes a cigar: shaping, pressing and the patience in between.
Rolling by hand
The RollBunch, wrap and cap your own cigar with one-on-one guidance at the table.
Lighting up at the bar
The First LightWe finish together at the bar, light up, and raise a glass to the newest cigar maker in the room.
A finished cigar
You'll Also Take Home

A few things to remember it by.

  • i.Two cigars: one rolled onsite by Will Perez, and the one you made yourself
  • ii.A welcome cocktail to start the afternoon right
  • iii.10% off cigars and accessories that day

Saturdays, 12:00 – 2:00 PM. Four guests per session, so every guest gets real time at the table. Ages 21+.

Reservations

Choose your Saturday

$130per guest
12:00 – 2:00 PM
1Pick a Saturday

Then choose how many seats on the right and add them to your cart. Bringing different people on different dates? Add each Saturday, then check out once.

How it works
i.

Reserve or gift

Pick a Saturday and the number of seats, or send a gift code they can schedule whenever it suits them.

ii.

Get your tickets

Each guest receives a digital ticket with a QR code, paid in full at checkout.

iii.

Arrive at noon

Our team checks you in at The Golden Leaf, and the afternoon is yours.

Private groups & events

Bring the rolling table to your event.

Private Cigar Maker sessions for your group, or live cigar rolling with custom cigars at your celebration.

  • Weddings
  • Corporate Events
  • Golf Outings
  • Private Parties
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