Warped

Warped was born of a wish to revive names of pre-1960 Cuban brands that had fallen into oblivion, and to fill them with contemporary blends. Kyle Gellis, its founder, discovered the trade by crossing Miami every week during his studies to watch the rollers of Little Havana; it was at El Titan de Bronze that he made his first cigars.

He works without a factory of his own. His ranges come out of two very different workshops — TABSA, in Estelí, and El Titan de Bronze in Miami — and use Aganorsa leaf. That double anchoring gives the brand an unusual palette for its size.

The style favours slender formats and entubado bunching, an old method in which each filler leaf is rolled on itself before assembly: slower and costlier, it opens the draw and lengthens the smoke. It is a technical choice consistent with what the house is after — length on the palate rather than immediate power.

The series are short, often announced without warning, and sold out in a few weeks. It is a brand for informed smokers — the one you discover through a conversation rather than through a shop window.

Edition One is the name of Edition One, Inc., the company of Kyle Gellis, founder of Warped, and of his younger brother Devin. Its only cigar, Cloud Hopper, was quietly launched in 2016 and became known to the public in the summer of 2017, says Cigar Wars. In October 2026, warpedcigars.com presents it among the Warped brands, made at TABSA with Kyle Gellis as blender, without the name Edition One; Neptune Cigar sells it, handmade in Nicaragua, under the name Edition One Cloud Hopper, and Cigars Direct under the name Warped Cloud Hopper.

Range Depth

• La Colmena

  Wrapper Corojo 99 · Strength Medium

  A pre-1960 Cuban brand name, filled with a contemporary blend. Jalapa tobaccos, slender formats, a length on the palate that comes from the material and not from strength.

  Corona · Lancero

• Flor del Valle

  Wrapper Corojo 99 · Strength Medium

  Short series, often announced without warning. Wood, hay, a touch of white pepper — the register the house defends against the fashion for thick ring gauges.

  Corona Gorda

• Guardian of the Farm

  Wrapper Corojo 99 · Strength Medium-Full

  2016 — a collaboration with Aganorsa, then Casa Fernández, rolled at their factory: the bulldogs that guard the farms, and sizes named after the dogs. A two-house line, not a separate brand.

• Cloud Hopper

  Wrapper Corojo 99 · Strength Medium

  The cigar of Edition One, the company of Kyle Gellis and his younger brother Devin, made at TABSA (Tabacos Valle de Jalapa S.A., also called Aganorsa Leaf by Cigar Wars and Neptune Cigar), with Aganorsa tobacco alone, says Cigar Dojo. The dates differ: soft-launched in 2016 then known in the summer of 2017, says Cigar Wars; released in early 2016, says Cigar Dojo (10 November 2017); released in August 2017 after its presentation at IPCPR 2017, says Blind Man's Puff (25 July 2018).

🥃 Pairings

• High-grown filter coffee

  Coffee

  A pale coffee lets through the finesse the brand is after.

• White agricole rum

  Spirits

  Dry and green, it does not overload blends built on length.