List of Custom Rollers in Havana

[Puros Y Vino]

Taken from this post.

Here's a recent list of rollers that was put together. See credits below.

Roller || Address || Notes

• Alejandro Gonzalez Arias || Hotel Comodoro Cigar Shop at 3ra Ave. & Calle 84, Playa || Replaced Santos. Word is good on his sticks.
• Leopoldina Gutierrez aka 'La China' || Partagas LCDH at Calle Industria #520, Centro Habana || Great personality, excellent roller. Get whatever you can. She can't roll as much as she used to.
• Arnaldo Ovalles  || Hotel Melia Habana LCDH at 3ra Ave. between Calle 76 & 80, Playa || Replaces Yolanda.  
• Maria || Quinta y 16 LCDH at 5ta Ave. and Calle 16, Miramar || Unknown to me.
• Amaury, and Reynol || Club Havana LCDH at 5ta Ave. between Calle 188-192, Playa || Worth the visit for his Monsdales alone. His new Robusto Largo is also a winner.
• Reynaldo Gonzalez & Jorge || Conde de Villanueva LCDH at Mercaderes #202 corner of Lamparilla, Habana Vieja || Another master roller. Known for rolling monster sized cigars. Full bodied blends.
• Juanita Ramos Guerra || Hotel Melia Cohiba LCDH, at Paseo Ave. between Calle 1 & 3, Vedado || Ask about her Elefantes. Short, chubby cigars, packed with flavour.
• Milagro Morales || Hotel Nacional LCDH at Calle 21 & O, Vedado || Unknown to me, but a stop for a smoke here is a must.
• Arnaldo Alfonso Ibanez || Hotel Palco LCDH at 146 Ave. between Calle 11 & 13, Playa|| Great old guy. Can do it all. I like his shaggy foot Lanceros myself.
• Cueto || El Morro Castle. La Habana del Este, Havana, Cuba || Roller of the world's longest cigar (268.4 ft Guinness record).

^Credits:

^{* List: Matteo Speranza for Cigar Inspector}

^{* Notes:My own.}

[Ryan]

Yolanda has now largely retired from rolling cigars.

She is running a restaurant in Cojimar and best of luck to her.

Arnaldo Ovalles has taken over rolling at the Melia Habana. He was the director at El Laguito for a couple of years around 2011-2013

After that he was heading production at ICT.

Very, very nice guy, I played baseball against him a couple of times (he cheats, in that he complains when he's rugby-tackled when rounding the bases, cleared the dugout with his complaining). I've no idea what his cigars are like.