The Persian King Gets a Whole New Identity
Gran Habano has never done this before. In a move that marks a clear turning point for the company, the Miami-based cigar maker is releasing its first-ever cigar built entirely from Honduran tobacco — and it's arriving under one of the brand's most recognizable labels.
The cigar is called the Persian King Omega Omega, and from the tobacco in the foot to the leaf wrapped around the outside, every component comes from Honduras. That's a first for Gran Habano, a company that has built much of its reputation around Nicaraguan-focused blends.
What's Inside the Omega Omega
The Omega Omega is a 6 x 54 toro, a size that sits comfortably in hand and gives the blend room to develop. The construction starts with a habano wrapper, followed by a corojo binder, and the filler is a combination of corojo, criollo and habano leaf. All of it — wrapper, binder and filler — was grown during the 2023/2024 crop on farms belonging to the Rico family in Honduras.
The cigars themselves are rolled at the Rico family's own factory, G.R. Tabacaleras Unidas S.A., also located in Honduras. So this isn't just a Honduran tobacco story — it's a fully Honduran production from seed to box.
Gran Habano describes the Omega Omega as being made "for those who appreciate a balance of strength and refinement." The company also notes that it smokes slightly stronger than the other cigars currently in the Persian King lineup, which should appeal to anyone who finds most everyday smokes a little too mild for their taste.
A Persian King Unlike Any Other
The Persian King line has a particular look and feel that longtime Gran Habano fans will recognize immediately. Those cigars are sold naked — without a band — and they lean heavily on Nicaraguan tobacco for their flavor profile. The Omega Omega breaks with both of those traditions at once.
For the first time in the Persian King line, the Omega Omega comes with a band. It also drops the Nicaraguan tobacco entirely in favor of that all-Honduran recipe. So while it carries the Persian King name and still comes in the familiar 50-count box format the line is known for, just about everything else about it is new.
That combination — same label, different DNA — makes the Omega Omega something of an anomaly in the portfolio. It is the same family, but it has gone in its own direction entirely.
Limited Production and Accessible Pricing
Gran Habano is keeping production tight on this one. The Omega Omega will be made in a run of just 2,000 boxes, each containing 50 cigars. That puts total production at 100,000 cigars — meaningful enough to reach a decent number of retailers and smokers, but limited enough that it won't be sitting on shelves for years.
The retail price is set at $8.96 per cigar. For a limited-edition, single-origin smoke with this kind of pedigree, that price point makes the Omega Omega genuinely accessible. A full box of 50 will run just under $450, which puts it in reach for serious enthusiasts who want to stock up.
Where and When to Find It
Gran Habano plans to introduce the Persian King Omega Omega to retailers at the 2026 PCA Convention & Trade Show, which is scheduled for April 18 through 20 in New Orleans. The PCA trade show is the main annual gathering for the premium cigar industry, where manufacturers present new releases to the retailers who will carry them across the country.
Actual shipping to stores is planned for June, so consumers can expect to see the Omega Omega hitting retail shelves sometime in the early summer. Given the limited production run, shops that want to carry it will likely be placing their orders at or shortly after the New Orleans show.
Why This Release Matters
Gran Habano making an all-Honduran cigar might not sound like major news on the surface, but context matters here. Honduras has long been home to some of the finest tobacco-growing land in the world, and the Rico family has decades of experience cultivating and manufacturing cigars there. What the Omega Omega represents is Gran Habano leaning fully into that expertise rather than blending it with tobaccos from other regions.
The result is a cigar that tells one story from start to finish — Honduras, beginning to end. For smokers who enjoy exploring what a single growing region can do across an entire blend, that kind of focus is genuinely interesting.
The fact that Gran Habano chose to attach this release to the Persian King label rather than create a new line entirely suggests the company sees the Omega Omega as an extension of that brand's character — strong, refined, and built for a smoker who knows what he likes. Whether the market agrees will become clear once the cigars start shipping in June and the reviews start coming in.
For now, it stands as one of the more quietly compelling announcements heading into the 2026 PCA show season.
