 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - H. Upmann Co. yakabudirira zvikuru kuburikidza nekutenga zvikwangwani muMadrid munguva yeCuban War of Independence. Nemhaka yokuvharirwa kweAmerica munguva yehondo, hurumende yeSpain yaitsamira pabhangi raH. Upmann kuti iwane mari yokurwisa hondo. Nemhaka yemhirizhonga muCuba, vanamabhangi vazhinji vakasarudza kubvisa mari yavo muCuba muna 1896. Somumiririri waRothschilds nevamwe vatengi vanokosha, H. Upmann Co. yakatamisira ndarama nesirivha yakawanda kuhofisi yayo muNew York, iyo yakanga yava nzvimbo yemari uye nzvimbo yokutengeserana nezvitsuwa zveCaribbean kubvira muzana remakore rechi18. 