Our Journey
The Journey
Being from the biggest city in the world, NYC, we had a variety of smoking products. Fronto leaf became popular when many of our Caribbean brothers and sisters brought it from the islands they came from and reintroduced a more natural way of smoking, in the way our ancestors did.
It has since taken off as one of the top smoking products. It’s a natural tobacco leaf that we have been using for the last 20,000 years, in our ceremonies, gatherings, and day to day. The biggest difference between cigarette tobacco and pipe tobacco is the chemicals with which they are made. Cigarettes are generally overlaid with a highly toxic chemical tobacco, while Fronto tobacco leaf is more natural.
The Mission
We decided to make our own brand of fronto to share in the tradition and make sure that we bring you the highest quality of fronto leaf. We exam each and every leaf for imperfections and damage and make sure to provide all our customers with nothing but a beautiful, flavorful, high quality of leaf that have been personally, tested by members of the team. We strive to give you nothing but the best!
Tobacco Leaf History
Native American nations from Canada to Brazil had long used tobacco for medicinal, ceremonial, and intoxication purposes. In the late 15th century, Christopher Columbus was given tobacco as a gift from the Native Americans. It gained instantaneous popularity in Europe, for they believed that tobacco had magical healing powers. Some Europeans adopted it as cure-all and was used for dressing wounds, reducing pain, and even for tooth aches.
In many teachings, the smoke from burned tobacco has a purpose of carrying thoughts and prayers to the spirit world or to the Most High.
The care and respect involved in the preparation and use of traditional tobacco are part of centuries of tradition that connect people with those of generations ago.
