Binder:
 Tobacco leaf that is rolled around the filler to hold it
together.
Blend:
 Mixture of different types of tobacco leaf, including up
to four types of filler leaves, a binder and an outer
wrapper.
Bunch:
 Filler and binder leaves before they are rolled into a
wrapper
Bundle:
 Method of packaging cigars using cellophane as
opposed to a box. A bundle usually contains from 25 to
50 cigars and are less expensive than boxed cigars.
Cap :
 Circular piece of wrapper tobacco leaf that is placed at
the head of the cigar to secure the wrapper.
Filler:
 Tobacco leaf at the core of the cigar that provide a
significant portion of its taste.
Foot:
 Open end of the cigar you light
Hand-rolled:
 Cigar made entirely by hand, usually constructed with a
high quality wrapper and long filler and binder as
opposed to "short-filler" used in machine made.
Head:
 Closed end of the cigar, or the end you cut and smoke.
Humidor:
 A room, or a box, to store the cigars. An optimum
humidity and temperature level in a humidor is 70/70,
or 70 percent humidity and 70 degrees Fahrenheit (21
degrees Celsius).
Ligero:
 One of the three basic types of filler tobacco, the top
leaf of the plant, the strongest in terms of taste.The
name means ``light'' in Spanish. A well-balanced blend
consists of leaves from all three of these sections
(Ligero/Seco/Volado).
Long filler:
 Filler tobacco that runs the length of the body of the
cigar, as opposed chopped up pieces know as
"short-filler"
Machine made :
 Cigars made entirely by machine and less expensive
cigar tobacco.
Mold:
 The wooden form used by cigar rollers to give shape to
a finished bunch of cigar tobacco. Some molds have two
parts which are then placed in a press.
Ring gauge:
 A standard industry measurement for the diameter of a
cigar in 64ths of an inch. A 50 ring gauge cigar is
50/64ths of an inch thick.
Seco:
 One of three basic types of filler tobacco, the middle leaf
of the plant,slightly richer flavored leaf than the
Volado.The name means ``dry'' in Spanish. A
well-balanced blend consists of leaves from all three of
these sections (Ligero/Seco/Volado).
Shade grown:
 Prime tobacco leaf grown under cheesecloth tenting
called a ``tapado'' to produce a thin, elastic tobacco
leaf that is most often used in premium cigars.
Volado:
 One of the three basic types of filler tobacco, the
bottom leaf of the plant, the mildest-flavored leaf. A
well-balanced blend consists of leaves from all three of
these sections (Ligero/Seco/Volado).
Sizes (Length Ring)
Belicoso:
 5 1/2 inches 52
Churchill:
 7 inches 47
CoronaL:
 5 1/2 inches 52
Demi Tasse:
 4 inches 30
Double Corona:
 7 1/2 inches 49
Especial:
 7 1/2 inches 38
Gran Corona:
 9 1/4 inches 47
Long Panetela :
 7 inches 36
Lonsdale:
 6 1/2 inches 42
Panetala:
 4 1/2 inches 26
Petit Corona:
 5 inches 42
Pyramid/Torped
o:
 6 1/2 inches 52
Robusto:
 5 inches 50
Rothschild:
 5 inches 50
Tres Petit
Corona:
 4 1/2 inches 40
Volando :
 One of three types of filler tobacco.
Wrapper:
 A tobacco leaf of varying quality that's wrapped around the
finished bunch and binder to complete the cigar.
Cigar wrapper colors
Claro:
 Pale to light brown. The Classic color of Connecticut shade grown
tobacco wrapper. This color can also be referred to as natural.
Colorado claro:
 Darker brown in color and similar to a Cameroon wrapper from
West Africa.
Colorado:
 A reddish brown wrapper most often seen in well aged and mature
cigars.
Colorado
maduro:
 A dark brown wrapper, usually seen on cigars produced in
Honduras, Nicaragua and sometimes in Cuba.
Double claro:
 A greenish-brown wrapper that produces a somewhat light and
bland taste.
Maduro:
 A dark, almost coffee like color associated with full flavored and
slightly sweet tasting cigars.
Oscuro:
 Strong flavored wrapper tobacco produced in Mexico, Brazil and
Nicaragua.
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