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About Cigars/Terminology
Amatista
A glass jar containing 50 (or 25) cigars, sealed and sold "factory fresh".
Band
Ring of paper wrapped around the closed head of most cigars.
Binder
Portion of a tobacco leaf that holds the filler leaves together.
Blend
The mixture of different types of tobacco in a cigar, including up to five types
of filler leaves, a binder leaf and an outer wrapper.
Bloom
Harmless white film caused by tobacco oils rising to the surface of the cigar
wrapper. Often indicates a strong taste. (Also called Plume).
Bouquet
Used to describe the smell of a fine cigar and fine wines.
Bunch
Filler tobacco used to create the body of a cigar.
Cap
A circular piece of wrapper leaf used to secure the wrapper at the cigar
head.
Cigarillos
Thin, three-inch cigars, popular in Europe, generally machine-made.
Draw
Amount of air that gets pulled through a lit cigar. Easy/hot or tight/plugged.
Flag
Instead of a cap, flags are an extension of the wrapper leaf used to finish
the head of a cigar. Sometimes tied off in a pigtail or a curly head.
Foot
The end of the cigar that you light. Often pre-cut.
Head
The closed end of the cigar that you put into your mouth.
Hot
A cigar draw that is too easy, often because it has been under-filled.
Hygrometer
Device used to measure humidity or percentage of moisture in the air.
Long Filler
Whole tobacco leaves used to fill a cigar; these leaves are long and can run
the length of the cigar's bunch. Long filler should burn evenly and consist-
ently.
Piercer
Used to cut/pierce a small hole in the end of a cigar (also called a 'lance').
Plug
A blockage that prevents a cigar from drawing properly. (Gently massaging
the cigar may relieve a plugged draw).
Ring Gauge
Diameter of a cigar's barrel, expressed in 64ths of an inch. A half-inch cigar
would be a 32 ring (32/64).
Short Filler
Cigar bunch comprised of scraps of tobacco (parts of leaves and twigs).
Shoulder
Where the cap of the cigar meets the barrel. The cigar will unravel if cut.
Tunneling
Uneven burning of a cigar which occurs when a wrapper does not ash.
Wrapper
High-quality tobacco leaf wound around the finished bunch and binder.
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