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Absolute Cigars - Tobacco glossary
Category: General technical and industrial > Cigars
Date & country: 06/06/2011, USA Words: 36
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Belicosos finosA standard cigar size typically 52 ring gauge X 5 1/2" in length. Cone shaped.
BinderThe binding tobacco leaf which supports the filler (See "filler") in the cigar.
CepoAn implement used to measure the diameter of the cigar.
CervantesA Cuban specific cigar size, similar to the Lonsdale cigar standard, typically 42 ring gauge X 6 1/2" length.
CherootA classic, and in fact one of the oldest cigar shapes known, although not very commonly seen today. This distinctive shape is slowly flared, typically about 4" x 34 ring gauge, making it a short smoke growing lighter and lighter as it is smoked.
ChurchillNamed for the famous British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, this is a standard cigar size typically 47 ring gauge X 7" in length.
Cigar CapThe "tip" section of the cigar which is cut off with a cigar cutter or punctured to allow for an easy draw.
Cigar cutterA metal tool used to cut away a portion of the cigar cap to allow the smoker to draw smoke from the cigar. See also "cigar scissors".
ClaroA brown "wrapper" leaf.
ColoradoA dark reddish "wrapper" leaf.
Colorado ClaroA cigar wrapper leaf falling between "Colorado" and "Maduro" in color.
Connecticut shadeA cigar wrapper leaf of Connecticut, USA origin, widely regarded as one of the best wrapper leaves.
CoronaA standard cigar size typically 42 ring gauge x 5.5" in length.
CulebrasThis is a cigar format which is actually three cigars twisted/intertwined together, and smoked as one unit.
Double ClaroA light toned green wrapper cigar leaf.
Double CoronaA standard cigar size typically 49 ring gauge x 7 1/2" in length.
FiguradoA shaped cigar typically 52 ring gauge x 5 1/2" in length.
FillerThe core of blended tobaccos held together by the "binder" which is in turn covered by the "wrapper".
Gran CoronaA standard cigar size typically 46 ring gauge X 5 5/8" in length.
Gran PanetelaA standard cigar size typically 28 ring gauge X 7 1/2" in length.
Hand-rolled (H/R)Cigars which are rolled completely by hand from start to finish; no machine element. Same as Totalmente a Mano.
HumidityA measure of airborne moisture, critical to the preservation of cigar quality. The ideal humidity for cigar storage is open to debate but is commonly agreed to be 68-72% relative humidity.
HumidorA sealed wooden box designed specifically to maintain cigars in an optimal humidified environment. A humidor should include a "hygrometer" which is essential to gauge the level of humidity in the humidor.
HygrometerA gauge which indicates the level of humidity within a humidor. The ideal reading for cigar storage is: 72-74 relative humidity
LectoresOne of the more interesting practices in many Cuban cigar factories is the presence of the Lectores, also known as the "cigar reader", who reads aloud from a podium at the front of the rolling rooms where the Torcedores (rollers) go about their business of rolling Cuban cigars.
LonsdaleNamed for Lord Lonsdale of Britain, this is a standard cigar size typically 42 ring gauge X 6 1/2" in length.
Machine madeA cigar rolled by a machine as opposed to "hand rolled". Although machine-made cigars are typically less expensive then those that are "hand-rolled", this is not necessarily an indication of an inferior cigar.
MaduroSpansish for "Ripe", Maduro is the term used to describe cigars with a wrapper leaf of darker brown hue. Colorado Maduro is a Maduro of a slightly lighter shade.
PanetelaA standard cigar size typically 28 ring gauge X 4" in length.
Petit CoronaA standard cigar size typically 42 ring gauge X 5" or 5 1/4" in length.
Ring or Ring GaugeThe measurement indicative of the diameter of the cigar. One ring gauge unit measures 1/64".
RobustoA standard cigar size typically 50 ring gauge X 5" in length.
ScissorsA scissor tool is used to cut away the cigar cap to allow for an easy draw. See also "cutter".
TorcedorThe cigar roller (pictured below).
TorpedoThis cigar style is characterized by the funnel shape at both ends of the cigar. The size standard of a Torpedo is typically 46 ring gauge X 6" in length.
WrapperThe outer leaf cover of the cigar.