American Market Selection (AMS) -
Usually a cigar with a greenish wrapper.
Band -
The label of the cigar
Binder -
The layer of tobacco underneath the outer wrapper of a cigar,
holding in the inner tobacco blend or filler.
Binder - On
a quality cigar, it is usually one piece of tobacco. One a cheap
cigar it is usually a paper like substance made of tobacco.
Blend -
Mixtures of different types and grades of tobaccos
Bloom -
A naturally occurring phenomenon also called a plume. A fine
white powder appears on the cigar. Common in the cigar
aging process of cigars. The oils seaping from
the tobacco cause
the bloom. Sometimes confused with mold, which is blue and
can't be wiped off of a cigar. Some people will consider bloom
a sign of a well-aged cigar. Although that is debatable.
Body -
The larger section of a cigar exluding the head of the cigar
and the foot of the cigar..
Boite Nature
(BN) - Wooden boxes of a natural origin used as a cigar keep.
Box
-
Common packaging container for cigars.
Breva -
A type of Corona. It is known most commonly as a Rothchild.
Bulk -Large
pile of tobacco leave being fermented. See Fermentation.
Bunch -
Any amountof different types of filler tobacco that are blended
to create the body of the cigar and are held together by the
binder. From 1-21 types of tobacco can make up the bunch.
Bundle -
An economical method of packaging cigars other than in wood or
various other types of boxes in which cigars are wrapped in cellophane.
Café -Wrapper
with a medium-brown wrapper.
Candela -Bright
green wrapper also called a double claro. Created by heating
the leaves during the drying process..
Candle -
Wrapper of a light green.
Cap -
Circular piece of tobacco at the head of a cigar to
hold the wrapper and the filler inside the cigar while smoking.
It is said that damaging or removing the entire cap of a cigar
can allow a cigar to completely fall apart. This is why when
cutting a cigar you will not cut too far up the head and preferrably
only a small incision on only the end of the cap.
Chaveta -
The name of the wrapper cutting knife in a cigar rolling factory.
Churchill -
Thick type of Corona with an average length of 7 inches.
Cigarillo -
Thin short cigars with a size similar to a cigarette. Cigarillos
are very common on the European market and more and more popular
throughout the rest of the world. The Cigarillos market in the
U.S. has tripled in recent years. .
Claro -
Pale green to light brown wrapper color of a cigar, this style
of tobacco leaf is originating from the shade..
Colorado -
Medium brown to brownish red tobacco used as a cigar wrapper.
Colorado Claro -
A wrapper darker than the standard Claro, hinting more of a
Cameroon.
Colorado Maduro -Dark
brown wrapper, sometimes known as a Honduran wrapper.
Corona -
Sub-category of Parejos cigars which have an open foot and rounded
head. Coronas also include Double Coronas, Presidentes, Robustos,
and Churchills.
Curing -
The proper term for drying and time prepping tobacco.
Double Claro -
The greenest and lightest shade color of wrappers. A green colored
wrapper acheived by harvesting or picking the
tobacco leaves prior to their reaching full maturity.
Double Claro -
Heating the leave during the drying process creates this, and
it's also called a Candela.
Draw -
A term for the cigar's airflow. The amount of air which will
be pulled through a cigar. Many will also consider the draw of
a cigar when giving a review or opinion of a cigar.
English Market
Selection (EMS) - A medium-brown colored
wrapper, containing more flavor, and burns slower than a Claro.
