Cigars. Glossary. Part 2

April 19, 2010

Under-leaf or binding leaf

It is one of three most important cigar components. It is meant to keep together leafs' parts in cigar filling under covering leaf.

Under-leaf homogenized

It is material for binding leaf that consists of grinded tobacco leaf and cellulose. It is never met in handwork cigars.

Covering leaf (External leaf, Wrapping leaf)

"Pipe" style (Entubar)

Cigar rolling method during which, as distinct from "booking" style, the man that rolls cigar, firstly furls each leaf from the filling in half and than binds furled leafs together. Cuban men that roll cigars, followers of this method, consider that it provides the best inhale during smoking and as result much even cigar burning.

Tube

It is separate metallic, wooden or glass pipe for cigar storage. It allows keeping cigar fresh.

Inhale

In application to cigar - air volume that goes through it while inhaling. Both too light ("hot"), and hindered inhale is very undesirable.

Harvest

In application to cigars usually it means the year of tobacco harvest but not the year of cigar manufacturing (these two dates can differ quite strong).

Humidor

It is a box, case or chest, equipped with all necessary things for keeping conditions of right cigar storage (relative humidity approximately 70-73%, temperature - 18-21 Celsius degree). Sometimes placing in humidor can "save" over-dried cigar or clean it from mold taint over-wet cigar.