Cigars. Glossary. Part 3

April 26, 2010

A.M.S. (American Market Selection)

Green tint of cigar's covering leaf.

Amarillo

Covering leaf of different tints of yellow color. It is grown in shadow.

Amatista

Such name has glass "jar" that contains 50, seldom 25 cigars.

Belicoso

Usually it is short cigar with pyramidal form, 5-5 1/2 inches in length with sealed pointed end and ring gauge size approximately 50 or a little less.

Boite Nature (BN)

It is name of box made of cedar wood in which often expensive cigars are made.

Breva (Rothchild, Robusto)

All these names mean approximately the same type of cigar - short (4.5-5.5 inches) and quite thick.

Cabinet Selection

Cigars in wooden box usually intended (as distinct from cigars in cardboard package) for storage during long period.

Cafe

It is average-brown tint of covering leaf.

Candela (Double Claro)

It is light-green tint of covering leaf. It is reached by special thermal treatment that furthers retention of chlorophyll in the leaf.

Sara

It is cigar's covering leaf.

Chaveta

It is name of a knife that is used for cutting covering leaf on cigar plants.

Churchill

Quite big cigar of Corona format, usually with 7 inches length and ring gauge 47 - 48.

Claro

It is cover's leaf tint from pale green to light brown. Tobacco for such leaf is grown, as a rule, in shadow.

Colorado

It is cover's leaf tint from average brown to brown-red.

Colorado Claro

It is a little darker tint of covering leaf than Colorado.

Colorado Maduro

It is covering leaf of dark brown color, as a rule, grown in Honduras.