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Cigar Glossary
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This glossary is based onAn Enthusiast's Guide to Habanos (1st. Ed. 2002) and 5th AVENUE Products Trading GmbH
(http://www.5thavenue.de) .
Anilla
The Cuban word for a cigar band or ring (known in Spain as a vitola).
Aporque
Action of piling up earth around the tobacco plant in order to obtain stonger roots.
Bonche
The cylindrical bunch formed when the filler leaves are wrapped in the binder leaf (q.v. Cigar Manufacturing,
Anatomy of a Habano).
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Boquilla
The foot of the cigar.
Capa
The outside wrapper leaf of a cigar (q.v. Anatomy of a Habano).
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Capote
The binder leaf. Selected from the largest and finest volado leaves grown on the lower part of the plant (q.v.
Anatomy of a Habano).
Casa de Tabaco
Tobacco House or barn on a plantation where the leaf is cured.
Casquillo
Literally a cartridge. The cylindrical punch used to cut a small section from the wrapper to complete the cap.
Catadores
The tasters who daily test cigars at the factories.
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Cedros
Cedars used to wrap cigars and as dividers between rows in boxes.
Cepo
The template used to check the ring gauge and length of a finished cigar (q.v. Shapes).
Chaveta
The semi-circular blade used by the torcedores (q.v. Cigar Manufacturing).
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Claro
The description of a light brown coloured wrapper on a finished cigar.
Colorado
The description of a dark brown wrapper on a finished cigar (also Colorado Claro (mid brown) and Colorado
Maduro (darker brown)).
Cuje
A pole over which the leaves sewn in pairs are hung in the Casa de Tabaco.
Curacin (Curing)
Curing. The drying process that the leaves (q.v. Cuban Tobacco) undergo in the Casa de Tabaco.
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Desbotonar
Action of removing the top bud to concentrate growth on the development of additional leaves (q.v. Cultivation of
Tobacco).
Deshije
Removing the side shoots after the Desbotonar.
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Despalillo
The Stripping House where selected binder and filler leaves have the stems part-stripped and where the second
fermentation takes place (q.v. Cigar Manufacturing).
Despalilladoras
The women who strip the binders and fillers at the stripping houses and the wrappers in the factories.
Escaparate
The conditioning room where cigars are stored at 16 to 18C and between 65 and 70 percent humidity to recover
from the rigours of the making process.
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Escogida
The Sorting House for wrappers, fillers and binders and the site of the first fermentation.
Figurado
A cigar with an irregular shape pointed at one end or double-figurado pointed at both ends (q.v. Shapes).
Fortaleza
Literally strength. Fortaleza 1, 2, and 3 are synonyms for volado, seco and ligero.
Galera
The factory workshop where cigars are made by hand. Literally the galley.
Gavilla
A bunch of graded tobacco leaves tied by their stems for handling (q.v. Cultivation of Tobacco).
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Goma
Tasteless and odourless vegetable gum, usually tragacanth, used by torcedores to secure the wrapper leaf and cap
on a finished cigar (q.v. [Cigar Manufacturing]).
Habanos
Spanish for Havanas. The term is used as the denomination of origin for the finest cigars made in Cuba.
Habanos SA (http://www.habanos.com) , Corporacin
The Havana-based company jointly owned by the Cuban industry and the Franco-Spanish corporation, Altadis S.A.,that markets all Cuban tobacco products worldwide.
Habilitacines
The colourful dressings used to decorate the traditional labelled boxes of Habanos.
Hecho en Cuba
Made in Cuba.
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Ligador
The Master Blender in a cigar factory (q.v. Cigar Manufacturing)
Ligero
One of the tiempos or families of filler leaves. The word translates as light although it is used to describe theleaves taken from the top of the plant that are the richest in flavour and usually the darkest in colour (q.v. Cuban
Tobacco, Cultivation of Tobacco).
Maduro
The description of a very dark brown wrapper on a finished cigar.
Mecanizado
Machine made.
Media Rueda
Literally a half wheel, the description of 50 cigars tied into a bundle.
Moja
The process of moistening tobacco leaves (q.v. Cultivation of Tobacco).
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Pacas
Hessian bales in which binder and filler leaves are aged.
Parejo
A cigar with straight, parallel sides (q.v. Shapes).
Perilla
The head of the cigar (q.v. Enjoying a Cigar).
Seco
One of the tiempos or families of filler leaves. This one describes the leaves of medium flavour taken from the
middle of the plant, which contribute much to the cigars aroma (q.v. Anatomy of a Habano).
Tabaco
Spanish for tobacco but in Cuba it also means a cigar.
Tabaco Negro Cubano
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Cuban Black Tobacco. The indigenous tobacco plant discovered on the island by Christopher Columbus.
Tabacuba
The Cuban corporation that manages the agricultural and manufacturing functions of the Cuban tobacco industry.
Tabla
The wooden board on which torcedores make cigars.
Tapado
Literally covered. The term is used to describe the method of growing tobacco for wrappers in the shade under
sheets of muslin cloth (q.v. Cultivation of Tobacco).
Tercio
Bales made from yagua in which wrapper leaves are aged.
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Tiempos
The same as Fortalezas. Different grades the filler leaves need for the various purposes required in blending the
Habano.
Torcedor(a)
Cigar roller. The word translates as twister, but that is the last thing a roller should do when making a cigar.
Totalmente a mano
Totally by hand. A description created in Havana to differentiate between the Cuban methods of making cigars by
hand and the semimechanised techniques used elsewhere that can legally be described as Hecho a Mano or Hand
Made.
Tripa
Filler, the blend of two or three different types of leaves that form the heart of a Habano and dictate its flavour (q.v.
Anatomy of a Habano).
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Tripa Corta
Short filler. Filler that is made from pieces of chopped tobacco leaves sometimes known as picadura.
Tripa larga
Long filler. Filler that is made from complete tobacco leaves.
Vegas Finas de Primera
Individual fields on farms in registered Cuban tobacco regions that are approved by the Tobacco Institute to grow
leaf for Habanos.
Vitola
A word with many meanings. In Cuba it refers to the size and shape of a cigar (vitola de galera factory name, vitola
de salida market name) and also to a particular size of cigar in one type of packing. In Spain it means a cigar band
or ring (vitolfilia cigar band collecting). To some it has an almost spiritual meaning encapsulating every aspect of
their cigar of choice.
Volado
One of the tiempos or families of filler leaves. This one describes the lightflavoured leaves taken from the lower
part of the plant, which help the cigar to burn (q.v. Anatomy of a Habano).
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Yagua
The loose part of the bark of the Royal Palm, Cubas national tree, that is used to make bales (tercios) in which
wrapper leaves are aged.
Zafado
The gentle loosening of tobacco leaves after they have been unpacked in gavillas from bales.
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