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Glossary of terms used on this site
There are 131 entries in this glossary.
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| Amarillo |
A yellow wrapper leaf grown under shade.
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| Amatista |
A glass jar containing 50 cigars (occasionally 25), sealed to be sold factory fresh.
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| American Market Selection |
Abbreviated AMS, a seldom-used term created by the major importer of Cuban cigars in the 1950s to designate claro-colored wrappers. (Also see English Market Selection.)
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| Band |
A ring of paper wrapped around the closed head of most cigars. Legend says that cigar bands were invented by Catherine the Great or by Spanish nobles to keep their gloves from being stained. Others credit this invention to a Dutch advertising and promotion genius named Gustave Bock, who stated that the band helped keep the cigar wrapper together. Cigar bands are often printed with the name of the brand, country of origin, and/or indication that the cigar is hand-rolled. They also often have colorful graphics, which have made them popular collectors' items. In many folk tales, a cigar band served as a wedding band in impromptu ceremonies. For the record, it is equally appropriate to leave the band on while smoking a cigar or to remove it, as long as the cigar's wrapper leaf is not torn when the band is removed.
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| Belicoso |
Traditionally, a short, pyramid-shaped cigar, 5 or 5½ inches in length with a shorter, more rounded taper at the head and a ring gauge generally of 46-50. Today, that shape is more often called a Belicoso Jr., whereas the standard Belicoso is usually 6 or longer with a ring gauge of 50 or wider rolled with the traditional tapered (pointed) head.
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| Binder |
The portion of a tobacco leaf used to hold together the blend of filler leaves called the bunch; with the wrapper and filler, it is one of three main components in a cigar.
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| Blend |
The mixture of different types of tobacco in a cigar, including up to five types of filler leaves, a binder leaf and an outer wrapper.
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| Bloom (also called Plume) |
A naturally occurring phenomenon in the cigar aging process, also called plume, caused by the oils that exude from the tobacco. It appears as a fine white powder and can be brushed off. Not to be confused with mold, which is bluish and stains the wrapper.
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| Blow a Cloud |
To smoke a cigar or pipe. (This term was used in Queen Elizabeth’s reign)
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| Blue Mold |
Peronospora tabacina is a fast moving, airborne fungus that can ruin a tobacco field in just a few days. It flourishes in cool, cloudy weather with light rain and riddles tobacco leaves with small round blemishes.
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| Boite Nature |
The plain cedar boxes in which many cigars are sold. (e.g. Avo, Excalibur, Vueltabajo)
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| Book Style (also, Booking) |
A rolling method by which the cigarmaker lays the filler leaves atop one another, then rolls them up like a scroll. Book style, or booking, is common in Honduras. The alternate style is based on the old Cuban method called entubar (see entry).
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| Bouquet |
The smell, or nose (as in the wine term) of a fine cigar. Badly stored cigars or cigars that have dried-out too much will lose their bouquet.
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| Box |
The container used to package cigars. There are several traditional styles:Cabinet Selection refers to wood boxes with a sliding top, designed to hold 25 or 50 cigars. 8-9-8 refers to a round-sided box specifically designed to accommodate three rows of cigars eight on top, nine in the middle, eight on the bottom. Flat Top, or 13-topper, is the flat rectangular box most popular today, with 13 cigars on top and 12 on the bottom divided by a cedar block spacer.
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| Box-pressed or square-pressed |
The square shape taken on when cigars are packed tightly into the box.
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Reviewed by Tom Bullock
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Reviewed by ToastedFoot.com
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Reviewed by Robert "The Reverend Hurricane" Meyn
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Reviewed by Tom Bullock
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Reviewed by Walt White
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