A complete description of cigars

1. CIGAR
CIGAR IS A TIGHTLY ROLLED
BUNDLE OF DRIED AND
FERMENTED TOBACCO

2. HISTORY
• Explorer Christopher Columbus is generally
credited with the introduction of tobacco to
Europe. Three of Columbus's crewmen during his
1492 journey, Rodrigo de Jerez, Hector Fuentes
and Luis de Torres, are said to have encountered
tobacco for the first time on the island of
Hispaniola, in what is present day Dominican
Republic, when natives presented them with dry
leaves that spread a peculiar fragrance. His sailors
reported that the Taínos on the island of Cuba
smoked a primitive form of cigar, with twisted,
dried tobacco leaves rolled in other leaves such as
palm or plantain.

3. MANUFACTURING
Cigar is made up of three types
of Tobacco leaves
Fillers – broken or crushed
leaves which forms the center
of cigar
Binders- small leaves are bound
around the filler and a special
type of glue is used to bind
these leaves in cigar
Wrappers- big leaves that are
soft & elastic wrapped to give
the final smooth surface

4. Cigar Brands Origin
• Arturo Fuente United States
• Cohiba United States
• Gurkha North America
• King of Denmark Europe
• Louixs California
• Macanudo America
• Oliva North America
• Padrón Florida
• Perdomo North America
• Rocky Patel Florida
• Stradivarius North America

5. TYPES OF
CIGAR

7. SIZE
Size of a Cigar is measured by 2
dimensions
• Ring Gauge - 64th of an inch
• Length (inch)

8. PAREJO
They have a cylindrical body,
straight sides, one end open,
and a round tobacco-leaf
"cap" on the other end which
must be sliced off, have a V-
shaped notch made in it with
a special cutter, or punched
through before smoking.

9. CORONAS
Ò Petit Corona - 5” * 42 gauge
Ò Corona - 5 ½” * 42 gauge
Ò Long Corona - 6” * 42 gauge
Ò Robusto - 5” * 50 gauge
Ò Toro - 6” * 50 gauge
Ò Lonsdale - 6 ½” * 42 gauge

10. PANANTELES
These are thinner than Coronas
• Small Pananteles - 5” * 33 gauge
• Pananteles - 6” * 38 gauge
• Long Pananteles - 7 ½ * 38 gauge

11. Irregularly shaped
higher quality and more
expensive because they
are more difficult to make.
a) Torpedo
b) Pyramid
c) Perfecto
d) Presidente

12. COLOR
1. CLARO (CCC) – color of this cigar is yellow,
and it is very light. (Montecristo)
2. COLORADO CLARO (CC) - It is medium
strength cigar and mid brown in color. (
Davidoff)
3. COLORADO (C) – strong cigar, reddish brown
in color. (Punch gran puro)
4. COLORADO MADURO (CM) – very strong,
dark brown in color. (Bolivar royal coronas)
5. MADURO (M) – stronger than other cigars,
very dark brown in. (Partagás Aristocrats)