Band
Paper ring around the head of the cigar featuring
the brand and logo. Often confused with the
vitola.

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Capa
Wrapper leaf or outer part of the cigar whose
colour indicates its strength. Generally speaking,
the paler the colour, the milder the cigar.
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Capillo
Binder, The portion of leaf used to hold together
the blend of filler leaves.

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Capote
See Capillo.

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Chaveta
Crescent shaped knife used to cut tobacco leaves.

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Chinchal
Business, usually family run, which manufactures
Canary Islands cigars.
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Cigar Scissors
Tool for cutting the cigar's head.

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Cuje
Horizontal beam placed over two vertical poles
used to hang up the tobacco leaves for drying.
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Despalillar
To remove the ribs or thick veins from the tobacco
leaves.
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Enrollar
To roll the leaves of the barrel filler to give them a
cylindrical shape.
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Ensarte
Technique whereby the tobacco leaves are hung in hands of two for drying.
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Fermentation
Process of heating and humidifying the bulk of
tobacco leaves to alter their chemical composition.
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Gavilla
Sheaf or bulk of forty or fifty leaves of the same
type.
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Gomero
Container of rice gum used to glue the head onto
the end of the cigar.

Havana
Synonym for cigar.

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Mazo
Bundle of cigars tied together with a silk ribbon.
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Moja
Moistening the tobacco leaves.
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Mould
A wooden mould used by cigar makers to give
the freshly rolled tobacco its barrel shape. Some
moulds are made in two parts which are then
placed in a press.
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Oreo
Airing or drying the tobacco leaves or the finished cigar.
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Cap
Tobacco leaf used to finish off the end or head of
the cigar. It is cut off before smoking.
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Press
Tool used to give the cigars their shape.
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Tobacco
Plant from the Solanaceae Family.
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Roller
A cigar craftsman. A fundamental part of the
manufacturing process.
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Filler
Filling or main part of a cigar made of rolled
leaves.
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Vega
Area where tobacco is grown.
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Veguero
An old Spanish word for the tobacco growers
whose small plantations were situated on plots of
land along the river banks,
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Vitola
Spanish word used to define the shape (Panetela,
Corona,... ) and the size of a cigar.
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Zafado
A shaking movement to separate or detach the
tobacco leaves.