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Handmade Cigars

Handmade Cigars

When it comes to cigars, nothing can beat the handmade Cigars. Cigars that underwent from the hands of a skilled craftsman always guarantee of a pleasurable smoke, which the machine made, could not match.

Handmade cigars is not a just a work of art, it is a product of patience and passion. Patience because making handmade cigars is not that easy and fast, it will take some time before the final product is ready for packing. Passion because, the makers of handmade cigars have poured so much time to improve their craft, and have shed blood and tears just to make the best cigar there is in the world. It has become their pride more than a job.

But just how do these handmade cigars are made? You want to know how? Not take a look and be amazed of the wonders behind handmade cigars.

After harvesting the finest tobacco leaves, the leaves are first cured. This is done in order to release the sugar content and the remaining water in the tobacco leaves at the same time protecting the leaves from decomposing. Curing process can take up to 4-6 weeks the most and also pending on the kind of the tobacco leaves, the color intended for the leaves to achieve. The second phase of the process is the fermentation stage wherein the cured leaves are subjected to a controlled temperature and relative humidity. During fermentation, the flavor, aroma and other characteristics of a fine tobacco are reached.

Once the tobacco leaves had aged gracefully, they will be classified according to their use, whether as a filler, binder, or wrapper. Even during at this stage the tobacco leaves are still carefully watched to ensure that they still have the moist required to avoid decay. At this time also the leaves will have to undergo continuous baling again and again until the desired maturity of the leaves is obtained which will make it ready for the actual making of the cigars by hands.

Now that the leaves are primed for rolling, they are brought to the table of the master blender. They will be sorted according to the desired color and shape. Each color and shape requires different blends of tobacco leaves. A master blender with an extensive training in choosing tobacco can identify which leaf goes with another leaf in order to achieve a perfect blend.

After choosing the tobacco leaves the master blender will bring the blended tobacco to the workstation of the master roller. This is the time for the master roller to unleash his or her skills in rolling the tobacco fillers into different shapes, after which a binder tobacco leaf is wrapped around the blended filler to hole them together. With the help of a specified molder, the rolled tobacco will be pressed in order to get the desired shape. Wrapping another tobacco leaf around the rolled tobacco to give it a smooth and clean finish does the final touches. The finish product is yet to undergo another aging process before they are sold to the market.

The process of making cigars by hands is not that really easy. It takes patience and passion. No wonder they are the most expensive pieces.

 

 
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