Glossary Habanos
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Asociación Nacional de Agricultores Pequeños, or National Association of Small Farmers, represented on the Regulatory Council for the Protected Denomination of Origin (D.O.P.) Habanos.
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The Cuban word for a cigar band or ring (known in Spain as a "vitola").
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The process of gathering and improving tobacco leaves after they are harvested up to the point when they are placed in bales to mature.
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Action of piling up earth around the tobacco plant in order to help the roots to grow.
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Literally ‘a pack of cards’. The nickname given to the Blending Department in a factory because the process of assembling leaves for a blend resembles shuffling cards.
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The cylindrical bunch formed when the filler leaves are wrapped in the binder leaf.
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The foot of the cigar.
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See "Mini-Rodero".
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The outside wrapper leaf of the Habano.
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The binder leaf. Selected from the largest and finest "volado" leaves grown on the lower part of the plant.
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Tobacco House or Curing Barn on a plantation where the leaf is cured and the first fermentation of fillers and binders takes place.
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Literally a ‘cartridge’. The cylindrical punch used to cut a small section from the wrapper to complete the cap.
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The tasters who daily test cigars at the factories.
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Cedars used to wrap cigars and as dividers between rows in boxes.
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The template used to check the ring gauge and length of a finished cigar.
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The semi-circular blade used by the "torcedores" to cut tobacco leaves in the factory.
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The description of a light brown coloured wrapper on a finished cigar.
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The description of a dark brown wrapper on a finished cigar. Also Colorado Claro (mid brown) and Colorado Maduro (darker brown).
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Tasting National Commission; body composed by the best Cuban tasters which is part of the "Tobacco Research Institute". With the "Regulatory Council" it coordinates the guidelines for quality, the consistency of blends for the brands and tobacco varieties
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body that unifies all the organisations in Cuba that have the responsibility for the standards of production applied throughout the tobacco industry from the farms to the finished boxes.
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A pole over which the leaves sewn in pairs are hung in the "Casa de Tabaco".
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Curing, the drying process that the leaves undergo in the "Casa de Tabaco".
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Action of removing the top bud from tobacco plants to concentrate growth on the development of additional leaves.
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Removing the side shoots after the "Desbotonar".
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Stripping House - filler have their stems part-stripped and where 2nd fermentation of the volado and binder and 2nd and 3rd fermentations of the seco, ligero. Also process in the factory where the central stems of wrapper are removed entirely
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he women who strip the binders and fillers at the stripping houses and the wrappers in the factories.
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Limited Edition. Special productions of Habanos made annually using fillers, binders and wrappers aged at least 2 years before the cigars are made. The wrappers come from the top leaves of the shade-grown ("tapado") tobacco plant
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The sewing of leaves together in pairs prior to placing them on "cujes" in the traditional curing barn. Also used as an alternative word to describe the leaf by leaf harvesting method.
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The conditioning room where "'event: 37'>Habanos" are stored at 16 to 18°C and between 65 and 70 percent humidity to recover from the rigours of the making process.
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– colour graders – who work in pairs at the factory to colour-match the wrappers in any box or bundle of "'event: 37'>Habanos".
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Sorting House where the classification of all leaves takes place and also the site of the fermentation for the wrapper. Name also describes process in factory where finished Habanos are graded into different colours and shades for boxing
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A cigar with an irregular shape pointed at one end or double-figurado pointed at both ends.
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Literally strength. Fortaleza 1, 2, 3 and 4 are synonyms for "volado", "seco", "ligero" and "medio tiempo".
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The factory workshop where cigars are made by hand. Literally the galley.
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A bunch of graded tobacco leaves tied by their stems for handling.
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Tasteless and odourless vegetable gum, usually tragacanth, used by "torcedores" to secure the wrapper leaf and cap on a finished cigar.
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Special productions of Habanos that are released very occasionally in small quantities. The term applies only to leaves have all been aged for at least 5 years before being rolled at the factory. Second band black and gold colours
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The official Denominación de Origen Protegida (D.O.P.), or Protected Denomination of Origin used only to describe the most outstanding brands of cigars, manufactured in Cuba to the most exacting standards established by the "Regulatory Council"
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The Havana-based company, jointly owned by the Cuban industry and the British Imperial Tobacco Group, which markets all 27 "'event: 37'>Habanos" brands worldwide.
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Waiter in a bar or restaurant skilled in the art of selecting and serving Habanos and recommending matches with drinks or other products. A contest to find the world’s best sommelier is staged as part of the Festival del Habano each year
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The colourful dressings used to decorate the traditional labelled boxes of "Habanos".
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Made in Cuba
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The Tobacco Research Institute, controls seeds used by the farmers and conducts research to improve seed strains by using natural methods of crossing and selection. Part of the Regulatory Council for D.O.P. Habanos
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La Casa del Habano is the name of a network of retail cigar stores franchised by Habanos s.a. There are over 140 La Casa del Habano stores throughout the world on five continents.
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Reader who entertains the "Torcedores" while they work.
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The Master Blender in a "'event: 37'>Habanos" factory.
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One of the tiempos or families of filler leaves. The word translates as ‘light’ although it is used to describe the leaves taken from the top of the plant that are rich in flavour and usually dark in colour. Fortaleza 3.
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Literally ‘ripe’. The description of a very dark brown, almost black, wrapper on a finished cigar.
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The method of harvesting tobacco leaves using a knife to cut the stems in sections with two leaves attached as opposed to the leaf by leaf or ensarte method.
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See "tabaco mecanizado".
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Literally “Half wheel”, the description of 50 "'event: 37'>Habanos" tied into a bundle.
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One of the "tiempos" or families of filler leaves. This one describes the fullest flavoured leaves found only amongst the top two leaves on a sun-grown plant. Very rare. Fortaleza 4.
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a.k.a. "cajuela". The open-fronted, lidless box into which the "torcedor" places finished cigars so that they can be put in "roderos" and transported safely to quality control department and subsequent processes in the factory.
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The process of moistening tobacco leaves.
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Hessian bales in which binder and filler leaves are aged.
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A cigar with straight, parallel sides.
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The head of the cigar.
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The name of the region that embraces all of the important growing zones in the west of Cuba, and the name of the provincial capital. A Protected Denomination of Origin.
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Cuba’s oldest tobacco producing region and a protected Denomination of Origin. It is the source of the leaf for one particular Habano brand: José L Piedra.
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Special productions of Habano that are released from time to time in small quantities. The term applies only to Habanos whose leavess have all been aged for at least 3 years before being rolled at the factory. Second band - black and silver colours
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Grading and final classification of the wrapper
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Big wooden receptacle which contains the "mini-roderos" or "cajuelas" full of freshly made cigars for transportation inside the factory to quality control and subsequent processes.
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A famous small town in "Vuelta Abajo" which gives its name to a district that is protected as a Denomination of Origin. It has a particular reputation for the cultivation of fillers and binders.
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The other small town at the epicentre of Cuban tobacco culture, known above all for the cultivation of wrapper leaves. As a district located in the "Vuelta Abajo" zone, its name is protected as a Denomination of Origin.
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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 Habano’s aroma. Fortaleza 2.
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The tobacco zone situated in the Pinar del Río region that is not in "Vuelta Abajo". Known mainly for its cultivation of binder and filler leaves for the Short Filler "'event: 37'>Habanos" and its production of seeds for all types of Habanos
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see "Tabaco de Sol"
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Spanish for tobacco, but in Cuba it also means a cigar.
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Sun-Grown tobacco. The term is used to describe the method of growing tobacco in open air for fillers and binders.
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Machine made cigars. These are not "'event: 37'>Habanos".
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Cuban Black Tobacco. The indigenous tobacco plant discovered on the island by Christopher Columbus.
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The Cuban corporation that manages the agricultural and manufacturing functions of the Cuban tobacco industry.
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The wooden board on which "torcedores" make cigars.
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Literally ‘covered’. The term is used to describe the method of growing tobacco for wrappers in the shade under muslin cloth.
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A bale made from "yagua" in which wrapper leaves are aged.
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The same as "Fortalezas". Different grades of filler leaves needed for various purposes required in blending the Habano.
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Cigar roller. The word translates as ‘twister’, but that is the last thing a cigar roller should do when making a cigar.
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Totally by hand. A description created in Havana to differentiate between Cuban methods of making cigars by hand from the semi-mechanised metods used elsewhere that can legally be described as ‘Hecho a Mano’ or ‘Hand Made’.
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Filler, the blend of two, three or four different types of tobacco leaves that form the heart of a Habano and dictate its flavour.
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Short filler. Filler that is made from pieces of chopped up tobacco leaves sometimes known as picadura.
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Long filler. Filler that is made from full-length tobacco leaves.
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Individual first class fields on plantations in registered Cuban tobacco regions that are approved by the "Tobacco Research Institute" and the "Regulatory Council" to grow leaf for "'event: 37'>Habanos".
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Cuban tobacco farmer.
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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 an individual packing. In Spain it means a cigar band or ring
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One of the tiempos or families of filler leaves. This one describes the light flavoured leaves taken from the bottom of the plant, which help the cigar to burn.
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The finest tobacco-growing land in the world, Vuelta Abajo is the main source of tobacco for "'event: 37'>Habanos", and the only zone that grows all types of leaf: wrappers, fillers and binders. A Protected Denomination of Origin.
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A tobacco region in the eastern part of Cuba including Bariay where Columbus landed in 1492 and discovered Cuban tobacco. Consequently it is protected as a Denomination of Origin. Tobacco is still grown here, but not for "'event: 37'>Habanos".
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The loose part of the bark of the Royal Palm, Cuba’s national tree, which is used to make bales ("tercios") in which wrapper leaves are aged.
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The gentle loosening of tobacco leaves after they have been unpacked in "gavillas" from bales.
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