My Cigar Labels

Rollers, also known as torcedores, sit quietly in rows, listening to music as they roll what seems like not a great deal of cigars daily. Good cigar rollers can roll somewhere between 100 and 150 cigars daily, using simple tools like a cutting board, a very sharp knife, glue and a small guillotine as well. The type of cigars makes a difference too. A cigar roller tasked to roll a very long filler cigars will take much more time on this, using their great skill to insure that it burns evenly and smoothly.

Most cigars are made mostly of what is referred to as filler tobacco. There are three different types of filler tobacco: these being Seco, Volado, and Ligero.

One myth we can dispel here is that the color of the wrapper in no way affects the taste or strength Cuban cigar. In fact, it’s well-known that the wrapper leaf is responsible for only roughly 3% of the taste of your cigar. It’s the age of a cigar that will have a great deal more to do with the flavor and power of your cigar. Wrappers are kept in a humid environment until they are used to fashion the cigars, and come in basically two sizes, small and large.