*a cigar with a ‘semi-airtight storage tube’ + a ‘double guillotine-style cutter’*
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*CIGAR VOCABULARY LIST*
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www.cubancigarsbest.com /blog/cigar-vocabulary/
DON’T UNDERSTAND CIGAR VOCABULARY? YOU ARE AT THE RIGHT PLACE!
Every special accessory or item has its own terminologies and people praise them in their own style.
At times, the traditional terms associated to a special commodity have some historic background. The cigars do have a strong history. The term cigar came from a Mayan word ‘sikar’ meaning smoking. In Spanish, it turned as ‘cigarro’ meaning grasshopper or rolled sikar (tobacco). The other names of cigars are Havana, Habano, Vitole, Puro, Stogie and Jules. It has been written as ‘segar’ in the early 19th century.
If you are confused in cigar terminologies, being new to the cigar world, you could find yourself trapped when you enter a cigar shop. You may be tucked on a terminology which you don’t understand exactly, and it could lead to an undesired product purchase. To avoid such intimidation, you must clear the confusions in the terms.
Most of the new cigars users find the Africanado terminologies really confusing and they repeatedly ask for meanings and search for short vocabulary sources. You cannot discuss about your favorite cigar if you don’t know its specific terminology. Here we provide some words and their short descriptions for better understanding and confidence while discussing your favorite Stogie.
Stick: A stick is a term we generally use for a slang or a stand for a cigar.
Smoke: It does not only mean smoke when you talk about cigars. As a whole, it is a synonym for cigar.
Cap: It’s like a cap we wear, covering the head and when removed, revealing what’s underneath. The same goes with a cigar cap.
It is the sealed end of a cigar stick, which we cut to open the cigar.
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Humidor:
Sounds like a humid chamber, it really is!
A humidor is a place where the cigars sticks are stored in a properly controlled environment and protected from the dryness, worms, beetles, moulds, etc. The temperature and humidity are two major factors that need attention when a humidor is designed. Defects in any of these two important factors may lead to desiccation and damage to the cigars. There is a room in a cigar selling shop with a controlled temperature and humidity conditions which serves as a large humidor. The cigar users have a special kind of box in which they store their cigar sticks. This box is also a kind of humidor.
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Hygrometer: It is an instrument which helps in measuring the moisture content of an environment. It is frequently used to determine the humidity of a humidor. There are large hygrometers fixed inside the humidors of cigar selling shops.
Some specialized box humidors also contain small sized hygrometers.
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Head:
It is the end of the cigar which we observe after removing the cap.
This is the first part of the cigar to be ignited.
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Foot:
It is the part opposite the head.
It is the closing end providing strong and creamy final shots of a cigar stick.
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Draw:
It is a simple word for effort that you need to make the smoke pass through the whole length of the cigar stick when you inhale.
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Finish:
The taste of the cigar which is felt on the palate and tongue after finishing the cigar smoking.
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Spill:
It means a thin woody slice, used in old times to lighten up a cigar stick.
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*burn* –>
Means the typical burning style of a cigar as a whole.
It defines the smoothness as well as the duration of burn.
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(a cigar is a ‘rolled bundle’ of ‘dried’ + ‘fermented’ tobacco leaves made to be smoked)
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(they are produced in a wide variety of ‘sizes’ + ‘shapes’)
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(since the 1900s, almost all ‘cigars’ are made up of 3 distinct components…)
*the ‘filler’*
*the ‘binder leaf’*
(which holds the ‘filler’ together)
*the ‘wrapper leaf’*
(which is often the best leaf used)
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Often there will be a cigar band printed with the cigar manufacturer’s logo.
(modern cigars often come with 2 bands, especially Cuban Cigar bands, showing Limited Edition (Edición Limitada) bands displaying the year of production)
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Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities primarily in Central America and the islands of the Caribbean, including
Cuba,
the Dominican Republic,
Haiti,
Honduras,
Mexico,
Ecuador,
Nicaragua,
Guatemala,
Panama, and
‘puerto rico’
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it is also produced in the Eastern United States, the Mediterranean countries of Italy and Spain (in the Canary Islands), and in Indonesia and the Philippines of ‘southeast asia’)
The origins of cigar smoking are unknown.
A Mayan ceramic pot from Guatemala dating back to the 10th century depicts people smoking tobacco leaves tied with a string.
Regular cigar smoking is known to carry serious health risks including increased risk of developing various types of cancer and cardiovascular illnesses.
(the word ‘cigar’ originated from “sikar,” the mayan-indian word for ‘smoking’, which became ‘cigarro’ in spanish, probably from maya ‘sicar’ “to smoke rolled tobacco leaves,” from ‘sic’ “tobacco;” or from or influenced by the spanish word cigarra (meaning ‘grasshopper’))
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(a cigarillo is a short, narrow cigar)
(unlike cigarettes, cigarillos are wrapped in tobacco leaves or brown, tobacco-based paper)
(‘cigarillos’ are smaller than regular cigars but usually larger than cigarettes)
(‘cigarillos’ are usually made without filters, and are meant to be smoked like a ‘cigar’ and not inhaled (except those made in this form only for specific ‘tax issues’))
(from spanish cigarrillo, meaning “cigarette”, in turn from cigarro (“cigar”) + -illo (diminutive suffix), pronounced [siɣaˈriʝo] in parts of Latin America or [θiɣaˈriʎo] in Spain)
(generally, a cigarillo contains about 3 grams of tobacco, the length varies from 3 to 4 in. (7 – 10 cm) and the diameter is about 6 to 9 mm, usually 8 mm)
(comparatively, a cigarette contains less than 1 gram of tobacco and is about 31⁄4 in. (8 cm) in length and 8 mm in diameter)
Most cigarillos are machine-made, which is cheaper than hand-rolling.
It is unusual to store them in humidors, partly because they are smoked in large quantities and so have a short shelf-life.
Cheap cigarillos are typically marketed as a brand rather than with the term cigarillo.
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(in ‘the united kingdom’, common consumer brands include…)
‘henri wintermans’
‘café crème’
‘hamlets’
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(and in the rest of ‘europe’…)
‘dannemann moods’
‘candlelight’
‘agio panters’ + ‘mehari’s’
Clubmaster
and Handelsgold
are popular.
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In the United States they include Al Capone, Black & Mild, Backwoods, Dutch Masters, Garcia Y Vega, Game, Splitarillos, Good Times, Swisher Sweets and Phillies. Some famous cigar brands, such as Cohiba or Davidoff, also make cigarillos – Cohiba Mini and Davidoff Club Cigarillos.
In Spanish-speaking countries, as well as in the Philippines, cigarrillo means a cigarette.
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*CIGARILLO* –>
(aka ‘small cigars’)
“BLACK N MILD”
supposedly stronger than cigarettes
($1.50)
it’s a pipe tobacco cigar produced by john middleton company (in limerick pennsylvania)…
in november 2007 altria (the parent company of philip morris) purchased the ‘john middleton company’…
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13 february 2015:
bought three half black n milds for $1.25 each at motel front desk as i downed my pint of majorska vodka…didn’t leave me feeling very good…the buzz was very mild…
i was re-introduced to black n milds when i was relocated to mounts motel in february 2014…some hispanic dude was smoking a black n mild outside room #204 and he gave me the rest…i got a great buzz…
surprised i don’t get more germs from sharing all these cigarettes with poor strangers
i purchase the cigars for $1.50 at the motel front desk…i inhale the smoke…this can’t be good for me…
the front desk motel man gave me a free black ‘n mild
(after i offered to pay with a debit card)
“this is the last time…”
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black ‘n mild
smoked 2 black n milds along with a budweiser 12-pack…they didn’t do much for me…
i bought 2 black n milds + 6 bags of mixed cheese chips last night….
wasted $6 on unnecessary shit last night…i don’t even like black n milds that much…
then i bought 3 more black ‘n milds (and a lighter) at the gas station @ 6am
(it was freezing)
i also dropped my black n milds in the toilet
(i smoked them anyway once they dried)
i bought a half black n mild for 75 cents
the second time the front desk guy gave me one with 45 cents
(“this is the last time”)
the fucker at the front desk won’t even give me a black n mild
(i said i’d pay him friday afternoon)
i found a black and mild roach in the parking lot
(it’s all wet)
trying to dry it near the heater
should i smoke it?
will it give me germs and permanently damage my lungs?
i’m just bored…
tried rolling the black n mild into a joint
didn’t get many hits
i was probably just smoking the paper
i give up…
i bought 2 black n milds
(the indian dudes mockingly asked me whether i was a “scientist”)
smoked a black ‘n mild before catching the 8:47am 600 bus
burning through my last 12-pack and my last black ‘n milds
then i bought a bottle of laird’s vodka and 3 black n milds
tried to smoke but i’m too full to get right back to work
13 august 2014:
i’m finally giving in and spending the last of my money on black n milds from the motel front desk…the indian was distracted and sold me one for a dollar last night…it lasted me the evening…it doesn’t feel very good going in (especially when coupled with greasy microwave pizza + energy drinks)…but it does give an occasional fleeting buzz…i was worried that it was really destroying my voice…but the voice seemed to be in working order the following day…a slight nostalgia from last winter (when i was still in the motel)…
9 september 2014:
smoked a black n mild last night…didn’t make me feel any better…just polluted my lungs…
22 september 2014:
spent the last of my money on a black n mild…but i felt too shitty to finish it…i was going through an alcoholic withdrawal on a monday night and was having bad insomnia…
bought a black + mild for $1.50 from the motel front desk…this also didn’t do much for me (except leave me with a nasty taste in mouth + throat)…i discarded it before finishing it…
went to bed past midnight after finishing the steel reserves and smoking most of a black n mild
i eventually bought a black n mild
(i went through three of them today)
(they aren’t doing anything for me)
onto last black n mild…
the black n mild feels heavy on my lungs…only a mild peace sets in…then what?
do i get another black n mild?
i’m about to smoke a black n mild
i smoked a black n mild friday night to get myself in the zone
(it felt good)
(i’m already starting to cough in anticipation of the black n milds)
i was first introduced to the “black & mild” (a pipe tobacco cigar) while living in brick (via damkani). it seemed to be the “poor man’s tobacco” (as one can buy one unit at a time). i assumed that you were supposed to inhale the smoke and catch a buzz, but its distinction as “cigar” makes me not quite so sure…
DUTCH MASTERS
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tightly-rolled bundle of dried and fermented leaf tobacco which is rolled in a series of types and sizes that is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the mouth…
bought a dutch vanilla for $2 from the local gas station…
the arabic attendant probably ripped me off…
no filter…
and a very mild buzz…
(cigar smoke is not meant to be inhaled?)
(then what’s the point of smoking a cigar?)
(the “taste”?)
these cigarillos aren’t giving me much of a buzz…
and probably wrecking my voice…
no filter…
swallowing the tobacco as i inhale…
it’s another BEAUTIFUL fall day…spent the last dollar of my change on a 3-pack of cigarillos at the gas station…there’s a sidewalk in front of party city now…
spent my pennies on cigar wrappers…they were out of the “3 cigars for 99 cents”…i shortchanged him by 15 cents…hope he doesn’t call the cops on me…
i started smoking cigars after high school…
because i was trying to emulate tony soprano…
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(the word ‘cigar’ itself (+ variations on it) did not come into general use until ‘1730’)
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(alternate names for ‘cigars’ are…)
‘jules’
‘havana’
‘vitole’
‘puro’
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