American Market Selection (AMS) Characterized by a green-colored wrapper.
B
Binder That which holds, or binds, the filler leaves together. With high-grade cigars, the binder is usually a single leaf of tobacco. With low-grade cigars, the binder is usually a sheet of Homogenized Tobacco Leaf (HTL), a paper-like material made with scrap tobacco.
Body The part of the cigar between the foot and the head.
Boite Nature (BN) A natural wooden box for high quality cigars.
Breva A type of Corona. It is known more commonly as a Rothchild in today's market.
Bunch To construct the binder around the filler leaves.
Bundle (BND) A term derived from the cigar wrapper.
C
Café A medium-brown colored wrapper.
Candle A light-green wrapper leaf.
Churchill A type of Corona. It is very thick, and has an average length of seven inches.
Cigarillo a short, thin cigarette-sized cigar, most common in the European market.
Claro A wrapper that can range from green to light golden brown, depending on the manufacturer's definition.
Colorado A reddish-brown wrapper.
Colorado Claro A darker wrapper than the standard Claro, suggestive of a Cameroon.
Colorado Maduro A dark brown wrapper, also known as a Honduran wrapper.
Corona A sub-category of Parejos cigars that have an open foot and rounded head. Coronas include Double Coronas, Presidentes, Robustos, and Churchills.
Curing The process of drying tobacco.
D
Double Claro The lightest of wrappers: a green-colored wrapper that results from picking the tobacco leaves before they reach maturity.
E
English Market Selection (EMS) Characterized by a medium-brown colored wrapper, with more taste, and slower burning than a Claro.
F
Filler The blended tobaccos that form the inner core of the cigar. The filler accounts for most of the flavor and quality of the cigar. High-grade cigars are made with long fillers, or whole leaves running the length of the cigar, which are hand-rolled. Low-grade cigars use short fillers, or scraps of lesser quality tobaccos, which are fed into a machine.
