Different tobacco leaf types used in creating cigars

Some rudimentary information about a cigar is that it is made of filler, binders and wrapper. Let us highlight the different parts of a tobacco plant by marking each part with what it is called and see in detail which part of the tobacco plant is used in which section of a premium cigar. There are some cigars that contain all the leaf types in it just like the cohiba siglo ii cigar. Most significant fact about those special shade grown tapado leaves used for cigar wrapping is - the lower leaves supply lighter wrapper colour and the top most leaves provide dark wrapper colour.

The Ligero leaf can construct a cigar with a great body which is very aromatic. The Viso leaf makes a low bodied cigars with little elasticity and medium aroma while Seco helps build a medium bodied cigar medium elasticity adding medium amount of aroma to it whereas 

A cigar containing the Volado leaf should have a very fine body and elasticity hindering low aroma but good taste.

Lets learn in detail about the leaves from different parts of a tobacco plantation. 

TIPs: Those leaves that grow at the top most tip of the shrub contain approximately 18% of the entire plant's weight. Amazingly, juliany blue line coronita cigars and rocky patel edge maduro is one which contains the tip leaves in its filler. A true fact about these is they are quite sleek, smaller in size than those from lower parts and have a narrow pointed tip, yet they are thicker and full bodied. Also, the tips of flue-cured tobacco consist of 3-3.5% nicotine and 6-6.5% sugar. If you are wondering what flue-cured tobacco is, it is referred to a type of barn used 

to dry or cure the leaves. Basically, the stalks are hung from the sticks on to long tier poles also popularly known as oasts.

LEAF: More than 34.5% of a plant does hold leaves from middle to upper stalk used in creating the masterpiece montecristo no 1 cigar. These leaves are crisp, thick and are heavy with a sharp tip. These are said to hinder 3-3.5% nicotine and around 15.5% sugar.

CUTTERS: Cutter is the largest leaf on the plant both in length, and widnes, with only 8% in weight. These may be thin or medium bodied from middle or below used in punch double corona cigars. Cutters are the only tobacco leaves to have rounded corners and exhibit the most desired colour when they get ripe to be harvested. Cutter-leaves are even richest in oil and resin content with 2.5% nicotine and 12%-22% sugar.

SMOKING LEAF: The leaves just above the middle portion are thinner than the full bodied leaves above them, and their tip is not too sharp at the end, but are used to craft partagas shorts loved by all youth for a quick smoke. About 75% of this leaf when ripe becomes a rich orange in colour. While it boasts 3% nicotine, the sugar levels are upto 12%-20% sugar.

LUGS: Lug is a thin leaf, quite blunt tipped around the bottom of the stalk containing about 13% of plant's weight used in every smoker's favourite cigar Trinidad vigia and la invicta churchill . It consists of 2.5% nicotine and 12-20% sugar content.

PRIMINGS: The nearest to the ground level are Priming leaves that gets ripe earlier than the others and are harvested first. Great number of cigars like jas sum kral tyrannical buc cigars and Juliany Blue Line Coronita cigars. The primings make up 12% of the plant's weight, hindering 1.5%-2% nicotine and 5%-10% sugar.