Terminology
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AB = Alec Bradley
AF = Arturo Fuente
Amarillo- yellow wrapper leaf grown under shade not common
Amatista-50 or 25 cigars in glass jar
AMS - American Market Selection see EMS
Belicoso - aggressive and war like
Boite Nature - the cedar box many cigars are sold in
Book style- filler rolled like a scroll vs entubar or folded - many honduran cigars
Cabinetta = small cabinet no cellos in cedar cabinet w ribbon
Candela – double claro chlorophyll is fixed in wrapper bright green shade
Capa – the wrapper
CBL - Connecticut Broad Leaf
Claro - pale green or light brown usually shade grown tobacco
Colorado - med brown to brownish red shade of wrapper
Corojos - plants grown under shade for wrapper
Cubatabaco - Habanos S.A. worldwide distributor of cuban cigars
Cru Royale = regal growth more refined
CS = Connecticut Shade Wrapper
EMS English Market Selection old terminology 70 yrs ago americans like AMS candela wrappers EMS whas brown leaf and popular in Europe
Entabar – filler rolled individualy then wrapped cuban style
Finish - the taste that lasts on the palate
Flag leaves - extension of wrapper leaf that is tied into a ponytail or curlyehad vs end cap
Foot -end of cigar you light
Fuerte = full bodied or strong
Fuerza = strength
Gomma (GOH-mah) gum used to a secure the wrapper leaf
Habana - Havana
Habano - Cuban cigar
Habano Seed - tobacco usually grown outside of Cuba with seed originally harvested from cuban grown tobacco plants
Halfwheel – 50 cigars
Head – the end you smoke
Heco pronounce Hecho
Jamastran -- important Honduran valley near Nicaragua
Joy = Jewel
LFR = Large Flat Rate, large fixed cost shipping box, U.S. Postal Service
LE = Limited Edition
Ligero = light an aromatic tobacco harvested from the top of the plant where it gets a lot of sunlight -lends body to a blend
Maduro = ripe dark reddish brown to black wrapper thicker leaf, longer fermentation
MAP = Minimum Advertised Price, a price floor set by cigar makers to purveyors
MF - My Father, also, Mouthfeel - total oral sensory experience: taste, texture, temperature and tactile
MFR = Medium Flat Rate, medium fixed cost shipping box, U.S. Postal Service
Nat, Nattie = natural shade wrappers (cameroon, Connecticut Shade, etc.)
NC, nc = Non Cuban
Oil - shean, gloss on wrapper usually well aged cigar
Olor = aroma also a big leaf dominican tobacco used for filler and binder
Oscuro – darkest shade of leaf brazil and mexico
PC = Petite Corona
Pilato Cubano – cuban seed tobacco grown in Dom
PL - Petite Lancero or Por Larranaga
Preferido = prefered
RASCC- Ramon Allones Small Club Corona
RH - Relative Humidity
Rosado - pinkish wrapper usually a cuban seed
SDB - Standard Dress Box
Seco=dry harvested lower on the plant usually filler tobacco provides aroma and medium body
SFR = Small Flat Rate, small fixed cost shipping box, US Postal Service
SG - Sun Grown
Shade grown – results in thinner more elastic leaf
SLB - Slide Lid Box (this is the slide box or mini-cab with the slide lid top)
TAA - Tobacco Association of America
Tooth – oil pockets under wrapper sandpaper type finish many cameroon wrappers
Totalamente a mano - made totally by man Hecho o mano – made by hand (machine bundled) Envuelto a mano – packed by hand
V - Vintage year tobacco harvested
Vieja pronounced Ve hay ha
Volado – filler good for burn
VSU = Volumetric Smoke Unit, smoke output of cigars, scale: 1 (Dud) - 5 (Fire Alarm)
Zafadores – cuban tobacco sorters
Capn_Jackson
A Razorback lost in Texas land
BBF = Bolivar Belicoso Fino
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Some times the abbreviations are too much IMO ( <-- LOL)
B&M = Brick and Mortar i.e. physical store. I never experienced this abbreviation until I got into cigars. Of course my regular forums have been with computer software and sites for vintage cars so things are either downloaded or, if OEM is necessary and available, going to the "stealership" (a dealership which is where they charge too much).
B&M = Brick and Mortar i.e. physical store. I never experienced this abbreviation until I got into cigars. Of course my regular forums have been with computer software and sites for vintage cars so things are either downloaded or, if OEM is necessary and available, going to the "stealership" (a dealership which is where they charge too much).