Estelí

Glossary

The agricultural town in Nicaragua where most of the country’s cigars are made. Strong tobacco is also grown there.

Trunk pressing takes box pressing to the extreme. Cigars are placed in wooden containers, with a wooden slat between each cigar. Pressure …

A straight-sided cigar, such as coronas, panetelas and lonsdales. Cigars that are not straight sided are called figurados.

A consumer organization headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, aimed at protecting the rights of cigar smokers.