Estelí

Glossary

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

The unwelcome phenomenon of having your cigar burn unevenly. To prevent it, rotate your cigar now and then.

The rows of leaves on a tobacco plant. The number of primings varies, but six is average. The first priming is closest to the ground, the …

A long, slim cigar that is part of the gran panetela family. The first lanceros were rolled at El Laguito in the 1960s with the creation of …