Estelí

Glossary

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

The protective sheet of paper that folds over the top layer of cigars packaged in a dress box. It is usually glued to the inside of the box …

A flavorless, odorless vegetable adhesive used to secure the head of the wrapper leaf around the finished bunch. Also called gomma .

A tobacco growing region that stretches north from Hartford, Connecticut, across the border into Massachusetts. Native Americans grew …