Intro to Cigars, sizes, history of some Cuban brands

An introduction to Cigars includingsizes, wrappers, factories, history.THE STRUCTURE OF A CIGARA cigar has three components: the filler, the binder and the wrapperFillerThe biggest mass of a cigar is the filler and in the case of hand made cigars it is usually strips of tobacco cut to the length of the cigar. This is known as long leaf. Short leaf indicates smaller, cut-up pieces normally used for machine-made cigars. There are three different types or styles of leaves in use for the filler blend: Ligero, Seco, Volado.