Just as one learns about the anatomy of the human body, a cigar is also made up of different parts such as the filler, the binder and the wrapper, which contain all the flavor and aroma when tasting. And all of this is made up of three leaves in the “TRIPA”, one in the binder and another in the wrapper
The innermost part of the cigar is called the filler and in it lie the secrets of what the master cigar makers call ‘liga or ligada’, since it is composed of three different tobacco leaves that are called Volado, Seco and Ligero.
The Volado is made up of leaves from the lower part of the plant, which provide the cigar’s combustibility and are also called Fortaleza 1.
The leaves of Seco correspond to the central part of the plant, of medium strength, and provide the most important part of the aroma.
Ligero leaves come from the top, have greater strength and mean the highest flavor content.
The “league” or proportion of these three types of tobacco to make up the filler is the great secret of the master cigar makers – which they almost never reveal – since it depends on the mixture whether a cigar not only has more or less strength, but also also that the aromas come during combustion in parallel with the flavors, in order to obtain a “balanced” cigar.
Once the filler is prepared, its composition is wrapped in a fourth sheet called Capote and which fixes the cigar structure.
The fifth leaf is what cigar makers usually call informally as ‘the dress’ of the cigar, although its true name is the Capa, with which we amateurs delight our eyes when choosing a cigar in our usual cellar.
And a piece of advice: to obtain the best perception of the aromas before lighting a cigar, you must smell through the open base (stem) of it, since this is precisely the place where you can check the mixture of tobaccos that make up the filler. ..
Just as one learns about the anatomy of the human body, a cigar is also made up of different parts such as the filler, the
