What are the different types of tobacco used in a cigar?
It is important to know that are two different types of seed variety, corojo and criollo, each of which produces very different plants. The corojo plant, named after El Corojo Vega, the famous plantation where its seed was developed, is designed to produce the finest wrapper leaves. The criollo plant is the perfect strain of the only true Cuban tobacco seed, producing four of the five tobacco leaves which are blended to create the variety of flavors found in Havana cigars. Tobacco plant leaves have different uses depending on how high or low they are on the stalk. The leaves on the plant are grouped into seven levels. From top to bottom these are: coronas, semi-coronas, centro gordo, centro fino, centro ligero, uno y medio and libra de pie. The highest quality leaves are found in the middle, or centro, of the plant and are used as wrappers. The upper or corona leaves are used as fillers, and the lower leaves as binders. Wrapper leaves are also classified by color, in seven shades. Thes
