What difference does the origin of tobacco leaf and wrapper make?
The Dominican Republic has for a number of years been considered the source of the world’s most consistently high quality tobaccos: Piloto Cubano, a Cuban-seed tobacco used as a long-filler for its rich pungent flavors, and Olor, a native Dominican tobacco used as long filler and as a binder because of its zesty and spicy character. Brazilian tobaccos have a dark, pungent and peppery, yet slightly sweet flavor profile. The leaf is black in color, once the fermentation is done. The San Andres Valley of Mexico is world-renowned for its sun-grown variety of Sumatra-seed tobacco used for wrappers, especially Maduro wrappers. Dark, peppery and slightly sweet tobaccos are also grown and utilized as long fillers and binders because of the excellent burning qualities. The Central African Republic and the West African Republic of Cameroon grow a distinctly unique tobacco used primarily for wrappers because of the dark, oily texture of the leaf and its neutral flavor tones. The leaf originated f
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