Tapada: A cheesecloth tent, used to cover shade-grown tobacco.

Tercio: Palm bark used to wrap bales of tobacco so that it can ferment and be shipped. Also used in the Cuban curing process.

Tobacciana: Smoking collectibles.

Tooth: A grainy pattern on tobacco leaves.

Torcedores: Another name for a cigar roller.

Toro: A big cigar, around six inches in length and 50 in ring gauge.

Torpedo: A closed footed cigar that bulges in the center.

Totalamente A Mano: Meaning made completely by hand. Found inscribed on cigar boxes.

Tubos: Cigars that are packed in tubes.

Tunneling: An unpleasant effect where a cigar burns through the center, often due to improper lighting.

Vintage: The year the tobacco was harvested, not the year a cigar was made.

Vuelta Abajo: A region in Cuban renowned for its tobacco growing.

V-Cut: A type of cutter that leaves a v-shaped wedge in the cigar.

Wrapper: A tobacco leaf that is wrapper around the bunch and binder. The outside leaf of a cigar.

Young Tobacco: Tobacco that has not been properly aged, fermented, or cured. Beware, as it can make you sick.

Conclusion

That ends this series on Cigar Terminology. If you found that I missed a term, drop us a line and let me know and I’ll be sure to add it. Thanks for reading!