Is ash color connected with quality of cigar?

[Schecter30]

Some cigars have a very white ash while others are grey with even some black mixed in. So does the ash tell us something about the quality of a cigar?

[Herf N Turf]

Nope, just where the tobacco was grown and where it came from off the plant.

[madurolover]

Originally Posted by Herf N Turf

Nope, just where the tobacco was grown and where it came from off the plant.

Exactly! The different chemical compositions of soil will produce different colored ash.

[2Curious]

Geneticist's Tutorial on Nutritioal Needs of Cigar Tobacco

Magnesium or Calcium in the soil the tobacco is grown in, are what make the ash white in color.

[Phantom57]

Nope, as above, just the chemicals in the soil.