Don Conti Hand Made Cigars

At first the tobacco leaves are inspected to identify whether they will be used as filler or wrapper depending on the color and texture of leaves. And then these cigars reach the rolling stage in which the three components of cigar viz. filler, binder and wrapper are used to finally shape it attractively and royally. Finally, the packaging is done by placing labels on the top quarter of the cigar, covering each of them in a cellophane tube to protect the wrapper and then putting them individually in wooden boxes specially made for aging process. These boxes are then further covered with cellophane wrapper and sealed to protect them from the physical damage caused during their transportation to various sellers.
These delicate and exquisite homemade cigars are stored further at 70 degrees with 70% relative humidity in humidor for aging process so as to enhance their flavor, aroma and taste. That is why aged cigars are of high quality and quite expensive. Diamond crown, Troya, Partagas, H.Upmann, Grupo Leon Jimenes, Montecristo, Trinidad, Padron, Tabacalera Esteli, Costa Rican are some of the exquisite handmade cigars. The cigar goes through a very long journey, which starts from a tobacco seed and ends in the hands of a cigar smoker and slowly turns into ashes.

Take tobacco and put it in a bag preferably of plastic and close it carefully so as not to damage the tobacco leaves. It should be then left like that for about an hour after which it should be wrapped in such a way that the moist leaves squeeze into a pile. After leaving the leave as it is for one more hour, the bag needs to be opened and let the tobacco leaves dry until they get gnarled. These dried leaves will be later used as wrapper for the cigar.

Now we need to make something like glue which will consist of around one fourth teaspoonful of flour mixed with 3-4 tablespoon of water and put the mixture in microwave for 15 to 20 seconds. It should become like a paste. Leave it aside to thicken. Now, it’s the time to add the scraped tobacco with the binder leaves. Spreading the glue along the border of the binder, roll it round the scraped tobacco and cut off any excess tobacco leaves. Now it’s the time to use those wrapper leaves. With the wrapper leaves, wrap that rolled part and also don’t forget to hide the veins underside so it gives a clean look to your cigar. Now put that thin paste to the border of the wrapper leaves and roll it away. You are now wrapping the first cigar of your life. When it dries, cut off its ends but in order to make sure that it doesn’t get dried out completely, put those in a humidor.
Don’t forget to congratulate yourself for rolling your cigar. It’s all done and ready for a smoke.

There is something about hand rolled cigars that makes those stand out from the rest of the cigars. It’s just about the finesse and the refinement with which they are made by the expert cigar artisans. Though lately most of the cigar manufacturers have automated their manufacturing processes those cigars still cannot beat the taste and quality of a hand rolled cigar.
There are many Cuban cigar makers who have gained a cult status because they stuck with old and trusted skills of master cigar artisans and that is the reason why hand rolled cigars are in so much demand all over the place. For a devout cigar smoker knowing how to roll as cigar is equally important as smoking one of those. When you are smoking a classic Cuban cigar, you sure will get the feeling of rolling it yourself someday.
So let’s learn a great process of rolling a cigar. It’s really not that difficult once you follow the procedures properly with the same dedication which can be seen while you are smoking your favorite Cohiba. First thing, first you need to get some good quality cigar tobacco leaves and with the help of your water sprayer or even with your hands, sprinkle some water on the leaves so as to make them moist. The main thing to remember is, it should be moistened lightly and it should not be made completely wet with water.