Glossary

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Construction
Hand Made - Use long tobacco leaves as the filler which runs the length of the cigar. The Filler, binder and wrapper is combined manually.
Machine Made - Uses machinery to combine "short filler" with the binder and wrapper. Often Homogenized tobacco is use because of the tension caused from the machinery.
Hand Rolled - Machine combines the Long filler with the binder and then is hand rolled.

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Ring Guage Guide

32 - 34 |	Slim and Small Panatelas
35 - 39 |	Panatelas and Long Panatelas
40 - 44 |	Coronas and Lonsdales
45 - 47 |	Coronas Extra and Grand Coronas
48 - 50 |	Giants.

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Cigar Shades
Double Claro - Light green, candela
(Also known as "American Market Selection)

Candela - green/light green, A Very young leaf.

Claro - (CL) Light tan
(This wrapper usually comes from Connecticut.

Colorado Claro or Natural - Light brown to brown.
(Also called EMS English Market Selection)

Colorado / Colorado Maduro - Brown to reddish brown

Maduro - (MAD) Dark brown aged.

Oscuro - Very dark or black Maduro.

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Cigar Classification (from The Gourmet guide to Cigars by Paul Garmirian)

Shape	Classical Length. x Ring	Length Range	Ring Range
Giant	9 x 52	8 & up	50 & up
Double Corona	73/4 x 49	63/4 - 73/4	49 - 54
Churchill	7 x 47	63/4 - 77/8	46 - 48
Perfecto	none	all	all
Pyramid	7 x 36 => 54	all	flared
Torpedo	61/2 x 52	all	tapered
Toro	6 x 50	55/8 - 65/8	48 - 54
Robusto	5 x 50	41/2 - 51/2	48 - 54
Grand Corona	61/2 x 46	55/8 - 65/8	45 - 47
Corona Extra	51/2 x 46	41/2 - 51/2	45 - 47
Giant Corona	71/2 x 44	71/2 & up	42 - 45
Lonsdale	61/2 x 42	61/2 - 71/4	40 - 44
Long Corona	6 x 42	57/8 - 63/8	40 - 44
Corona	51/2 x 42	51/4 - 53/4	40 - 44
Petit Corona	5 x 42	4 - 5	40 - 44
Long Panatela	71/2 x 38	7 & up	35 - 39
Panatela	6 x 38	51/2 - 67/8	35 - 39
Short Panatela	5 x 38	4 - 53/8	35 - 39
Slim Panatale	6 x 34	5 & up	30 - 34
Small Panatela	5 x 33	4 - 5	30 - 34
Cigarillos	4 x 26	6 & less	29 & less