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Taino
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| The Native American
tribe that Christopher
Columbus encountered
when he landed on North
American shores and was
noted to observe "their
burning bundles",
whereby they inhaled
smoke in order to
intoxicate themselves.
The term "Cohiba" meant
cigar in their language. |
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Torcedor
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| Spanish for a person
who rolls cigars. |
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Torpedo
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| A shape which is
defined on both sides by
a conical form. Examples:
Montecristo No. 2, Vegas
Robaina Unicos,
Diplomaticos No. 2,
Partagas Serie P No. 2,
Laura Chavin No. 44. |
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Totalmente a mano
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| Spanish for 'totally
by hand'. A description
created in Cuba to
differentiate between
the Cuban method of
making cigars by hand
and the semi-mechanised
techniques used
elsewhere that can
legally be described as
'Hecho a mano' or
'Hand-Made'. |
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Tragant
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| A vegetable-based
adhesive used to secure
tobacco wrapper leaves,
or to attach a separate
cap onto the mouth end
of a cigar. |
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Très Petit Corona
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| Format L 110 mm x 17
mm. Example: Romeo y
Julieta Très Petit
Corona. |
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Tripa
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| Spanish term for
Filler. |
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Tripa Corta
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| Stretched fillers,
with short leaf parts;
short-filler. |
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Tripa Larga
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| Stretched, divided
tobacco leaves, used as
filler; long-filler. |
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Tubo
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| A tube-shaped
aluminium container
which protects single
cigars from drying out
as well as protection
from mechanical damage;
contrary to general
opinion, however, not
100% air-tight and, thus
not suitable as an
alternative for a mid-
to long-term humidor
storage replacement. |
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