If you are new to cigars, don’t worry, it’s not as confusing as it may seem. As long as you know some background information on cigar selection, you can become a knowledgeable cigar smoker in no time! We will be posting tips and explanations about cigar wrappers, sizes, cutting, lighting, storage, and much more. Today we will start with cigar wrappers.<\/p>\n
The first thing you see when you look at a cigar is its tightly rolled wrapper. You examine the color and wonder why there are so many color characteristics. What do they all mean? Well, there are seven color classifications:<\/p>\n
Double Claro <\/strong>– This is the lightest, even slightly green, shade wrapper and is achieved by picking before maturity. Also known as “American Market Selection” [AMS] or “Candela,” and is rarely found today, even though once popular.<\/p>\n Claro <\/strong>– This wrapper is light tan or yellowish and usualy indicates shade-grown tobacco. This is often grown in Connecticut or from Connecticut seeds in Ecuador.<\/p>\n Colorado Claro<\/strong> – This is a medium brown color found on a lot of cigars. The most popular are “Natural” or “English Market Selection” [EMS]. These wrappers are usually associated with Cuban or Dominican grown tobacco.<\/p>\n Colorado<\/strong> – These have a unique reddish-brown color.<\/p>\n Colorado Maduro <\/strong>– These wrappers are usually associated with Cuban, African, or Honduran grown tobacco and is a bit darker than the Colorado Claro.<\/p>\n Maduro<\/strong> – These are dark brown to very dark brown, sometimes almost black. Tobacco for Maduro wrappers are primarily grown in Connecticut, Mexico, Nicaragua and Brazil.<\/p>\n Oscuro<\/strong> – These wrappers have a black oily appearance and is the darkest wrapper of them all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you are new to cigars, don’t worry, it’s not as confusing as it may seem. As long as you know some background information on cigar selection, you can become a knowledgeable cigar smoker in no time! We will be posting tips and explanations about cigar wrappers, sizes, cutting, lighting, storage, and much more. Today we will…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[774],"tags":[275,268,282,330,269,331,332,290,333,334,335],"class_list":["post-776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cigar-101","tag-cao","tag-cigar","tag-cigar-tips","tag-cigar-wrappers","tag-cigars","tag-claro","tag-colorado","tag-cuban-cigars","tag-double-claro","tag-maduro","tag-oscuro"],"yoast_head":"\n