Connecticut Tobacco Field Tour: With Nick Melillo of Foundation Cigars
August 17, 2017 Our Website: JR Cigars Get Foundation Cigars Here: Foundation Cigars We had the pleasure of taking a tour of the Kelly Farm in Connecticut with the man behind the Foundation brand, Nicholas Melillo. Nick showed us the … Read More
So, What is an “Entubar” Style Cigar?
August 9, 2016 The oldest, most labor intensive, but best method for “bunching” cigars is the “entubar” method. This process involves rolling up to eight separate tubes of filler tobacco each forming a separate channel for smoke to pass through. Then, these tubes, … Read More
How a Habano is Crafted
November 6, 2015 All Habanos are totally handmade cigars. Only highly skilled and masterfully trained cigar rollers called torcedores and torcedoras interact with the individual parts of a Habano (Havana cigar), especially when it comes time to assemble the beautifully aged … Read More
How Cigars are Made | Cigar Making Process
June 22, 2015
Parts of a Cigar | Wrapper, Binder and Filler
June 22, 2015
Making a Cigar: Picking & Growing Tobacco
June 22, 2015 Intro to Cigars: Growing and Picking Jump to The Filler, Binder and WrapperThe Perfect Growing EnvironmentCultivating Tobacco SeedsPicking and Drying the Tobacco One of the most … Read More
Process for Making Handmade & Handrolled Cigars
June 22, 2015 Previous Lesson Table of Contents Next Lesson Cigar School Lesson 4: Handmade Cigars Introduction Handmade cigars have three main parts – the filler, the binder, and the wrapper. Each of the parts has a different function … Read More
The Inner Workings Of A Cigar
May 4, 2015 Nick cuts open a perfectly good smoke just to show you the inner workings of a cigar. Come check out what it takes to put a cigar together and get some answers to the questions you’ve always wanted to … Read More
