Different cigar rolling techniques - any old-fashioned ones out there?
I was poking around the net, and found that there are 2 ways to roll a cigar. The first, and more recent/efficient way, is to just lay the leaves on top of one another, and roll the entire thing at once. The older method, is to roll each individual leaf, then combine them together, so that the entire cigar is a series of tubes - it seems this has the effect of producing a slower-burning cigar that lasts longer.
I went through my humi, and it doesn't seem any of them were rolled using this older method, so my question to the more knowledgeable BOTL's here is, are there any cigars rolled this way? Does it really produce any difference? Are there any other rolling techniques?
I went through my humi, and it doesn't seem any of them were rolled using this older method, so my question to the more knowledgeable BOTL's here is, are there any cigars rolled this way? Does it really produce any difference? Are there any other rolling techniques?
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As far as cigars that are available to the masses, Padron is the only company that might do it this way. I can't think of how you'd really be able to tell if they were or not short of dissecting one or actually watching them bunch the filler.
On the other hand, accordion bunching is a method practiced outside of Cuba in Central America and around the Caribbean and focuses on bunching the tobacco leaves in a fashion similar to an authentic Japanese hand fan. This method takes less time to roll and can be correctly accomplished by less experienced torcedors, which is why it is utilized more often than the traditional tubar style of bunching. Accordion bunching also allows for the use of a liberman, a tool used to roll up the filler with the binder, which saves a lot of time and usually maintains consistency in draw and construction from stick to stick.
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in VERY general terms, the more cigars that a company makes, the less likely it is that Entubado Bunching is used. this is a very slow and complex way to roll cigars. if you are trying to pump out the maximum amount of cigars, you are using the Accordion Bunching method (the next fastest) or the Book Bunching method (the fastest and most widely used). the accordion bunching method is exactly as it sounds. each leaf is bunched like an accordion then rolled into the binder. the book bunching method involves laying filler leaves flatly on top of one another and then folding them up, like a book to complete the bunch. the book method is quick and easy but creates a less aerated cigar structure. this could result in a tight draw and uneven burns.