General tobacco

General tobacco

A product that is processed by dry plant leaves of the genus Nicotiana. Tobacco is most commonly used as a drug, but can also be used as a pesticide. It is the product that is used in cigars and cigarettes, chewing tobacco, snuff, and flavored shisha.

Industry: Tobacco

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flue-cured

Tobacco; General tobacco

Are represented by the majority of warm-air dried Virginia. The cultivation is expanding rapidly. The plant developed is average and six crops are produced. Each crop is taken to a bulk curing barn ...

flag

Tobacco; General tobacco

An alternative to a cap that involves shaping the wrapper leaf at the head of the cigar so that it secures the wrapper in place. Sometimes a flag can be tied off in a pig-tail or curly head.

fire-cured

Tobacco; General tobacco

Is a type akin to Dark, it's natural drying is completed by a wood-fired fumigation (oak is used by the traditionalists).

filler

Tobacco; General tobacco

Tobacco used as the main body or core of a cigar that provide the significant portion of the taste.

fermentation

Tobacco; General tobacco

There are primarily two types of fermentation, natural fermentation and forced fermentation, with the duration of the process ranging from two days to two months or more. Natural fermentation, ...

expanded tobacco (ET)

Tobacco; General tobacco

Tobacco which has been increased in size in a process of cellular expansion followed by freeze drying. (See Dry Ice Expanded Tobacco, or DIET). Expanding increases tobacco volume by +/-100% but ...