http://blog.tophatcigar.com Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:30:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.tophatcigar.com/2010/03/03/harvesting-tobacco-leaves-for-cigars/ http://blog.tophatcigar.com/2010/03/03/harvesting-tobacco-leaves-for-cigars/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:52:55 +0000 Love My Smoke http://tophattobacco.com/blog/?p=479 Tobacco leaves are harvested and aged using a process that mixes use of heat and shade to reduce sugar and water content without causing the large leaves to decay. This first part of the method, called curing, takes between 25 and 45 days and varies significantly based upon climate conditions as well as the development of sheds or barns used to store harvested tobacco. The curing process is manipulated based upon the kind of tobacco, and the specified color of the leaf, especially when making phillies cigars.  The second part of the process, called fermentation, is carried out under conditions created to help the leaf die slowly. Temperature and humidity are controlled to ensure that the leaf continues to ferment, without rotting or disintegrating. This is where the flavour, burning, and smell characteristics are primarily brought out in the leaf.

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