Robb Report - USA (2019-08)

Genius at Work

86 AUGUST 2019

Genius at Work

4 BELOW

Stack and Dry

After hanging in the drying barn, the tobacco

is fermented for at least 18 months. It then

gets moistened to make the deveining process

smoother. Before it’s baled, it is dried one more

time on these stacked trays.

5 RIGHT

On Press

Each cigar is made by a team of two. One worker

takes the leaves and bunches them into the

blend—the secret recipe—that makes up the core

of the cigar. Then he inserts the bunches into

molds of 10, shown here, which are then stacked

and pressed.

6 TOP

That’s a Wrap

After the press, the second

team member takes the cigars

out of the mold and puts on

the wrapper leaf. The wood tool

marked 54 is a cepo, used to

measure the diameter or ring

gauge of each cigar, to make

sure its thickness is correct.

In the center is the cutting tool,

or guillotine.

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Genius at Work

86 AUGUST 2019

Genius at Work

4 BELOW

Stack and Dry

After hanging in the drying barn, the tobacco

is fermented for at least 18 months. It then

gets moistened to make the deveining process

smoother. Before it’s baled, it is dried one more

time on these stacked trays.

5 RIGHT

On Press

Each cigar is made by a team of two. One worker

takes the leaves and bunches them into the

blend—the secret recipe—that makes up the core

of the cigar. Then he inserts the bunches into

molds of 10, shown here, which are then stacked

and pressed.

6 TOP

That’s a Wrap

After the press, the second

team member takes the cigars

out of the mold and puts on

the wrapper leaf. The wood tool

marked 54 is a cepo, used to

measure the diameter or ring

gauge of each cigar, to make

sure its thickness is correct.

In the center is the cutting tool,

or guillotine.