CIGARS – ORIGINS, STANDARDS, STYLES, FLAVORS

Cigars are cylindrically-shaped bundles of dried and fermented tobacco leaves that have been rolled tightly before packaging. Countries like: Cuba, Brazil, Cameroon, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, and the United States produce most of the tobacco used in making cigars. But it’s also cultivated to a lesser extent in the Canary Islands, Indonesia, Nicaragua, the Philippines, and many other countries.

Cigars are rolled in many shapes and sizes but the standard shape is cylindrical with a rounded head is the most common. In this course, we’ll explain sizes, shapes and flavors and how they all can differ widely, in addition to cigar cutter types, tobacco processing and more.

This Cigar course will bring any novice to an expert, in an amazingly short amount of time.

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This course reviews:

Standards
Sizes
Shapes of Cigars
Parejos
Figurados
Wrapper Colors
Tobacco Growing Regions
Types of Tobacco/"The Plant"
Tobacco Processing
Cigar Production/Rolling
Cigar Cutter Types
Single Guillotine/How to use
Double Guillotine/How to use
Punch Cutter/How to use
V or Wedge Cutter/How to use
Lighting
How to Smoke a Cigar
Service of cigars to others
Flavors & Aromas found in Cigars
How to Select a Cigar
Pairing cigars with Beer, Wine, Spirits and Sake
The history of cigars
Terminology

How to Smoke a Cigar? Many first timers often believe you can simply, cut – light – and smoke a cigar; but there is a specific process that needs to be followed and a few tools you’ll need to acquire. To smoke a cigar, you have to cut the cap because that end is sealed. Secondly, lightly toast the "foot" of the cigar, so that it gets lit evenly, later in the process. Thirdly, you will place the cigar in your mouth and draw air in as you finish lighting the end of the cigar. And to conclude, you make sure the cigar end is lit fully, and "puff" on the cigar and enjoy.

You may ask why are cigars being included on elearning bartender courses . This is because cigars often in the past cigars were served after dinner or in lounges. In some parts of the world, this is still common, so we thought it best to include in our bartender online school.