Please check out or frequently asked questions to learn a little more about cigars. Go to our cigar suppliers page to see what brands we carry. Shaped cigars are difficult to roll because there must be an even amount of tobacco throughout the cigar, even on the tapered ends. Shaped cigars are only rolled by Master Rollers, who have a minimum 15 years rolling experience. The use of long filler is the primary distinction between premium and mass-market.
Long filler means that the leaves are complete, while short filler means the leaves are chopped up.
A premium cigar may contain anywhere from two to four leaves of filler tobacco that are bunched together within a single binder leaf. The wrapper is then rolled on over the binder. The vast majority of machine-made cigars use short filler tobacco, which consists of chopped scraps of leaf. Short filler burns hotter and quicker than long filler cigars.