A Cuban cigar made before President Kennedy enacted the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba in 1962. The number of primings varies, but six is average. The first priming is closest to the ground, the sixth is near the top. The higher the, priming the stronger the tobacco. A Spanish term used to distinguish a cigar from a cigarette.
Modern usage refers to a cigar blended with tobaccos from a single country.
It is used to describe the reddish tint of some Cuban-seed wrapper. The Spanish word for dry, seco is a type of filler tobacco. It often contributes aroma and is usually medium-bodied. The filtered sunlight creates a thinner, more elastic leaf. A 5-inch cigar with a 50 ring gauge, such as a robusto, should provide anywhere from 20 to 30 minutes of smoking pleasure.