cuba

Hello dear colleges, Next week I'm going to Cuba. Last three days of my journey I wan't to spend on the country side. Pinar del Rio, San Juan y Martinez, San Luis, Santa Damiana, El Corojo... I'm wondering if you maybe have any questions to ask. If I'm lucky I will try to make an interview...

Criollo (Cuba) [TI 1376 Pi 405646] is a superb, medium-strength cigar filler. Knucklehead sent me some samples of Cuban-origin cigar fillers that he has grown and kilned. Since it arrived today, this is the only one I've sampled, so far. There are named "Criollo" varieties from all over...

I kilned the sample of Maryland-grown Vuelta Abajo leaf (assumed to be TI 1453; PI 405668) that I received from Jitterbugdude for 4 weeks. The leaf shape and vein pattern is suggestive of a wrapper type, though ARS-GRIN dubiously calls it an Oriental. [Their database states that it was...