| Curing Tobacco: a NecessityLike many
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| | tobacco and dark cigarettes.Flue
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| plants, green tobacco is 90 percent
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| | CuringThe flue-curing consists of heating
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| water. After being harvested, and before
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| | the air in a very well closed barn. An
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| going to the barn, the tobacco has faded
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| | outside fire blows hot air (very hot!)
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| a little and the water content is about
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| | into metal pipes running into the barn.
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| 80%. It is still too much water for
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| | There is no direct contact between the
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| fermentation and the curing is necessary
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| | fire and the tobacco, the hot pipes just
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| to lower this rate to about 25%. To get
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| | heat the inside air. This process is used
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| 100 lb. of "dry" tobacco, the curing has
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| | for curing Virginia tobacco for
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| to eliminate about 40 gallons of water. A
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| | cigarettes and Connecticut type wrappers.
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| full barn of tobacco will need millions
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| | The goal is to fix the color on yellow to
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| of cu. ft. of air to drain off this
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| | get bright tobaccos.Air or Fire
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| water! Whatever the curing process is,
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| | Curing?Indonesian tobaccos are often
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| the barn has to be ventilated!Change the
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| | classified as fire-cured, even if they
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| NatureIf you let green tobacco dry
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| | are air-cured. As the growers have to
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| naturally, the color will turn yellow
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| | help the curing with fire, the tobaccos
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| first, then brown. To modify this natural
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| | are so classified for customs purpose,
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| transformation, and to get a different
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| | having the advantage of a preferred duty
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| result, a special process has to be
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| | tariff. It is a way to help the exports
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| applied.Curing ProcessOnce harvested, the
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| | of developing countries.Sun
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| tobacco must be cured without delay in
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| | CuringOriental tobaccos are sun-cured. No
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| order to start the stabilization of the
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| | barn, nothing but the sun! The tobacco
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| material. Without curing, the tobacco
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| | goes out very yellow and keeps all its
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| would dry and turn to dust as any
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| | sugar content. It is generally a very
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| vegetable. There are four main processes
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| | short tobacco. Leaves are 2 or 3 inches
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| : Flue Curing, Fire Curing, Air Curing
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| | large. The taste is sweet. This tobacco
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| and Sun Curing. The last one does not
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| | is used for blond cigarette, pipe and
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| need a curing barn. Cigar tobaccos are
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| | short filler cigars. The main producers
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| generally air-cured, but some light
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| | are Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria. All the
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| wrappers are flue-cured.Air CuringCigar
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| | countries around these three are also
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| tobaccos are mainly air-cured (or dark
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| | growing oriental tobacco.Hanging tobacco
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| air-cured). They dry in a closed barn
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| | leavesFor curing, tobacco leaves have to
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| with a natural circulation of air. This
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| | be hung in the barn. The old manner was
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| process is longer than any other but it
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| | to thread leaves with a needle on a thin
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| is the most natural. However, if the air
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| | string, one by one. Now there are sewing
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| is very humid (in some countries, or
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| | machines. Leaves are put two by two in a
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| during the night), the barn is heated
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| | rail and are sewn automatically when
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| with smokeless fires (made with gas or
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| | pressing the petiole against the rail.
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| coal) in order to avoid rotting and to
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| | The string is attached to a slat that is
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| accelerate the process a bit.Fire
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| | put on supports in the barn. The barn is
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| CuringDuring fire-curing, the barn is
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| | filled up from top to bottom, section by
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| really a smokehouse! Wood fires are kept
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| | section.John Payne is the Publisher of
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| burning in the barn. Smoke is everywhere.
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| | Web Marketing Ezine, and the Founder of
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| The tobacco turns black and shiny. It is
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| | Enviro-Friendly Products.Patrice
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| impregnated with a nice smoke smell. This
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| | Hirschfeld has spent a lifetime in
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| process is used in Kentucky and others
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| | Tobacco, and is the Proprietor of the
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| places that try to match the product
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| | Online Cigar Store- Voila Cigars. John
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| (Malawi, Italy). Fire-cured tobaccos are
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| | provides Marketing Consultancy to Voila
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| mainly used in roll-your-own , pipe
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| | Cigars.
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