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| Tobacco leaves, the beginning of a cigar |
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| rolling |
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| pressing the leaves before they start to roll a cigar. |
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| The leaves are paper thin. |
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| cutter |
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| Doing it for years, they're so fast, its second nature. |
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| Worker laying the leaves for the tip. They use a glue that doesn't have any color or odors. It's so precise that you can't tell where they start or where they finish. |
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| The press |
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| Cigar press. If I remember correctly the cigars have to be turn every 30 minutes so the shape is consistent and there's no creases. |
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| It was very interesting to watch how they do it and all the old techniques and tools |
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| Ready to go in the room with the humidifier. They later put the seal and wrap before boxing. |
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| They look like hotdogs |
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| Ready to be labeled and boxed |
