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Color-grading is relatively superficial compared to the other tasks that cigar workers are given, but it’s a timeless tradition that makes a difference, nonetheless.

A delicious Nicaraguan cigar and #7 on 2016’s Top 25 Cigar list, the Herrera Esteli Norteno is a 94 rated Nicaraguan and Honduran cigar wrapped in a beautiful San Andres wrapper.

Filtered cigars consist of wrapper, binder and filler and in this particular case filter. Filters are intended to reduce the amount of smoke, tar, and fine particles inhaled during the combustion of a cigar, but have no actual proven health benefits. The standard filter used on cigars today contains 15 000 fibers per filter. According to surveys, smokers believe that filtered cigars reduce the risks of smoking and that is most likely why beginning smokers choose this type of cigars. However, they’re unaware of the possibility of loose fibers from cigars’ filters being ingested and/or inhaled into their lungs during smoking....