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PUROS?
tailgater Offline
#1 Posted:
Joined: 06-01-2000
Posts: 26,185
OK experts, here's one for you. When used to describe cigars, what does the term "puro" mean? I have seen it defined as a cigar whose filler, binder and wrapper are from the same country of origin, but I have also seen it used simply as the spanish word for cigar (especially a "premium" cigar). This can be confusing, as with the recent White Label blowout description of it being a puro. Can anybody shed some light as to how this dual meaning came about. I think it may be the fact that puro is indeed spanish for cigar, and in Mexico cigars had to contain all components grown within the country by law (until recently).
TheFez Offline
#2 Posted:
Joined: 01-06-2000
Posts: 51
It's like calling sparkling wine champagne. For a wine to be called champagne it must come from the Champagne region in France, but champagne has become slang for sparkling wine. Same with puro. It is my understanding that a puro is a cigar made with tobacco that is from the same country, but puro has become slang for cigar.

Padron cigars are puros. Cuban cigars are puros. Being a puro has nothing to do with quality because Medal of Honor is also a puro. A puro could be a machine made cigar as well. Hope that helps.
tailgater Offline
#3 Posted:
Joined: 06-01-2000
Posts: 26,185
Thanks Mr Fez (or should I call you "The"?). But this only adds to my frustration. You have also heard of the term Puro used as a "pure-bred" so to speak. Yet, other people/places/sites/stores/brands use the word to simply mean "cigar". I can no longer see the term PURO, see a "made in Nicaraguan" sticker, and assume that it will have all nic filler, etc. So, where it is the PUBLIC that wrongly calls most sparkling wine champagne, it is the RETAILERS who abuse the double meaning of Puro. I think this is a far greater crime...
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