Are Cigars Sometimes Dyed – Or Not?

[bobarian]

From Steve Saka of Drew Estate.

http://www.socialcigar.com/forum/top...duro-leaf-from

[dwoodward]

Originally Posted by bobarian

From Steve Saka of Drew Estate.

http://www.socialcigar.com/forum/top...duro-leaf-from

This is probably one of the best articles I have read in a long time... And very relavent to the topic:

Originally Posted by Steve Saka

From the Article.

Just having some dark stains come off the wrapper alone is -NOT- a fair
indicator, because all natural maduro wrappers will cause staining to
the skin with moisture due to their inherent oiliness. If you ever have
to opportunity to visit a cigar factory, just look at the hands of the
workers, unlike the manicure perfect hands shown in the pictures in
magazines and books, every worker's hands are stained, even those
working with BW color shade leaf. And those rolling maduro, their hands
are sometime near black!

[T.G]

Originally Posted by dwoodward

This is probably one of the best articles I have read in a long time... And very relavent to the topic:

Yes.

Here are some photos I shot at the Drew Estates factory last year. Notice the rollera's fingers? And the accumulation of oils on the metal table and pipe roller (for flattening out the veins in the capa).