Puros

[Footbag]

I'm not so sure about the reps definition. A Puros is a cigar whose wrapper, filler and binder is all grown in one country.

Originally Posted by Footbag

I'm not so sure about the reps definition. A Puros is a cigar whose wrapper, filler and binder is all grown in one country.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/puro

A cigar, especially one of which all the tobacco originates from the same country.

I would add that I've always heard it had to be rolled or manufactured in that country as well.

[csbrewfisher]

Nozero, the wiki definition you cite would lend credence to the rep's definition. If the tobacco has to "originate" in the country of manufacture, then the seed could not have come from elsewhere.

to originate (third-person singular simple present originates, present participle originating, simple past and past participle originated)

1. To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.
2. To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act.

[Rockestone]

Originally Posted by csbrewfisher

Nozero, the wiki definition you cite would lend credence to the rep's definition. If the tobacco has to "originate" in the country of manufacture, then the seed could not have come from elsewhere.

to originate (third-person singular simple present originates, present participle originating, simple past and past participle originated)

1. To give an origin or beginning to; to cause to be; to bring into existence; to produce as new.
2. To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act.

Will there be a quiz?

[csbrewfisher]

Damn, I hope not! I'm just looking for the truth. Maybe I can't handle the truth!

Semper Fi

[ucla695]

Originally Posted by Footbag

I'm not so sure about the reps definition. A Puros is a cigar whose wrapper, filler and binder is all grown in one country.

That's my understanding too.

me too...

[BamBam]

Same

[shilala]

I agree with Footbag's definition.
Tobacco is only native to one country, and iirc, it's Peru. It's been carried to all other parts of the world, including Cuba.
To say that a puro had to be made from native tobacco doesn't seem to make sense in that light, or the only puros would hail from Peru, and I don't even know that they produce cigars.

[BlackDog]

Originally Posted by shilala

I agree with Footbag's definition.
Tobacco is only native to one country, and iirc, it's Peru. It's been carried to all other parts of the world, including Cuba.
To say that a puro had to be made from native tobacco doesn't seem to make sense in that light, or the only puros would hail from Peru, and I don't even know that they produce cigars.

Scott, tobacco was being used in America when European settlers arrived as early as 1607. It may be native to Peru, but it is also native to America.

[JohnnyFlake]

I can tell you this for sure, however, I cannot find any supportive documentation at this time!!!

Puro is a Spanish word, and with respect to cigars, the original meaning of a puro cigar, was any cigar that was hand made, from pure long tobacco leaf, from any country.

In the 1950's or 60's, the meaning/definition began to change, and after a decade or two, the new definition became the rule of thumb, so to speak. That new definition was that a puro cigar, is a cigar that was hand made, in a specific country, with pure long tobacco leaf, that was grown within that specific country.