Definition: Filler is a term to describe the tobacco inside of a cigar. Filler is bunched together and bound inside of a cigar with a binder tobacco leaf. In hand rolled cigars, the filler usually consists of several blended varieties of long tobacco leaves, and is called long filler. In machine made cigars, short filler is usually used, which contains chemicals and other substances in addition to short pieces or remnants of tobacco leaves.
Depending on the particular cigar, filler is responsible for about half of a cigar's flavor. The outer wrapper leaf of tobacco, which wraps around the binder, is responsible for the balance of the cigar's flavor. The binder has little or no flavor.
Depending on the particular cigar, filler is responsible for about half of a cigar's flavor. The outer wrapper leaf of tobacco, which wraps around the binder, is responsible for the balance of the cigar's flavor. The binder has little or no flavor.
