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CIGAR CULTURE
Second Fermentation of tobacco leaves
Filler and binder leaves are now fermented a second time. The piles are much larger and the fermentation is longer and hotter than the first.
The thicker, full-flavored leaves get the longest fermentation. The thinner, light-flavored leaves get less.
The temperature of fermentation has to be watched with care. When it gets too hot, the pile is broken up, the leaves are allowed to cool down and the stack is rebuilt the other way around (bottom leaves to the top, top leaves to the bottom). This may happen several times in the course of the second fermentation.
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