Dutch Masters (cigar)
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Dutch Masters is a brand of cigar. The brand name is a play on a term used to describe the great Dutch artists of the 17th century, such as Rembrandt and Vermeer. Originally sold by the G.H. Johnson Cigar Co., the line is now manufactured by ALTADIS S.A
Recent Success
Since the late 1980s, Dutch Masters cigars have experienced a resurgence in popularity due at least in part to the increasing popularity of "blunts", a kind of cigar sometimes used to smoke marijuana. Because of this, the Dutch Masters cigar, known colloquially by marijuana users as a "Dutch" or "Dutchie", is now in direct competition with other easily unrollable "cigars" such as Phillie Blunts and White Owl cigars.Rolling With The Masters
Dutchies are different from Phillies in the way that they are rolled. These are actual cigars, made with real tobacco leaves instead of the tobacco paper utilized by Phillies. Because of this, special preparations must be taken when unrolling them to reroll them with a different smoking tincture.
The wrapper (also known as the outer leaf) is the thin, outer skin of the cigar which is rolled around the cigar like a spiral staircase around a cylinder. The first step in proper dutch-oriented blunt rolling is to remove this leaf. This is accomplished by first thoroughly moistening it (usually with saliva). Next, one must use extreme care and dexterity (generally using a finger or thumb nail) to peel off this leaf, starting with the blunt end of the cigar and carefully continuing to the flat end. This leaves the binder tobacco (also known as a brownie), the inner, darker leaf of the cigar, exposed along with an approximately 1 inch long wrap of wood-pulp paper glued around the blunt end of the binder. This wood-pulp paper is commonly called the "cancer paper" and is conventionally removed. Once the wrapper and "cancer paper" have been carefully removed, the binder should be split down the middle to remove the chopped up tobacco inside, known as the guts. This is accomplished by locating the seam along which the cigar was initially rolled, and either separating it manually by applying slight pressure to either side of the seam or by cutting along it with a sharp object or finger/thumb nail. Once that has been done, the first inch or so of the previously blunt end of the binder will be warped. This inch is conventionally ripped off. Now the tincture can be spread evenly in the opened binder, which is rolled around it like a joint or rolled cigarette and then sealed with saliva. After this has been done, the wrapper leaf must be reapplied in the same spiral staircase manner in which it was removed to keep it intact. This involves thoroughly moistening it again (generally with saliva), laying it on a 45 degree angle to the now-rolled binder, and carefully rolling the binder along the wrapper leaf. Because both skins will be moist now, many smokers prefer to crisp the entire cigar with a lighter before smoking it, although this is not necessary. Some smokers prefer to crisp the cigar in the microwave for a few seconds.
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