Dutch Masters are 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 Corona cigar A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of tobacco leaves that have already been dried and fermented, which is lit for the purpose of inhaling (or merely drawing into the mouth rather than into the lungs) its smoke (see tobacco smoking). ... Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (July 15, 1606 – October 4, 1669) is generally considered one of the greatest painters in European art history (together with Pieter Paul Rubens), and the most important United Provinces (Netherlands) painter of the seventeenth century. ... View of Delft, 1660-1661 Johannes Vermeer (1632 - December 15, 1675) was a Dutch painter. ... Alliance Tobacco Distribution, S.A. (abbreviated ALTADIS, S.A.) is a purveyor of tobbacos and cigar manufacturer. ...

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 marijuana cigar. Because of this, the Dutch Masters cigar, known colloquially as a "Dutch", is now in direct competition with other easily unrollable cigars such as Philly Blunts and White Owl cigars.

Rolling With The Masters

Dutches are unique in the way that they are rolled. Because of this, special preparations must be taken when unrolling them to reroll them with a different smoking tincture.

The outer leaf is the thin, outer skin of the cigar which is rolled around the cigar like a spiral staircase around a cylinder. One must carefully remove it from the end of the cigar and peel it all the way down. Once the outer leaf has been separated from the brownie, the inner, darker leaf of the cigar, it must be kept moist until it is ready to be reapplied. Once the outer leaf has been carefully removed, the brownie should be split down the middle to remove the tobacco inside, known as the guts. Once that has been done, the end of the cigar that is usually put to the smoker's mouth is removed completely as well. Now the tincture can be spread evenly in the brownie and then sealed. After this has been done, the moist outer leaf can be reapplied in the same spiral staircase manner to keep it intact. Because both skins will be moist now, many smokers prefer to crisp the entire cigar with a lighter before smoking it.

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