How Old Smoking Practices Inspire New Wraps
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Flavored wraps can be an apparent modern phenomenon, but their origins reach way back into the traditions of the world. Before the time of mass-produced rolling papers, regional and native cultures all around the world rolled and smoked their blends on natural material such as banana leaves, corn husks, and even tree bark. These have influenced today's innovations in modern cigar tobacco leaves , combining old rituals with contemporary flavors. Roots in the Tropics: Banana, Palm, and Cacao Leaves In Southeast Asia and certain regions of the Caribbean, banana leaves have been a traditional staple to smoke with for centuries. The soft, lightly flavored banana leaves were traditionally sun-dried and rolled around herbal blends or tobacco. In other regions, the exact same leaves were toasted lightly so that pliability and flavor were optimized . Similarly, palm leaves were used extensively in the Pacific Islands. Their low-smoldering rate and robust flavor made them ...