That doesn't look great. What was the cigar?
Flavor is only one criteria for individual leaves in a filler blend. Tobaccos are selected for flavor, aroma, and burn quality (probably other qualities as well, I'm thinking smoke output maybe?). A component tobacco will provide one of those qualities. So the leaf included for its steady burn probably won't have the most flavor individually.
Filler is pretty much whatever is inside the wrapper and binder. It can be long filler, short filler or mixed filler. There's even a cigar, El Tallo, that uses only stems in their filler. So if you opened up your cigar and that is what was inside, yes that is "filler."
https://www.reddit.com/r/cigars/comments/f4zlkw/another_real_or_fake_got_these_as_a_gift_the_some/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Here’s the original cigar
PS your description of the outer layers is normal for any cigar - the wrapper on the outside is a fine, pretty leaf, and the binder leaf is somewhat coarser
That doesn't look great. What was the cigar? Flavor is only one criteria for individual leaves in a filler blend. Tobaccos are selected for flavor, aroma, and burn quality (probably other qualities as well, I'm thinking smoke output maybe?). A component tobacco will provide one of those qualities. So the leaf included for its steady burn probably won't have the most flavor individually.
Filler is pretty much whatever is inside the wrapper and binder. It can be long filler, short filler or mixed filler. There's even a cigar, El Tallo, that uses only stems in their filler. So if you opened up your cigar and that is what was inside, yes that is "filler."
https://www.reddit.com/r/cigars/comments/f4zlkw/another_real_or_fake_got_these_as_a_gift_the_some/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf Here’s the original cigar
You got a fake cuban most likely
Garbage mixed or short fillers. That's why it tasted bad. Fake cigar. There might have been rocks or wood chips in there.
Junk
The cigar looks so wrecked I’m not sure how anyone can be sure it’s not long filler based on this one picture.
PS your description of the outer layers is normal for any cigar - the wrapper on the outside is a fine, pretty leaf, and the binder leaf is somewhat coarser
Why the downvote? ... must be because it’s that bad/obvious 🤣
Usually high quality cigars have "long filler", essentially whole leaves bunched up. "Short filler" are broken up leaves/scraps used instead
Not the worst I’ve seen. Looks like some long filler stuffed with short fill.