The binder is the cigar's work horse. Its role is important, but it is invisible. Its the second defense line underneath the wrapper. It is a thick, aromatic leave rolled around the filler, binding together the filling leaves, hence its name. Leaves used as binders are pretty rough, strong and flexible. The center vain is removed from the leaf, and the leaf's two parts are used as the binder.
As a matter of fact, the perfect binder performs so well that after it is used to bind the filler leaves it is possible to smoke the cigar even without the wrapper. It will not be as pretty, it will miss the wrapper flavor, but it will look like a cigar and will smoke like one.
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