Types of cigars
Updated November 2026
Premium handmade cigars
Rolled by hand from whole long-filler leaves, aged and sold one by one or in boxes at tobacconists. This is what Cigar.co covers.
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Machine-made cigars
Made by machine, often with short (chopped) filler and sometimes a homogenised binder. Cheaper and more uniform.
Cigarillos and little cigars
Small, thin cigars, usually machine-made. Little cigars are cigarette-sized and often filtered.
Infused and flavoured cigars
Tobacco treated with flavours or botanicals, for example vanilla, coffee or rum notes. Drew Estate's ACID line is a well-known infused premium cigar.
Long filler, short filler and mixed filler
Long filler uses whole leaves running the length of the cigar; short filler uses chopped pieces; mixed filler (sometimes called Cuban sandwich) combines both.
By shape
Parejos have straight sides; figurados are shaped, like torpedos and perfectos. See our cigar sizes chart.
Common questions
What is the difference between a cigar and a cigarillo?
Cigarillos are small, thin cigars, usually machine-made; premium cigars are larger and hand-rolled.
What does long filler mean?
The filler is made of whole tobacco leaves running the full length of the cigar.
