A ‘blunt wrap’ can be defined as “a sheet or tube made of tobacco used to roll cigarette tobacco in.” The first cigars were discovered by Christopher Columbus well over 500 years ago. The native Indians of Cuba made these primitive cigars (or ‘havanas’) out of the raw twisted leaves of cured tobacco wrapped in dried corn husks. Columbus and his men brought these cigars back to Spain with them, where the tradition spread. The first ‘modern’ style cigars were produced in Seville, Spain in the 1800’s. In these days, tobacco was very expensive, therefore cigars were only smoked by the rich, upper class citizens.
Originally, cigars had a tapered, pointed tip, but over time a new style of rolling became prevalent. These cigars had a broad, rounded tip, and were therefore called ‘blunts’. Blunts were first manufactured in Philadelphia, and were rolled from one continuous tobacco leaf. Eventually, the term ‘blunt’ was used to describe any cigar wrapped in a single leaf. Today, blunt wraps are actually made from a homogenized tobacco blend (tobacco paper, basically) rather than a single leaf.
Today, blunt wraps (recently often referred to as cigar wraps to distinguish them from their illegal counterparts) are sold on their own, separate from the tobacco. Flavored blunt wraps have become very popular. A few great brands to look out for are Kingpins, Juicy, Double Platinum, and Cyclones.
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