- Catador
A Catador (Plural: "Catadores") is a
cigar taster/tester inCuba .As part of their
quality control , cigar factories employ a team to test a random selection of eachTorcedor 's (Cigar roller) production, so every week the work of each "torcedor" will have been blind tested.A "Catador" will only smoke a small portion of each
cigar , and will score each cigar on a scale From "Poor" to "Excellent" on the following:*Appearance and construction
*Aroma
*Burn
*Draw
*Consistency
*Strength
*Flavour
*QualityIn any single session, they will test between 3 and 5 cigars and only drink unsweetened black tea between each cigar tested. The majority of the tests take place in mornings only.
References
*
Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedia of Havana Cigars , 3rd Ed.(2005), Richard B. Perelman ISBN 1-893273-06-7.
* "Cultivating a tradition of perfection : an enthusiast's guide to Habanos", 1st Ed.(2002), writing: Mark Brutton, ISBN 0-9508573-2-7.
* "The Cigar Companion", Bati, Anwer (1997, Reprinted: 1998-2000, 2003), ISBN 1-84092-413-6
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