Tobacco seedlings receiving loving care in the greenhouses.
Getting hands on with one of the seedlings.
Maturing tobacco in the fields. Each of these plants will have three primings, or cutting. Seco leaves come from the bottom third, viso leaves from the middle and ligero from the very top. There is at least a week between cutting to allow the plant to recover from the shock. Each priming has different characteristics. Seco, the bottom leaves, gets less sunlight and so it is thinner than the upper leaves. It provides combustion. The viso leaves provide flavour and the ligero provided strength.
The drying barns with treasure hanging from the overhead poles.
A happy tourist.
Looking up towards the roof of the barn. Layer upon layer of tobacco leaves being carefully air-dried.
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