Cuba & Cigars - The Stripping House

Moistening

Once deposited the dry leaves in the place for moistening them, the process is carried out with a compressor and an appropriate mouthpiece in order to create a very small degree of division of the particles of water.

This process is carried out with the purpose of elevating the contents of water in the leaves, to improve its elasticity and to attenuate in great measure its fragility, so that they are softer and the female tobacco strippers can do their work without difficulties and with a minimum of mechanical damages

Moistening process of the leaves to be stripped.
In the picture can be appreciated that the leaves are ready to be taken to the resting room. In that place tobacco already moistened should remain approximately 20 minutes in rest, later it is veered, it rests five minutes, and the whole process is carried out three times.
The workers that appear in the picures prepare day's works that will be given to the female tobacco strippers. Before doing this, tobacco should remain resting from 24 to 48 hours.

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