最近，翘曲雪茄公司的雪茄代工厂应该忙的不可开交，翘曲公司最新一个品牌“鳄鱼岛”产品正在圣地亚哥的岛屿雪茄厂里生产，这款雪茄将在拉斯维加斯的PCA贸易展亮相，计划今年夏季向零售商发货。
鳄鱼岛是古巴岛的昵称，有人到古巴岛的地图像一条鳄鱼。这是这个雪茄品牌和古巴唯一有交集的地方，但烟叶配方里并没有古巴烟草。凯尔·盖利斯（Kyle Gellis）使用了三个国家的烟叶，茄衣是厄瓜多尔哈瓦那烟叶，两片茄套烟叶分别用了厄瓜多尔哈瓦那2000烟叶和巴西阿拉皮拉卡（Arapiraca）烟叶，茄芯是尼加拉瓜烟叶。
根据盖利斯的介绍，这款雪茄的茄衣烟叶在种植的时候采用了“摘花法”（desflorado），也就是烟草植株的花朵在萌发时会被摘除，这种方法也叫去顶法（topping），这样可以让植株的养分重新输送回烟叶，使得烟叶的口味力度更强。
这款鳄鱼岛有两个尺寸，一款是大皇冠，46环径，5.625英寸，售价是每支13美元。一款是公牛，52环径，6英寸，每支14美元。每盒都是15支的包装。
Warped Cigars is certainly keeping Tabacalera La Isla in the Dominican Republic busy. Its newest brand, Isla del Cocodrilo, (which translates to “island of the crocodile”) is being produced at the small factory in Santiago, and it’s scheduled for a summer release.
The term Isla del Cocodrilo is a nickname for the island of Cuba, which some say is shaped like a crocodile, but that’s where any analogs to Cuba stop, as there is no Cuban tobacco in the cigar. The reference is purely a sentimental homage. Rather than sneak any Cuban tobacco into the cigar, Kyle Gellis, founder of Warped, has created a three-country blend consisting of Nicaraguan filler, two binders—one Ecuador Habano 2000 and the other Brazilian Arapiraca—and an Ecuador Habano wrapper.
According to Gellis, the wrapper was culled in the desflorado method, meaning that the flower of the tobacco plant was removed in the field. The method is also called “topping” and this results in the plant redirecting its energy back to the leaf rather than to the creation of a flower, resulting in stronger tobacco.
Isla del Cocodrilo comes in two sizes: Corona Gorda at 5 5/8 inches by 46 ring gauge, and a 6-by-52 Toro. They will retail for $13 and $14, respectively. Both are packaged in boxes of 15.
While they’re not shipping until at least three months, the cigars will be on display at this weekend’s PCA trade show in Las Vegas.
