Leaf type

Defined by how it is grown and cured.

We focus on flue-cured Virginia, the leaf our growers do best, rather than a long catalogue we cannot stand behind.

Bright golden flue-cured Virginia tobacco leaves
Flue-cured

Flue-Cured Virginia

Bright leaf cured with steady, smokeless heat for a higher natural sugar content. Our core export leaf, threshed into strips for manufacturers.

Barn curing

From green leaf to cured tobacco, in simple steps.

Our products

Green leaf, refined into the forms you order.

Green Leaf Threshing separates the lamina from the stem, then every lot is conditioned and processed. Each form below is graded by hand in accordance with the global standard.

Hands holding a fresh handful of cut tobacco
White plate of hand-stripped golden tobacco lamina
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Hand Stemmed Strips

Compressed bale of blended golden tobacco strips bound with red straps
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Blended Strips

White plate of dried, separated tobacco stem
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Stem

White plate of finely shredded golden cut rag tobacco
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Cut Rag

Heap of coarsely cut processed tobacco stem on a white background
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CPS · Processed Stem

Leaf chemistry

How the leaf reads, by stalk position.

Diagram of a tobacco plant showing stalk positions from primings at the bottom through lugs, cutters and leaf to tips at the top
Stalk positions, bottom to top: primings, lugs, cutters, leaf, and tips.
Average nicotine & sugar · flue-cured (FCV) chemistry, indicative ranges
Stalk position Nicotine (%) Sugar (%)
Lugs (lower)1.8 – 2.28.0 – 10.0
Cutters (lower-mid)2.2 – 2.59.0 – 15.0
Leaf (upper-mid)2.6 – 3.312.0 – 15.0
Tips (top)2.8 – 3.312.0 – 15.0
Ready to source

Request current crop samples and grading reports.

Tell us the form, volume, and shipping window, and we will confirm availability against the current crop.