HVC Hot Cake Golden Line Connecticut Half Corona 3"1/2 * 44

The Golden Line Connecticut is the second release of the ever-popular Hot Cake brand by HVC, which is known to sell like “hot cakes.” Hot Cake cigars are known for their boldness and potency. However, the Golden Line Connecticut takes a walk on the mild side. Its Nicaraguan binder and filler are covered by a smooth Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper. This is the first time the HVC Hot Cake line has released a cigar with a Connecticut Shade wrapper. The cigars are handmade in Nicaragua at HVC’s factory in Esteli.

The classic size of this short corona is 5 inches by a 40 to 44 ring gauge, but it can be as short as 4 inches.

Most cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.

This cigar is 3"1/2 inches long, or 88.9 mm.

Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
Despite many decades of war and revolution in this Central American country, the cigar industry has thrived due to the hard work and tenacity of Cuban exiles to the land such as Plasencia, Padron, Oliva, Ortez, and others. Tobacco has been a force of social stability, and the country is now one of the principal exporters of premium cigars in the world.

The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 44, so his diameter is 44/64 inches or 17.53 mm.

Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
Claro wrapper is light, yellowish brown in color.

Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.

The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
Ecuador is the perfect place to grow wrappers, because it is located on the Equator! And it has rich soils too. The weather conditions, with a nearly permanent cloudy sky, provide a natural shade, protecting the wrapper plants from sunshine and allowing the tobacco to grow thin and light. This climate allows tobacco growers to grow Connecticut-seed wrapper in the shade without shade cloths, resulting in more economical wrapper.

The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. 
Nicaraguan cigar binders are produced mainly in Esteli and Jalapa, both lands with volcanic soil and excellent climate for growing tobacco. Binders grown in Jalapa have sweet undertones. Corojo, Habana2000, Criollo, and Maduro binders are all produced in Nicaragua.

Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.