Clove Cigarettes also called Kretek

Clove cigarette also called kretek, are a mixture of superior tobaccos and clove spice, rolled into a cigarette. The word kretek describes an indigenous Indonesian tobacco product containing tobacco, cloves and flavoring, wrapped in either an ironed cornhusk or a slip of paper. It is widely believed that the name derives from the crackling sound that cloves make when burned – ‘keretek-keretek’. The blending and processing by skillful hands of the choicest quality tobaccos in the cigar and the selection of the best leaves, has produced the exquisiteness of its flavour and the delicacy of its taste satisfying the most dicriminating smokers.