kretek
Sign in to save256px|right|thumb|A Cycle rickshaw#Indonesia|becak driver in [[Yogyakarta, Indonesia, smoking a kretek]] thumb|right|256px|A pack of Sampoerna A-Mild, a popular Indonesian brand of kretek manufactured by Sampoerna thumb|right|256px|Tobacco leaves sorting in Java. Tobacco was introduced by the Dutch during the colonial period. thumb|right|256px|Kreteks from the 1910s, containing resin, [[nutmeg, cumin, clove, and tobacco wrapped in banana leaves]]
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- International sales
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256px|right|thumb|A Cycle rickshaw#Indonesia|becak driver in [[Yogyakarta, Indonesia, smoking a kretek]] thumb|right|256px|A pack of Sampoerna A-Mild, a popular Indonesian brand of kretek manufactured by Sampoerna thumb|right|256px|Tobacco leaves sorting in Java. Tobacco was introduced by the Dutch during the colonial period. thumb|right|256px|Kreteks from the 1910s, containing resin, [[nutmeg, cumin, clove, and tobacco wrapped in banana leaves]]
Kretek () is a type of Indonesian cigarette made with a blend of tobacco, cloves and other flavors. They are available filtered or unfiltered. The word "kretek" is an onomatopoetic term for the crackling sound of burning cloves.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “kretek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.