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Cigar 101

Using a Humidor and How to Maintain your Cigars

January 28, 2009

 

WHAT IS A HUMIDOR
A humidor is a storage container designed to allow controlled air flow and equipped with a device that maintains the relative humidity (RH) at its optimal level. Cigars should be stored at room temperature (about 70 degrees) with a RH level of 68 to 72 percent.
If you have a new humidor, do [...]

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How To Cut and Light a Cigar

January 23, 2009

 

CUTTING A CIGAR
Once you have selected your cigar, you will need to cut the closed end. All Havanas have a double cap over the head end – this end goes in your mouth. If you attempt to smoke a cigar the other way around, you will find that half way through it will unravel and [...]

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Cigar Basics for Beginners: What You Need to Know

January 16, 2009

 

In this post, we break down the most common cigar terminology you will encounter. You can consider this to be a cigar data dictionary.
Composition
A cigar has three parts: filler, binder and wrapper. The filler is the inner part made of tobacco leaves that are folded accordion-style by the rollers or torcedores (professional cigar rollers). As [...]

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How to Choose a Cigar

January 7, 2009

 

Since cigars have gained a resurgence in popularity, the market has been flooded. Older, more prominent family brands now share their shelf space with newer brands hoping to lure away smokers from some of the more established favorites. With so many choices it may seem daunting and yet it does not have to be. So, [...]

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Cigar Size Guide

January 7, 2009

 

If you smoke a cigar too fast, it will overheat. Overheating is not good. You can quickly ruin a cigar by overheating it. The tobacco that has not yet burned will release fumes as the overheated smoke passes and then the flavor characteristics of the cigar changes, normally for the worse. This is very true with [...]

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How To Smoke a Cigar

December 22, 2008

TIME
To really appreciate your cigar, smoke slowly and not draw too frequently, which will heat it and spoil the taste. You should take about a puff a minute. To smoke a corona should take about one half hour, and the bigger cigars such as a Churchill or a Double Corona can take more than an [...]

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