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If you own a humidor, chances are you know the golden rule of temperature and humidity—70 degrees Fahrenheit, 70 percent humidity. While these conditions are ideal, some cigar smokers prefer varying levels of humidity for their cigars, generally ranging from 64 to 72 percent. Lower or higher levels of humidity will determine a few things. […]
I’ve noticed that there’s been a lot of talk lately about the process of freezing your cigars to kill the unhatched eggs of tobacco beetles. Some smokers also freeze their cigars to kill mold spores, though speaking from experience, mold is a bit easier to curtail than a full-on bug infestation, especially if you keep […]
I’m not sure if retrohaling a cigar is as controversial a technique as purging, but it’s definitely an interesting one. I’ve noticed that a lot of people don’t know what retrohaling is—that’s precisely why we do Cigar 101’s. Retrohaling a cigar is drawing the smoke in through your mouth and slowly exhaling through the nose. […]
It’s not news that the climate for smokers in the U.S. has become a little less than welcoming in the past few years. I know it may sound a little contrived for me to say that smoking is part of our country’s history, but it’s noteworthy that almost half of the 44 U.S. presidents were […]
Lately we’ve been seeing a little confusion from aspiring cigar aficionados about what country of origin has to do with the actual taste of a cigar. That’s why today’s Cigar 101 is about a cigar’s country of manufacture vs. where its tobacco is grown. A cigar’s country of manufacture refers solely to the country in […]
