Protect Your Investment with Proper Storage to Preserve the Flavor of Your Cigars
I am pretty new to smoking cigars, and I know it is not ok to store them together but getting multiple humidors is not really an option for me right now. Is there someway I can store them together for a fairly long time (and I dont mean aging them long)?
(And no Anti smoking BS)
Like putting the flavored ones in air tight cigar tubes or something
About 3 months ago I purchased my humidor, Andorini, I took all the precautions for preparation. This morning I found a white/grey’ish substance, (mold I think), on my cigars. It is very spotty, powdery looking and the most affected was the ones closest to the humidification unit. Doing some research on the Internet I wiped down the cigars with distilled water and a paper towel, very gently, and used isopropyl alcohol on the interior of the humidor and let to air dry. I’m not sure if its mold or blume, I believe its mold because it not crystalline in nature. I don’t see any mold on the interior of my humidor, visible that is. Can my cigars be cured or saved? I’ve read you can put them in the freezer/frig after cleaning them to stop the mold from coming back, is this good idea? Help?????
Okay so I’m a huge cigar fan. I’ve been smoking cigars for 3-4 years now. When I first started smoking it was very difficult trying to explain the ‘notes’ of the cigar I was smoking, similar to when I was younger and tried to understand how one red wine tasted different from the other.
Since then my palate has matured and I can identify notes like chocolate, earthy, spice, cedar, coffee, etc. I’m still maturing my palate, but every time I light up I can identify the different flavors of a particular cigar pretty spot on compared to the reviews I read after I smoke the cigar.
So my question, how does the tobacco get the different flavors or notes? I mean I know some tobacco is sun or shade grown, and aged sometimes for years (Padron Maduro 45 10 year aged tobacco), some cigars aged in a cedar humidor. I’ve read many reviews of cigars having graham cracker notes, leather notes, and floral notes. So how does a cigar get the graham cracker notes or chocolate notes.
