cigar questions

What does that mean? I often see that question asked here about our short hand. maybe this would be a good time to create a list so that all the new people in the forum can see our language. BOTL = Brother of the leaf ISOM = Island south of miami IMHO = In my humble opinion...

Just wondering how often you all replace your Hygrometers? Mine are all aproaching a year old, and I am not sure if I want to just salt test them or simply replace them with new ones. Any thoughts?

This might be a dumb question, but is there a proper or best way to light a shaggy foot cigar? I haven't tried on yet, but I have some on the way, and was just wondering if there was anything different i should do to get off on the right foot.

Last night I smoked a Carlos Torano Virtuosio Churchill. It was kept at 65%RH for about 6 weeks. I took it out of the humidor, went to my truck, drove to the gas station, filled up my truck, got in then lit up. Total time was about 15 minutes. The temp. outside was about 75 degrees, high...

I ordered a box of smokes for my Dad. I'm getting them on Wednesday. I'm out of town on the 19th. Do you think these will keep until the 25th? They are Oliva Series O. I was thinking I can keep them in my Frigador until I leave for the airport. Also, has anyone had any problems with travel...

I just recently got a cheap punch cutter to try it out. I am pretty happy with it so far but I have some questions. I found that when I twist the cutter it seems to work best. Does anyone else find this to be true or is it my cheap cutter? I smoked all the way up to a 60 ring guage with...

I don't know how to navigate to this page...but I found it during some research for CigarStudent.com.... http://www.cigar.com/info/classify.asp

There is something I've been thinking about lately... If I were to explain to a new cigar smoker what the different tastes that we get from cigars are like...I'm not sure I could do too many of them justice... For example...what does "cedar" taste like...what does "earth" taste like...what...

I have seen both these terms used before with cigars, I believe especially with using punches for cigars, and I was just wondering if there were any pictures/explanations that could help me understand these two things.

With all the talk of "resting" and aging cigars, I'm wondering if I might set aside a few. Will all cigars benefit from resting/aging, or only certain wrappers, like a maduro for example?

Quick question about the oust fans. I understand why it is a good idea to use one. But what size humi is too small. I just got a new 200 ct with two top shelves and a three section bottom. The top was much more humid then the bottom. I removed the credos from the inside of the lid and it...

I toast cigars but I don't know the reason. I just do it because that's what your supposed to do. Anyone know the reason for it?

Any advice on how to lower the humidity in my humidor, my top section is reading around 83 and I would like to lower it to around 65-73, thanks for advice :)

I do know I am a newb here but while reading over past reviews and such I did notice one thing: Most reviews ignore a cigar's different "notes!!" (or just separating them) In the most basic scenario there would be 2 notes: room and taste. Or there could be 3 notes: "raw" cigar smell, room, and...

Is the Cigar Oasis a sealed unit? What I mean is...I own a Hydra from Heartfelt Industries, and I really like it, except for one thing. It is refillable (which is great) but that means it is not a sealed unit...so the humidity from the foam in the bottom cartridge will actually hydrate the...

What does bloom look like...today I had a Camacho 1962, and it had little speckles all over the wrapper, almost looked like finely ground bronze or copper dust...

I was wondering if anyone heard of Avallo Accumonitor? Its an electronic humidification device. Any news on it?

Just curious if anyone has tried any of the cigarillos in the tins from any of the various manufacturers? I know that they are machine made, but I've read some reviews that some are pretty close to the real thing. I don't always have time to fully enjoy a cigar with a 3 yo running around the...

Here is kind of a newbie question I really really really enjoy a cigar at the end of my day, sitting out on the pool deck, on the computer or reading, and a nice cigar, but there is a problem I've been smoking for about 6 months and I've always had a big problem with having to spit a lot...

how about someone lists a cigar and then someone else lists how they would cut it and why and then the person who answers lists a different cigar with something in common, either same brand ,wrapper filler, dimensions, year, etc... I'll start, I've been saving a gurkha beast for five months...