And thank The Lord that you don't have to. Sometimes though, when you have time for a cigar, but perhaps not ANY cigar, it's a good idea to have an idea of how long it will take. Most of us probably hate to waste anything, food, good cigars, etc., so why pull out a Churchill when you only have half an hour?
As far as tight rolls, I caution everyone to very carefully remember that while that is indeed true, there are some perfectly rolled cigars of the same size that will burn quite differently. The key thing here is the tobaccos.
So, the bottom line is, watch out for tight rolls, but remember the tobaccos too. This will also help you to enhance your enjoyment of this wonderful pleasure and hobby that God has allowed us to enjoy in our all too brief span in "Basic Training."
If you know the national origins of all three components, filler, binder and wrapper, and with just a little observation, even if you've never smoked a certain cigar before, you may be able to estimate the smoking time well enough to know what size to smoke when time is limited. As pointed out, robustos generally take 30-45 minutes. BUUUUUUUUUUT, . . .
yup, one day you WILL run into the robusto that takes you over an hour, and the boss will be wondering why you were late to the meeting. Just TRY telling her you didn't want to waste that delicious Nicaraguan filler, Mexican binder and sun grown Connecticut seed Ecuadoran-grown wrapper.
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Before you smoke your cigar, also make visual observations. Put the cigar right up to your eyes. Doing this in public will make you look like a jerk, but I do it all the time.
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Oh wait, I AM A JERK!!!
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Anyway, look at the wrapper, and also feel it. Thick or thin? Dark or light? Do the same with the foot before you light it. Look inside your cigar, at all it's private parts. :mrgreen: What does the filler look like. Thick or thin? There will no doubt be several different kinds of leaves in there. All thick? All thin? Light? Dark? Combination?
These things will all help you, along with the tightness of the roll and size, to give a decent ball park estimate as to smoking time. If you have some regular favorites always around, like me, you will eventually learn these things by heart. A Hemingway Classic, about the size of a Churchill, can take me anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half, depending sometimes also on the humidity level it's been recently stored at. These are all considerations.
Ahhhhhhhhh, the endless fun of The Wonderful World of Fhine, Fhine, Pttttttttttttemium Cigahhhhhhhhhhhs.
