Leave cigars sit after purchase

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kuzi16

Joined Apr 2006

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on the grass

• Sep 17, 2007

• #21

as far as i know ciger.com does nto freeze their cigars at all.


most of the higher end cigar makers fumagate so it shouldnt be an issue. i would freeze the contence of my humidor unless i already had a problem. if i have a problem then i do something about it. no problems, no effort.

 

PuFf

Joined Mar 2007

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Phoenix, AZ

• Sep 17, 2007

• #22

Hatchetman said:

Cigars coming by mail in the summer endure heat way above hatching temp. for larvae...should i be concerned with the smokes from cigar.com? have they been frozen to kill the buggers?

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I've had plenty of cigars shipped to me this summer from CCOM and I live in Phoenix. Temps were in the 110° - 115° range and I've never had a problem with the dreaded tobacco beetle. The guy at the local B&M told me that most the good manufacturers freeze or fumigate for beetles so they really shouldn't be a problem with most brands.

 

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Hatchetman

Joined Sep 2007

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In my Mack truck somewhere in a Chicago suburb smo

• Sep 17, 2007

• #23

getting back to letting smokes sit after purchase...if I wanted to age cigars for say 2 years...would it be ideal to leave them in their original box and cellophane...or would i want to age them in their own humi?

 

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NJsmokey

Joined Aug 2007

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• Sep 17, 2007

• #24

Based on what I have read here and else where they will age either way. Some feel faster without the cello. Personally I used to take teh cello off. I have some cigars that I have had like this for about two yers. witout the cello some of the wrappers have gotten damaged. So now I leave the cello on the individual cigars, dosen't looks as nice but it protects sticks that get moved around. I do thouh have a seond smaller humi with a few sticks that I plan on letting rest for an extended period.

 

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Muerte

Joined Nov 2005

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Princeton NJ

• Sep 17, 2007

• #25

I leave my celo on now to protect my wrappers from damage while rotating cigars.

 

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kuzi16

Joined Apr 2006

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on the grass

• Sep 18, 2007

• #26

i always leave the cello on, even when i want to age. Ive never aged a box. I dont have the room for that. of i had a 500+ count humi then i would... but i dont.

 

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Hatchetman

Joined Sep 2007

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In my Mack truck somewhere in a Chicago suburb smo

• Sep 18, 2007

• #27

Muerte said:

I leave my celo on now to protect my wrappers from damage while rotating cigars.

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how and how often do you rotate your humi?

 

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kuzi16

Joined Apr 2006

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on the grass

• Sep 18, 2007

• #28

i rotate the aging humi once a year. i rotate the others as i smoke. newest on th bottom oldest on the top.


... mostly.


there are a few that arent like that and sometimes i just toss em in there cos im in a hurry, but in general thats how i roll.

 

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Muerte

Joined Nov 2005

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Princeton NJ

• Sep 19, 2007

• #29

Depends on what I want to smoke for the most part. When I have to dig to the bottom for a cigar the cello protects the wrapper.

 

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Hatchetman

Joined Sep 2007

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In my Mack truck somewhere in a Chicago suburb smo

• Sep 20, 2007

• #30

Do you rotate your humi because you want your oldest on top...or is there a physical reason to rotate cigars?

If i bought a box of 5Vegas "A" Torpedos, and took them out of the cello, left them in their cedar sleeves (nummy), and put them in their own brand new humi that is seasoned and ready to accept smokes, and then humidified that with a cigar oasis, which in turn would move the air around in there as well, and made this a run-on sentence, would i need to do anything to it for the 2 year aging adventure? (other than check for hatchlings)
<- out of breath

 

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kuzi16

Joined Apr 2006

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on the grass

• Sep 20, 2007

• #31

i would rotate them once every 6 months to a year. ... im not sure it would do anything, but it would make me feel good.


i like to feel good.

some of the "amazing finds" that a cigar company makes are cigars that are in a controlled area but "forgetten about"

if they didnt know they were there, then they could not have been rotated. those finds always seem to taste great to me.


i rotate my humi cos i like to smoke the oldest first, generally speaking.