Preparing Cigars for Humidor

George_pat

Do you cut the ends of your cigars before putting them in the humidor? (Told you I was a novice!!) George

ddubridge

Nope. Un cap before smoking.

mfotis

Feel free to send all your cigars to me and I will "prep" them for you just right :-)

webmost

Hey, somebody herf up with George, will ya? Help the new brother out.

George, give us at least a general idea where you live to a borther of the leaf can PM you and invite you over. Show you which end to light and which end to draw.

Or else, read everything ever posted by Kuzi in room 101. That works.

Gray4lines

webmost:

Hey, somebody herf up with George, will ya? Help the new brother out.

George, give us at least a general idea where you live to a borther of the leaf can PM you and invite you over. Show you which end to light and which end to draw.

Or else, read everything ever posted by Kuzi in room 101. That works.

Yeah, give us a state at least!

George_pat

I'm in Louisville, KY (preparing for the Derby). I am seasoning my humidor right now. I will read the posts. Thanks again.

Gray4lines

George_pat:

I'm in Louisville, KY (preparing for the Derby). I am seasoning my humidor right now. I will read the posts. Thanks again.

I bet that's fun! I'll be moving down to KY in june! Looking forward to bourbon tours...

xmacro

To expand a bit on the answers given - no prep is necessary. You don't even need to take the cigars out of the plastic (called cellophane, or just cello, for short) before you dump them into your humi - the cellophane breathes, allowing air and humidification in and out, so the cigars can stay it for years.

webmost

Gol dang you George! You get to live down in Gawd's Country! Beautiful state, innit?

As a matter of fact I hope to get to KY this Spring. But I'll be the other side of Lexington from you.

Last time I was in Louisville was because I bought a BMW R1200C motorcycle for a mere twenty seven hundred on the internet, and rode it back. Pulled in the drive at home and my neighbor Klaus who hails from Bavaria fell in love with it -- swarz mit weiss, you know. Bought it off me for eight grand, eight days later. Best and quickest bike flip I ever pulled. It was a great ride, though. Still regret selling it.

kuzi16

lemme throw a monkey wrench into the mix.

there is a theory that cutting a cigar before you put it into the humidor will allow for a more even distribution of moisture within the cigar itself. it will age more uniformly and the initial acclimation time to the RH that you prefer will be significantly shorter.
with air able to flow not just around the cigar but through it moisture is free to move about the cigar.

of course this is all just theory and unproven (especially by 99% of all people out there. i mean really who will notice how "even" a cigar ages? or how fast it acclimates to your own RH? not me. probably not you either. at some point its just over the top)

i dont cut mine before putting them into the humidor, but doing so wont hurt in any way and theoretically, it could help.

big chunks

Sometimes when I feel a cigar is spongy I cut it and let it sit for a week or so and most of the time it drys out slowly to proper humidity, I don't know if anyone else does this

AVJim

kuzi16:

lemme throw a monkey wrench into the mix.

there is a theory that cutting a cigar before you put it into the humidor will allow for a more even distribution of moisture within the cigar itself. it will age more uniformly and the initial acclimation time to the RH that you prefer will be significantly shorter.
with air able to flow not just around the cigar but through it moisture is free to move about the cigar.

of course this is all just theory and unproven (especially by 99% of all people out there. i mean really who will notice how "even" a cigar ages? or how fast it acclimates to your own RH? not me. probably not you either. at some point its just over the top)

i dont cut mine before putting them into the humidor, but doing so wont hurt in any way and theoretically, it could help.

Kuzi.... damn you! You always make me think about stuff!!!! I have noticed that the Hemingway (perfecto) ages much differently than it's brothers in the same humi. Perhaps it's because it isn't breathing at all the same.... makes sense. Ever experienced this? Perhaps cutting the cap would help?

webmost

Hey George, how'd you make out at the Derby? Gonna retire on your winnings, buy a horse farm, and sit round smoking cigars on the verandah rest of your life?

Or is that next year?