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Respecting the Smoker
This video has to do with smoker etiquette. This is important to me as I tend to smoke cheap cigars.
How to Cut a Cigar – Video
Here’s a video I found on YouTube that shows you exactly how to cut a cigar with many different kinds of cigar cutters.
Wish List Item – Steel Cigar Cutter – Self Sharpening
The next thing on my wish list is a Steel Cigar Cutter. I’m thinking about getting one that is self sharpening like this one. Either way, I’m going to get one through Cuban Crafters because they have the best prices and their good cigar cutters have lifetime guarantees.
Cigar Humidor Combo – on the Cheap
Today I received my order from Cuban Crafters. I got a beatiful Humidor and 50 cigars for only $80. I didn’t realize how big the humidor would be. The pictures on the website make it seem smaller, to me anyway. This seems like an awesome deal, but I’ll post an update after I smoke a couple of the cigars. I’m going to leave them in my coolerdor for a while to let them rehydrate. Also, I’m going through the break in process on the humidor. Click here to see the deal I got.
Update: Original Cubans
While the first few of these have been good. I’ve also had a couple that fell apart. This may also be a result of my cutter getting dull, but I can’t imagine this would have such an impact.
Cigar Review: Havana Classico Pequenos
These cigars are not pretty, they’re not consistant in size or shape, however they are very good and a great deal. I got 75 for $35 and I haven’t had a bad one yet. For the cost of a swisher sweet you get a real handmade cigar with some great flavor. It was the reviews on CI that finally sold me on these, and sure enough, they were dead on.
Cigar Review: Pirate’s Gold
This is a cigar only available at CI, and it’s fantastic. These are the kinds of deals I love. I spent about $1.25 per stick and got an outstanding cigar. They are very consistant, have a good flavor, burn nice, what can I say, just a really good cigar especailly for the price.
I will definately order these again, if they don’t run out before I get the chance.
Building a Coolerdor
My old 20 cigar humidor wasn’t cutting it anymore. In order to get the really good deals you have to order boxes. To that end I built a coolerdoor. There are instructions in a bunch of places online, so I won’t bore you with the details.
Here’s an overview of what I used.
- Cheap cooler $19 for a 39qt (unfortunately because of the season I couldn’t get a great deal)
- 10 boxes from CI ($20), I only used 4-5 of them and I had some for the cigars I ordered to fill it up. My understanding is having boxes helps both by putting some spanish cedar in there as well as keeping the cigars from being all exposed to the dry air when you open the cooler.
- Hygrometer $20
- Crystal Gel Humidification agent ( started with two small containers for $10, and I’ve added one more small one and one bigger one)
So far it seems to be doing a good job of keeping the humidy right and stays sealed well. One thing that worked out nicely for this cooler is that it doesn’t have a drain plug. I have no idea why you’d have a cooler without a drain plug, but it works better for the coolerdor.
Cigar Review: Flor Del Todo
Flor Del Todo was one of the first cigars I ordered from CI. I ordered them because they are cheap (about a buck a stick). If I was to review these in one word it would be inconsistent. I smoked most of the 40 myself, (gave a few away to friends), and some were good and some were bad, a couple were awful. With all the options out there, I don’t think I’d order this one again.
Cigar Review: Superiores
I ordered a box 25 of these from CI for $35. Now let me tell you, this review is going to be a little odd.
I like the flavor of these cigars, but the draw was so difficult, I didn’t like the cigar. I did however (following advice) use a bamboo skewer to open up the cigar, and when I did that it was a really good smoke. I may actually order more of these, however only if they get a bit cheaper.
Additionally, I may have just got a bad box, because none of the reviews I read, talk about a hard draw.
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