Thread: Storing cigars.

I just had a some bad tasting cigars and I'm not real sure why. I want to make sure it don't happen again. I am some what new to having a humidor. I have been smoking cigars for years. Within the last 6 months I bought my first humidor. I have been buying sample packs and I'm not real sure but the all started tasting the same and bitter. I trashed them all a few hundreds bucks worth. That's in the past now. Moving forward I just want to make sure it don't happen again. When I get cigars in and go to store them how do I do it. I know to keep it at 70 and 70. But as far as the storing the cigars them self I just want to make sure I do it right. Plz help.

did you season the humidor?

are you buying infused cigars?

I did season it. And I'm not sure what u mean by infused. I just recently started buying quality cigars. What I found that I like the best is Monte cristo platinum's. I have been buying sampler packs.

If you have your humidor at a constant temperature around 68-72° with the humidity within the same limits there shouldnt be any issues.

Originally Posted by 82bige01

I just had a some bad tasting cigars and I'm not real sure why. I want to make sure it don't happen again. I am some what new to having a humidor. I have been smoking cigars for years. Within the last 6 months I bought my first humidor. I have been buying sample packs and I'm not real sure but the all started tasting the same and bitter. I trashed them all a few hundreds bucks worth. That's in the past now. Moving forward I just want to make sure it don't happen again. When I get cigars in and go to store them how do I do it. I know to keep it at 70 and 70. But as far as the storing the cigars them self I just want to make sure I do it right. Plz help.

Usually overhumidified sticks taste bitter. Many B&Ms keep their humidors overhumidified to compensate for the losses of constant opening and closing. So, if it's coming directly from the B&M, that's a likely cause. You can try dry boxing your smokes for a day or two before smoking. It may straighten you out. Try dropping your humidity level to about 65%. Also smoking too fast and getting the cigar too wet with your saliva can cause the bitter taste as well.

This may sound stupid but when I get the cigars in do I take the plastic off them and put them in the humidor.

Originally Posted by 82bige01

This may sound stupid but when I get the cigars in do I take the plastic off them and put them in the humidor.

For aging (1 year +) I take them off. Otherwise, I just leave them how they come.
This subject has been endlessly debated forever and there seems to be no right or wrong answer.

Originally Posted by JimF355

For aging (1 year +) I take them off. Otherwise, I just leave them how they come.
This subject has been endlessly debated forever and there seems to be no right or wrong answer.

That debate has been going on every forum. I would not take it off. I have had cohiba lanceros from the 1980s that came right out of celo and they have been great...amazing actually

I will start doing that then. Maybe that is where I went wrong. I had several different styles and types in there all at once. About $300 in sampler packs all in there together. I'm hoping that's all it was.

Originally Posted by spivy

That debate has been going on every forum. I would not take it off. I have had cohiba lanceros from the 1980s that came right out of celo and they have been great...amazing actually

I stand by there is no right or wrong answer, because neither on or off has a significant difference. The cello can hold in and, conversely, keep out humidity. If your overall humidity control is good, there is no reason to keep humidity in or keep it out.

I have done my method for conservatively 2,000,000 cigars (not a typo), with no issues.