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Aged Cigars - Smoking History
The Best Aged Cigars, From 30 to 60 Years Old are Refined, Stylish Powerhouses of Flavor
by James Suckling
The cigar's wrapper has an opulent dark brown color; its texture is silky and flawless. A large band, slightly yellowing and oily like the surface of an old painting, encircles it with the name "Belinda" printed in block letters. Perhaps most striking is its ornate style with a red background and a gold crest of a leaping lion, a key and… Continue
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Last Word on Tobacco Beetles
By Jason Sheftell
It eats like a pig, breeds like a bunny, lives fast and dies young. It worships tobacco and heat. It's cosmopolitan. It's Lasioderma serricorne, better known as the tobacco beetle, and it loves nothing more than to hatch in your humidor and feast on your cigars.
No bigger than a pinhead, the tobacco beetle makes cigar lovers around the world tremble. One generation of its offspring can take a sizable bite… Continue
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Restoring Dry Cigars
You discover a box of your favorite cigars that you left in a closet for six months, and the cigars are as dry as a bone. What do you do?
First, have patience. Put the cigars in a humidor that hasn't been charged in the previous week. Let them rest in the slightly dry humidor for a few days so the cigars absorb some humidity. Then, partially fill the humidification system, letting the cigars rest for another week before fully charging the humidity… Continue
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Cigar Tobacco - Growing Regions
Cuba
Cuban tobacco is acknowledged as among the finest in the world. Cuba's best tobacco-growing area is in the Vuelta Abajo, part of the Pinar del Rio region area in western Cuba. In general, Cuban tobacco is strong and full-bodied, with spicy and aromatic flavors. It is also renowned for its suppleness. Most factories of premium hand-rolled cigars are located in or near Havana, the capital city.
Dominican Republic
The quality and… Continue
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Cigar Manufacturing
The making of a premium hand-rolled cigar is a complicated process. In some factories, a leaf may be touched by human hands up to 40 times before the cigar is completed.
Growing the Tobacco
Cigar tobacco reaches the factory after a series of six-week periods; six weeks to germinate seeds before transplanting to a field; six weeks to grow the tobacco plant to maturity; six weeks for a complete harvest, followed by a series of periods of… Continue
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Cutting and Lighting
Last issue we inaugurated our Cigar 101 series with a rundown of the myriad shapes, shades and sizes that make up the world of cigars. The next step on the road to aficionado status? Mastering a few simple but invaluable techniques for cutting and lighting.
Preparing to smoke a cigar can be a wonderful experience in itself. You will be spending quality time with a quality product, and it will be to your benefit to reflect upon its creation… Continue
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Taste and Flavor
by Michael Frank
A love affair with cigars is like most affairs of the heart. We swoon over the beauty and elegance, but we never really know what makes us love--and we don't want to. To overanalyze a cigar, or a mate, is to destroy the mystery. That's the analogy cigar gurus such as Ernesto Carrillo (maker of La Gloria Cubana and El Rico Habano) and Carlos Fuente Jr. (Arturo Fuente, among other brands) use when they reluctantly discuss the relationship… Continue
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Shapes, Shades and Sizes
by George Brightman
If you're like most cigar smokers, you must have paced back and forth in front of the display at your local tobacconist, scratching your head, trying to make sense of the cigars there. The names and the numbers for many brands seem designed to confuse buyers, and one company's Churchill size is another company's double corona.
There is no real mystery, once you accept the reality that the cigar lexicon is confusing.… Continue
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Cuban Embargo FAQ
Note: The following… Continue
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Top 10 Questions about Cigars
In no particular order, here are answers to 10 of the most commonly asked questions about cigar smoking. If you're new to cigars, you will find this section invaluable, and if you've been smoking for years, you may learn some things you had not previously considered.
Q. My cigars are overhumidified. What can I do to restore the humidor to optimal conditions? Can the cigars be saved?
A. In most cases, the cigars… Continue
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Glossary of Cigar Terms
What's the difference between seco and ligero? How is ring gauge measured? What's tunneling? Our recently updated cigar glossary is a must-read for novices and aficionados alike.
Amarillo-- A yellow wrapper leaf grown under shade.
American Market Selection-- Abbreviated AMS, a seldom-used term created by the major importer of Cuban cigars in the 1950s to designate claro-colored wrappers. (Also see English Market… Continue
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Drinks that complement Cigars
Spirits and wine provide an ideal marriage with a premium hand-rolled cigar. Your choice of beverage depends on personal taste, but it can vary according to the occasion. Sometimes what you want with your after-dinner cigar is the full-bodied, slightly sweet taste of a vintage Port; or maybe you want the palate-cleansing sharpness of an aged Cognac.
Port
Port is a traditional partner for a great cigar. The sweetness and alcoholic power of… Continue
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Storing Cigars
In the two previous installments of Cigar Aficionado's cigar education series -- excerpted from editor and publisher Marvin R. Shanken's Shanken's Cigar Handbook -- we examined cigar shapes, colors and sizes as well as proper cutting and lighting techniques. In this installment we explore the ways cigar aficionados can maintain the freshness of their cigars.
In many ways, fine cigars are like wine, orchids or humans traveling in space. They are natural,… Continue
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