My problem with the cigar’s I mostly smoke is that I have to save them for later. I love the smaller cigar’s but my access to them is limited so I have to go with the longer ones that take more time and I just don’t have the time to sit and smoke for two to three hours. So uh this video helps me a lot. Thanks.
You got to keep in mind that it’s a special occasion smoke, not your daily smoke. That’s why once you light, just sit there and smoke it in one go. If you don’t finish, who cares, just throw it away. It isn’t going to be the same after sitting.
I've experimented at length with saving cigars. Im convinced it can't be done. It will always taste acrid and smell like an ashtray later no matter how far back I cut it. However, instead....before smoking, I slide the label down to around the halfway point and cut the cigar in half. I smoke the head and later smoke the foot. I rarely have any issue with the cigar wrapper falling apart as long as I've got the label holding it together and the cigar remains at 69-72% humidity.
@Nemanja Lucic - It hasnt in my experience but I wouldnt consider myself an expert in any way. The piece saved for later gets put back into the humidor so it stays at 69-72% humidity and rests against all the other cigars in the box. That being said, my favorite cigar right now is the Nub connecticut 354 which is made by Oliva. It comes as a half size cigar which solves this problem. But if I ever try a full size Robusto or larger cigar I usually cut it in half and leave the remainder in the humidor for later.
the best way to save a cigar for later is to start a new one. Once you've drawn heat and smoke through a stick and let it go out, the flavor has changed. You will not get the same experience and flavor from the cigar if you light is up again if you leave if for more then a few hours.
I just cut of the tip as far in that is needed to get off all the burnt stuff, it is quick and simple. But it is best in general to avoid it if you can but it is to bad to waste a cigar just to avoid re lighting.
Is it odd that I do enjoy the dark and burnt, kind of musty and used, burnt smoke taste of a used cigar. It a weirdly pleasant taste to cheap to affordable whiskeys. It is a quite pungent and harsh on the taste buds and the mouth feel is something to get used to but I enjoy it.
