Butane jet torches don't leave any residue, so logically they'd be the best at 'preserving the flavor'. Matches can add additional flavour from the wood burning residue.
I aaaaalways starting nodding to the old intro until the new one starts. I do like the new one. I used to only do matches, but doing it very wrong so I usually do the first method because I've finally got better at it. I'll do your way of matches next time. I have the camacho unleashed I've neen dying to get to. 💥💨. Also. Since you're in Arizona, not really sure how hot it gets there now that it's fall........you could always experiment with the magnifying glass/lighting technique. 😁.
Always light my cigars with a torch , very similar to how you lit up . I make sure I have a nice even burn before I actually begin smoking . My lighter has a really decent punch on it , convenient when away from home . Really enjoy the channel 👍👍
Sir, just wanted to say that you, your company and these videos are the blueprint we ALL should follow as cigar aficionados and honestly, I have always lit my cigars in the same exact way...James Gandolfini did as Tony Soprano. Just a way to honor his legacy and you must admit...it looks killer. I'm always up to new ways from your wisdom and learned 3 new things from this video. The end of a cigar is called a foot and when lighting your cigar, blow out, then continue the lighting process and Cedar Spills. Great insight Sir.
I typically use Matches at home and Torches on the go, but the all-time coolest way I've lit a cigar is allegedly an old-world style. Apparently back in the day when there were coal-fired heaters and wood-burning fireplaces in people's homes some of the upper crust were known to withdraw a lump of red hot coal from the fire with a set of tongues and use that to light their cigar. I got the chance to try it after smoking a brisket one day and grabbed a piece of post oak coal that had been on there and it was pretty great.
I find that I use matches for my more exclusive or expensive cigar, because at the start there is a taste difference. For the rest, usually a soft flame or jet lighter,
The cedars are handy if you're camping in one of those French War style tents and you happen to have an oil lamp... I do like the added flavor, and aroma.
Awesome new intro Tim! 100% of the time I use a butane torch lighter to light my cigars with. 1. I’m usually either outside smoking a cigar, or in the lounge smoking a cigar, which has a lot of air moving around due to the smoke eaters, and for me I just couldn’t use cigar matches, or a cedar spill, because they’d keep getting blown out by the wind outside, or the air movement in the lounge, and I’d have to keep using my butane torch lighter to relight either one anyways. So it’s a lot less frustrating for me to just use my butane torch lighter 100% of the time. To use the cigar matches, or cedar spills, you have to have perfectly still air, to have them burn long enough to get your cigar lit. And for me well that’s to rare of conditions for me to be smoking a cigar in anyways, so butane torch lighter it is for me.
just recently bought that torch insert for a Zippo lighter I had given my dad wish the ships logo on it from when I was in the Navy. back then he smoked pipes When he passed away in 2018 my sent his pipes and that lighter to me. I use it all the time now.
Table top butane lighter to cedar spill is my favorite. When I travel or don't take time I'll use a torch. I just ordered some long matches to try the 3 matches method 😊
At home I use a torch, but I was forced to use matches on a recent trip to Florida (can't bring a torch on the plane) and they worked just fine. Much harder to use in even a slight wind though, and I did not have the benefit of long matches like you used in the video. I went though a LOT of matches on that trip.
Been through torches, cedar, various fuels, matches, BICs and all the rest over my 25+ years of smoking fine cigars. I have used only my Zippo with Premium liquid fuel for the past 10 years and will never go back to wasting money. The rant about Zippos fouling cigars is unfounded bunk because there is NO off flavoring of the cigar. It works every time and all I have to do is put in some fuel once a week or so and a flint every 3 months. I once spent $70 on a Xikar torch and it lasted all of a month.
You are my favorite cigar specialist I watch a video of yours at least once a week.. continue the good work brother I've learned a lot from you and have found some amazing sticks🤟🏾😁
It's been 4 months since I last seen the contents from this channel. Just watching the intro made me give this a like 👍 without even know what the rest is like. But then again, it is Tim, so it must be good content 😎
My ritual for preparing a cigar for smoking is the following: I remove the cap of the cigar with the Xikar mtx-multitool, then I do a cold draw test, if it feels right then I use the Alec Bradley Burner to very slowly start toasting the foot outside of the actual flame while holding the cigar at a 45° angle and rotating it without drawing at the cigar, just holding it in the hand and rotate it with my fingers. I do this until the foot of the cigar is evenly lit, which can take a few minutes, and then I bring the cigar to my mouth and start drawing. So I don't draw and hold the flame against the foot, it's completely lit before I start drawing. Only if I didn't do a good job while toasting and it didn't got lit very well, which to me happened only a few times, then I hold the flame against the foot while drawing. This can also be done with any other soft flame lighter. When a touch up becomes necessary at some point, only then I use a torch flame lighter because it's more precise and gets the job done a bit better than a soft flame. All in all, let the cigar slowly light itself, give it the time that it deserves.
For me i use two methods to light a cigar. The first is with a clean burning butane soft flame, namely the IM corona old boy. I hold the cigar at an angle half an inch above the flame and light the cigar slowly. Usually takes me between 2 to 3 minutes. I never pull the flame to the cigar. The second message I use is referred to as the three match method. I don’t cut the cigar until it’s fully lit. The first match is for warming up the tobacco. The second match is for toasting the foot. Finally the third match is for lighting the cigar. What’s the point in rushing something that’s going to take you between an hour to two hours to enjoy
I prefer a torch for the conveniences (carrying, getting a quick and steady flame) but then I use it at the furthest distance I can, I guess in an attempt to duplicate the gentle heat of a soft flame. Sometimes its surprising how far away the actual flame can be and still achieve the heat needed. This is especially true for touch ups
Love the enthusiasm that u put in ur videos!😃 Like to light them up with a match at home and smoke outside... and for little touch ups the torch. Smoke slow and I can tell, I smoke until my nails without the cigar to turn or just a tiny bit... Keep the great job mate! 💪🏻
Butane torch lighters are actually more pure than soft flame or matches/cedar, as they fully combust the fuel, unlike the other methods. You can test this at home, grab a white porcelain plate and burn the underside with each of the lighting methods. The incomplete combustion of the soft flame/match will leave a dark soot spot on the plate, whereas there's no discoloration with a torch lighter. All of that partially unburnt matter that spots the plate goes into your cigar and affects the taste. As for your experience on this video with getting not as clean a taste with the torch lighter compared to matches, it could be that you're heating up the cigar too much on your first draw with the torch flame directly touching it while lighting. I don't mean to teach a cigar shop owner how to smoke lol, but honestly try this out once to see if you feel a difference, light up a cigar without doing the last step where you puff on it while applying the flame. You can instead lightly blow on the cherry and then do your first draw as you would normally smoke a cigar. That should keep carbonization to a minimum and give you a cleaner first draw. You could even do a video on this and compare the experiences!
I really enjoy the macanudo inspirado line, particularly the red. I almost always use a torch lighter for cigars personally but I’d personally sooner use the zippo that I EDC to light a cigar in favor of matches. I’m used to a zippo cause I use a zippo pipe lighter when I smoke pipe tobacco, so the flavor/ smell that some people complain about doesn’t really bother me, but whenever I try to light tobacco using a match I can never seem to burn off all the sulfur so it leaves my tobacco tasting foul. Pair that with the total lack of wind resistance and I just don’t consider myself a fan of them. Cedar might be a decent way to go but I haven’t tried it myself yet. You joke about using a Magnifying glass but I genuinely have used one to light my pipe tobacco before and found it to work surprisingly well. This is of course all just personal opinion. Just like whiskey the best way to do it is the way you like it.
@@circuitsandcigars1278 thanks for the tip. Thing is, I’ve let a match burn halfway down the stick before using it and I still noticed that the flavor was tainted.
I use the three ways depending where I smoke. Matches and cedar spills inside at a cigar lounge. Torch lighter always outside because it is convenient when it is a little windy. If there is no wind I can try matches or cedar outside too.
I use a soft flame butane lighter most of the time. I do keep a single jet butane torch handy for touching up the burn or when it is to windy for the soft flame.
My favorite way to smoke is outdoors in calm conditions with a soft flame butane. I’m going to try spills and see how that goes for me next. I usually carry a single jet torch so if it gets windy. I like to use a punch or v cuts on round caps and scissors on torpedos.
Well Tim I’m new to the game with no experience other than these cheap butane lighters I got at my local cigar shop that suck. I’m actively looking for a good source now, I’ll be trying all three of these methods after watching your video and just receiving your mystery box in the mail last night.
When is the next live ? Man I found your channel a few days ago and I was on the road and listen to 3 loves and I loved them, sadly I couldn’t get the Oliva special.
@@Marioscorneraquatics yes I saw that, he looks very humble and straight guy, I really enjoyed the lives when I was driving, he just have some good energy that makes you watch his videos ahahaha.
I use my dad's old Zippo that he carried through WW2 on cheap sticks in the field. If it's a good cigar, I generally stick to matches, though you can't get the long Swan matches here anymore.
I too usually use my torch butane to fire up my stogies. I also use the matches that the cigar shops give me once in awhile, incase I don't have my torch with me. I had also experienced using cedar strips while vacationing in my brother in law's house in Florida and it was nice to use something different. I've learned my lesson the hard way in using a regular lighter and regular cheap cigarette matches. Those truly destroy the flavor of the tobacco. But, when I was out camping in Florida with my brother in law, I used twigs instead and that was an amazing nostalgic experience. It's how cowboys lit their sticks.
Wooden kitchen matches to light up. I prefer the soft yellow flame to start an even burn. Touch up with the tip of a torch flame. I seem to get an uneven burn from the beginning if I initially light with a torch.
Since I smoke outside, the torch is the best option for me. Inside, I could see how cedar could be nice, as it burning would create a very nice smell mixed with the cigar smoke. 🤷🏼♂️
I smoke my cigars outside and because of wind issues, I use a torch. I dont get all fancy with it. I just use the heat from the flame for light up. If it's too windy, than I'll go right for the flame and adjust as needed. I just like to enjoy a good smoke and not create more work to do it.
Smoking a cigar for me is soo much more it can even be emotional and nostalgic so when I'm feeling that way I use my 30 yr old soft flame zippo.. if I'm feeling more conventional I use a single torch feeling randy ill use a 3 burner torch I light blow on it blow let it sit and enjoy anyone telling me anything else ....just noise I'll smoke it like I like it 👌
Matches or a Bic. Nothing wrong with a plain old Bic. Would love to have a fancy torch but just think how many cigars or Bics I could buy for the price, so haven't gotten one yet.
Triple flame torch to me has just the right amount of coverage for toasting 48-58 ring gauges without being overbearing or not bearing enough. A regular Bic soft flame lighter for relights and touch ups since you don’t need that much heat to do that.
Butane double flame for me. Unlike many others I see, I toast the foot then do a quick full light up. I see so many just torch the hell out of the foot. It can’t be good. Sometimes I am surprised there’s anything left!
Idk why but I use a regular BIC lighter to heat it up and then use a torch for first puff. Going to try the matches though, I think I would like that on occasion
Torches indoors or when theres no wind is too fast for me. White gloves on, scotch and cedar strip with matches. 😂🇬🇧 More flavour as you say with matches. 😂
My butane lighter broke so Ive been using wood matches and I have to say, I’m in no hurry to buy a new table top lighter. Don’t get me wrong. I still keep my small portable torch for outside and touch ups. But when I’m just relaxing and forcing myself to slow down, that match really is the ticket.
I like my collection of torch lighters so far. Might try matches some time to see what differences might be had? Doesn't seem like there'd be a big difference?
A couple decades age when I used to smoke cigars matches seemed to be the best way. Now since I have gotten back into cigars seems torches are the only way...
I'm a little bit of a purist when it comes to certain things but I learned many years ago to just let people ruin things and learn the hard way, then I sit there with my evil smirk because the look of absolute animosity and annoyance isn't worth it when you show them the correct way and why we do it like that
No matter where I am when lightingup a cigar - which is 99% outside - matches are too frustrating to use so my Xikar flat-flame is my #1 lighter. If I happen to be in my shop with a cigar I will use my propane hand torch or oxy-acetylene welder. Obviously I lack enough taste buds to notice any flavor difference for those first few puffs, LOL.
I'm like really new to cigars like 3-4 months. I started with butane but now I use matches, and just recently light cedar with matches. So kinda snobby I suppose.
I light my cigar with whatever I have on hand. If I forget my butane, I go with matches. If I don't have matches, I'll ask if anyone has a disposable Bic lighter. Cedar spills are reserved for the cigar bar that I go to that has complimentary matches and spills.
