News — Cigar How To's

 One of the factors that separates the rookies from the pros when it comes to smoking cigars can be the little things like smoke tricks. There are a lot of cool smoke tricks out there, but most of them evolve from the simple smoke ring. We’ve all seen it: the cool guy at the bar or with a group of friends. He drags on whatever he’s smoking, does something with his mouth, and one or more perfect smoke rings comes swirling above his head off towards the ceiling. Ever wonder how to make that happen? Well, look no more, because...

Before you even start thinking about cleaning your humidor- Stop! Why are you thinking about doing it? Have you discovered mold on your humidor or cigars? Have you recently been the victim of a tobacco beetle infestation? Have you maybe used bad water to recharge your humidor and have scale buildup? Do you have a lot of Tobacco dust and debris in your humidor? Other than these reasons, or if you just haven’t done it for a few months or more, you probably don’t really need to clean your humidor. In order for it to do the job it was...

As a cigar smoker, you’ll likely experience an unraveling wrapper from time to time. The unraveling wrapper is a situation whereby your cigar wrapper gets loose and starts to break. This may be an unpleasant experience and therefore, each cigar smoker needs to learn how to avoid it. However, in order to do so, it’s paramount that one learns the causes first. Over Drying or Over Humidification of Cigars Wrapper unraveling may happen if the cigar is stored in a very high humidity. The high humidity causes the wrappers to rapidly expand. In case the same humidity cannot be maintained,...

So you’ve bought a cigar cutter and plan to remove the cap from your cigar. This is one of the first things you’ll ever need to start perfecting before you start smoking cigars. The better you are at it, the more of your cigar you’ll have left. The best thing you can do is to remove just enough of the cap that you reach the point where the line meets the body of the cigar and no more. This’ll ensure that you get the most out of your cigar and are able to get a good smoke out of it....

  There’s no joy like firing up a cigar every once in a while to enjoy in the comfort of your own home or on a night out on the town. To ensure that cigar is in top condition, preserved perfectly in any humidor, it’s important to use the right water. Of course, there are plenty of tips and tricks out there to beat the natural aging of cigars, but here’s a main one only the experts use. Purified water is the way to go for preserving any cigars in a humidor. In fact, the more highly purified the water is,...