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Smoking a cigar correctly adds class and elegance to a person’s physical appearance. You can differentiate a pro from an amateur by how they light the cigar, how they hold it, and how they put it off. A cigar smoking gurus knows that before you light a cigar, you need to first cut it and toast it, then proceed with lighting it. A quality cigar cutter gives the opening a sharp look, unlike a blunt poor quality cutter. An experienced cigar smoker knows the right size to cut so that the cigar doesn’t unwraps and how to do so with...

There are several different types of tobacco. Which plants the cigar producer chooses and how much of each creates vastly different flavors, burning tendencies, and strengths. Knowing different types of tobacco will help you better choose a flavor of a cigar to your liking. There are three types of leaves: filler tobacco, the binder leaf, and wrapper tobacco. Filler tobacco is the main determinate for the strength of the cigar. There are several types of filler tobacco, the most common are ligero, volado, and seco. Ligero is used among the highest quality cigars, it comes from the top of the...

 Choosing the right tobacco strength to most can be a very personal experience. For some people, tobacco pipes are sentimental and need to be preserved and even inherited by next generations. It’s this level of importance attached to tobacco pipes that necessitates the discussion on how to go about choosing the right tobacco strength. If you’re a beginner, corn pipe is highly recommended as your first. The pipe is easy to use for beginner pipe smokers because it doesn’t need prior break-in, making it perfect for anyone with or without experience. If you’re willing to buy or acquire a briar or meerschaum,...

When blending the tobacco, the blender’s trying to tantalize the human palate! Therefore, a well-blended cigar should awaken all of the following taste experiences. It should taste sweet, sour, salty and a hint of bitter and umami! Umami is often described as a meat flavor on the human palate but can have other tastes as well. You do all this by blending the sweet tobacco leaves with the harsh leaves and the bitter or sour leaf of the tobacco. Then finally using the umami flavoring, the cigar becomes a thing of pleasure while smoking from beginning to end. Tobacco blending...

Getting the most out of your cigar means you need to be able to properly cut off the tip to enjoy the aged tobacco. However, this needs to be done properly. Incorrectly cutting the cigar will result in you getting a less than ideal experience. Here’s the proper way in 3 steps to cut your cigar and enjoy your smoking experience: Step #1: The Cigar Cutter In order to cut your cigar like the professionals, you need to start with a quality cigar cutter. Using an inferior made cigar cutter will cause you to cut the end in the wrong position, causing the...