How to Age Cigars
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It’s true that some things just get better with time. Pain, wine and yes Cigars also are enhanced by the ageing process. A well aged cigar displays subtleties in flavour, the mellowness. It’s the reason why some people will pay high sums to enjoy a vintage cigar that has been aged in the right way. But don’t worry, you won’t necessarily need to hand over all your cash to enjoy the flavour and complexity of a well aged cigar, with a little care, the right tools and some patience, you can get started ageing your own cigars at home.
As we’ve said, when choosing to age a cigar, choose a good quality one to begin with. If you try to age a cheap cigar, you will probably find that after a year, the flavours won’t be enhanced and you will have wasted your time. Find yourself a good strong flavoured cigar and this will provide you with a quality finished item that you will be able to enjoy. The minimum time you want to age your cigars is about a year.
You will be ageing your cigar for about a year, but in order to do so, you need to buy a good quality cigar humidor. The humidor is needed so that you can store the cigar(s) in a suitable and stable environment. Storing the cigars using the 70-70 rule is best. That is at a constant humidity of 70% and a temperature of 70 degrees fahrenheit.
Buy a good quality cigar humidor that will keep your ageing cigars in a stable environment. If you don’t and the cigar humidor doesn’t maintain temperature and humidity, it can cause the contents to dry out or become moldy, thus destroying it. Either way you will lose the contents over time and be very disappointed.
When buying your cigar humidor, try to buy one with a cedar lining. The oils in the wood are aromatic and these mix with the oils in the tobacco over time. Ideally the space in the humidor should be about twice the volume of the cigars that it holds. Getting the mix right will help the ageing of your cigar will result in a quality cigar once the process is finished, one that you can enjoy, and one that won’t cost you the earth.
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