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Old 11-18-2015, 11:53 AM   #1
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Neglected tropical humidor

Got about 50 sticks in my el cheepo humidor that I started with many moons ago. I say neglected and I mean it....we didn't make it down to our cozumel home this summer so they just sat in Tropical heat and humidity for the past eight months. Opened it up fearing the worst but was greeted by the sweet smell of Spanish cedar and moist tobacco. When I say moist I mean it. The montecristo Ed ltd from 2012 was soft as a sponge, but it lit right up and is burning and drawing like a champ! Maybe maintaining a set humidity and temp is overrated? Maybe it's the hand squeezed margaritas I'm drinking?m maybe I'm just delusional from flying since 4am? Or it could just be the fact that I'm sitting in a hammock, on my porch, on a tiny island in the middle of the Caribbean looking at the ocean......
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Old 11-18-2015, 12:59 PM   #2
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First off - Congrats on having a house in Cozumel!
Second - yeah, i think cigars are pretty robust things. Fragile - they really do NOT want to be dry - but unless they get MOLD...
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I agree that we can be a little anal about cigar storage. The truth of the matter is that our grandfathers used a wooden box with the an apple core as a humidifier, and their cigars smoked just fine.
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Yep! The areas where tobacco cigars come from tend to be warm and humid.
As Rob points out, apple cores were indeed used as humidification devices.
The worst thing is totally dried out. Moist is OK as long as mold is avoided.
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Got about 50 sticks in my el cheepo humidor that I started with many moons ago. I say neglected and I mean it....we didn't make it down to our cozumel home this summer so they just sat in Tropical heat and humidity for the past eight months. Opened it up fearing the worst but was greeted by the sweet smell of Spanish cedar and moist tobacco. When I say moist I mean it. The montecristo Ed ltd from 2012 was soft as a sponge, but it lit right up and is burning and drawing like a champ! Maybe maintaining a set humidity and temp is overrated? Maybe it's the hand squeezed margaritas I'm drinking?m maybe I'm just delusional from flying since 4am? Or it could just be the fact that I'm sitting in a hammock, on my porch, on a tiny island in the middle of the Caribbean looking at the ocean......
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