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View Poll Results: How long do you wait to smoke newly recieved cigars?
Immediately 5 33.33%
1 week 4 26.67%
1 month 3 20.00%
3 months 0 0%
6 months 1 6.67%
1 year 0 0%
Else-please explain 2 13.33%
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Old 10-04-2022, 10:13 AM   #1
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How long do you wait to smoke newly received cigars

Am curious of others methods, and just trying to gauge a time by posts isnt nearly as easy as a poll, so here it is above. Cast you votes.

Thanks in advance to those who participate

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Old 10-04-2022, 12:03 PM   #2
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Usually not long enough with new to me cigars and sometimes regret it If it's a restock, at least a couple of weeks to a couple of months. I have found some brands really benefit from at least a year, like Warped for example.

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Old 10-04-2022, 12:17 PM   #3
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Really depends on what cigar it is. If I get more than one, sometimes I'll smoke one ROTT and let the others sit for a month or so to acclimate.
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Old 10-04-2022, 07:57 PM   #4
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It really depends. If it's something I have in stock it's likely months. If it's new to me, I probably wait a week or longer. But if the new to me is a box purchase, the majority of the cigars in that box could age for a year or longer before I get to it.
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I age from the truck to the house. Sometimes they don't make it to the house.



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Old 10-05-2022, 05:57 AM   #6
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Should probably mention that i voted for a week, while like Stogie5150, some are within a couple days of arrival.

So far have only had 1 cigar that was just terrible tasting right away, but after 3 months in my tupperdor, they were like a whole new cigar. Very odd as others from the same vendor and same order smoked fine whenever the mood hit me within about a week.

I have a lot of trouble even making it a week with new to me cigars. I'm always so anxious to try one.
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Old 10-05-2022, 06:13 AM   #7
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It really depends. If it's something I have in stock it's likely months. If it's new to me, I probably wait a week or longer. But if the new to me is a box purchase, the majority of the cigars in that box could age for a year or longer before I get to it.
Another pretty much expected answer, as its similar to Scott's reply
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Old 10-15-2022, 03:12 AM   #8
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My habit is to smoke one (if it's new to me) ROTT . If that one is good, they're going to be okay. If not ok, maybe rest will help.
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Really depends on what cigar it is. If I get more than one, sometimes I'll smoke one ROTT and let the others sit for a month or so to acclimate.
This is an an answer I totally expected and the reason for the "Else-Please explain " button

Depends if i just got a fiver or a box. Both typically get one tested within a week, but fivers will get smoked up within a couple months at most, while a box gets smoked slowly over the course of about a year.
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Old 10-15-2022, 09:21 AM   #10
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Thanks for the detailed answer.

I'm pretty anal about getting my cigars into a tupperdor asap, but the average humidity in my room is like 32%. That said, i know it honestly wouldn't hurt them to sit out for a couple weeks. I recall once reading that the rule of thumb was gaining or losing roughly 2% rh about every 2 weeks.

No idea if that's true or not, as i have never seen it mentioned anywhere but the post i read it in.

I also understand about tupperdor tetris starting just recently. Both my 74qt tupperdors are completely filled now, so i had to use 2, roughly 80ct tupperdors for overflow, and my genius ass will be ordering 2 more bundles in a couple weeks, so they will have to go in overflow too.

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