Choosing The Cigars To Age In Your Cigar Humidor

Once you've tasted the mellow, delicious flavors of a high quality aged cigar

, you'll never want to go back to smoking anything else. There is a quality to aged cigars that blows anything else right out of the water, and that's why they are so expensive. If you've paid attention at your local cigar shop, you've probably noticed that the higher quality, ready aged cigars are quite a bit more expensive. That's because they are so prized for their superior flavor. When you are ready to start aging cigars on your own, you should invest in some high quality cigar accessories. The most important is the humidor.

When you are purchasing a humidor, make your choice carefully. You need a reliable machine that will keep your stogies at a consistent temperature and humidity level. The best method is to use the 70-70 rule, which says that you should store your tobacco cigars at 70 percent humidity and 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Any wetter, and you risk ruining the tobacco and creating the perfect environment for musty, moldy cigars. Any dryer, and you could stunt the aging process and make your cigars stale instead of flavorful. The right humidor should also be lined with cedar.

What kind of cigars are good candidates for the aging process, then? The purpose of aging your tobacco is to allow the flavors to mellow and deepen, so you should consider the top quality tobacco in your collection that may seem too powerful or odorous to smoke currently. To be honest, nearly every top quality cigar is a good candidate for the aging process. Investigate the humidors on the market and find a high quality one for aging your cigars.

How do you know which cigars are right for aging? The first rule of thumb is that you should never try to age poor quality tobacco. A cheap cigar cannot be aged to perfection, no matter how hard you try. That's just a fact. Instead, focus on aging your premium tobacco. Any cigar that seems to strong or powerful, or that has a particularly strong odor, is a great candidate for aging. That's because the purpose of the aging process is to mellow and deepen the natural flavors of the tobacco.

If the humidity is too high, your cigars will mold. If the environment is too dry, the aging process will become stunted. If the environment doesn't stay stable, and your temperature or humidity swings, your cigars will expand and contract, and you risk cracked wrappers and disrupting the aging process.

by: Bryan Smythe

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