How To Use Cedar To Light A Cigar

Smoking is as much about the accessories, ceremonies and rituals attached to the activity as it is about the tobacco itself

. As is the case with cooking a gourmet meal, a smoker oftentimes spends an equal amount of time deciding upon the best way to go about their preferred leisure activity as they do deciding upon which type of tobacco or cigar they prefer. Among the very gourmet methods of smoking cigars is the lighting of the stogie with a cedar strip.

To do this, one needs the same devices they normally would require to enjoy a cigar: a high-quality lighter or matches, depending on one's preference; any one of the numerous types of cigar cutters available; a good cigar; and, of course, some time to enjoy the smoke. Actually lighting the cigar with cedar is no different than lighting the cigar with a match or a lighter; it is in the reasons for doing so that the rationale for the various techniques involved are discovered.

Most smokers who prefer this method have some degree of sensitivity to the taste of the chemicals used in both lighters and matches. Cedar burns fast and hot, has a pleasant, natural taste and, according to many cigar aficionados, imparts no unpleasant taste to their tobacco. For this reason, many individuals who prefer to light their cigars in this fashion also light the cedar strip itself with a match, eliminating altogether any chance of having lighter fluid or other substances discolor the flavor of their cigar. Of course, this method is not the most convenient and is usually something that is done when one smokes a cigar in their home as carrying around all the materials required can be somewhat cumbersome.

If a smoker who objects to any chemicals contacting their tobacco is not at home, the natural choice is a butane torch lighter which, like a cedar strip, imparts no taste to the tobacco owing to the high efficiency of its burning. This is, of course, also enormously more convenient in that the smoker need not light two separate devices to get their cigar smoking.

Cedar strips offer something different for one's cigar-smoking experience. The smell of burning cedar being immediately followed by the smell of high-quality, burning tobacco is really quite pleasant. If one is truly looking for a gourmet experience, cedar strips can be a nice addition to the smoking ritual.

by: Bryan Smythe

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