Let us know how you "revive" them and how they turn out
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Let us know how you "revive" them and how they turn out
Place them in a tupperware with the lowest value Boveda, or other two-way media you can get. Check it every 48 hrs. After a week, place the cigars back in the zipper bag with the hygrometer to check your progress. Repeat weekly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Indyhp
Or you could sell them to some hapless fool and use the proceeds to buy so fresh ones...
But that wouldn't be too sporting...
I can try to restore one or two for science. There is a time consuming but effective process. Won't know if they have lost their pop until after they are restored.
Finally made it to the post office and these are now on the way. Tracking # 9505 5105 1511 5085 0184 07
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Originally Posted by bobajob
I'll keep everyone updated on the progress.
@Pugsley I got the cigars today and they actually look pretty good considering. They're in a tupperdor at the moment getting a humidity baseline.Attachment 1550Attachment 1551
So when the RH was reading ~50% I decided that was low enough and put 2 of the small 8g 62%RH Boveda packs in there. Not brand new, they were already open - that's why I put both in there. It's currently reading ~56%RH. I fully expect those Boveda packs to be used up relatively quick.
I have successfully revived cigars that I neglected when I took a long break from the hobby (sat in a closet for about 6-8 years). I figured the worst case scenario was I would rehydrate cigars that turned out to have no flavor, but I was happily rewarded with some good smokes. It was a mixed bag of about 15 cigars, three or four of which were CC. I brought the humidity up slowly, and once I got it around 58% stuck them in the back of my end table humidor (kept between 62-65%) and successfully forgot about them for a year or more.
At a herf with @havanajohn and others, I had a RyJ Churchill that I purchased on my honeymoon ('98). Man, that cigar was actually really good...surprisingly so considering the years of neglect it went through. I remember others being okay to good, but my time and effort (which it didn't take a lot of either) was worth it, even if it was just for that one cigar (which it wasn't).
Good luck, and patience is a virtue! And in this case, so is a bad memory...forgetting them was the hardest part. :lol: