Melding Flavors In The Humidor

[stonecutter2]

Great advice either cello on or off. Early on in my cigar smoking I just kept everything out of box in 1 humi on shelves. Do to the amount of cigars I quickly acquired that initial stock lasted several years. The natural's basically lost all their flavor and end up tasting just like maduros they sat next too. Now what I do is box all cigars by type and size. This works well if you have a large cooler. I found I prefer removing the cello now only because after say 7-8 years most the cello turn dark yellow and start to fall apart around the cigar and ends up just making a mess in the box anyway.

Cello turns yellow over time in a humidor because the gas/air exchanged from the cigar to the humidor contains little droplets of oil from the cigar. In that respect, cigars are swapping bits of themselves in your humidor.

I haven't noticed any kind of "generalizing" of flavors of my sticks, they all remain unique in their own respect. However, the oldest I have are around - 4 years old or so.

The only way to really tell would be to keep a control humidor and then put sticks in another, mixed with others. Then after a set time, see how they compare. That would be kind of a fun experiment actually

[Zeede]

The only way to really tell would be to keep a control humidor and then put sticks in another, mixed with others. Then after a set time, see how they compare. That would be kind of a fun experiment actually

Thanks for volunteering!