Don't you hate when you go in a store...

[Wurm]

And they dont take care of their smokes?

I stopped in a local "smoke shop" for the first time today and found some nice Rafael Gonzales Panetelas in a 5 box to put in the side pocket of my carpenter jeans before I left to take a long 3+ hour walk in the woods.

Well luckily I decided to fire one up outside the shop and opened the box there, only to find them dry as a bone and a few broken in the middle. :angry:

I went back inside and showed the lady behind the counter and asked here why the little cigars were in such bad shape.

I received the following answer:

Oh I don't get very many cigar smokers in my shop so when I get new stock in I just put them in the back by the window and put them out as I need to.

BY THE WINDOW!?! :0 I won't be buying anything from her shop ever again.

BTW she let me keep the 3 good (just dry not broke) ones and gave me my money back. I took them home and put them in my Humi, how long do you think it will take to get them back in shape?

 

[PTownshend]

I believe I've heard anywheres from a week to a month. I'd say give it a month just to be sure. I'd also think it would be wise to slowly increase the humidity and not put dry puros into something that is a much higher humidity as it might cause the cigar to expand at a quick rate and bust the wrapper.

Just my half centavo,
Darren

BTW she let me keep the 3 good (just dry not broke) ones and gave me my money back. I took them home and put them in my Humi, how long do you think it will take to get them back in shape?

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[Wurm]

I'd also think it would be wise to slowly increase the humidity and not put dry puros into something that is a much higher humidity as it might cause the cigar to expand at a quick rate and bust the wrapper.

Just my half centavo,
Darren

You have a tip on how to do that? I put them as far away from the Humidifier (tube with beads) as possible. I was thinking that would be enough. I only have one Humidor.

 

[Jeffro600]

HEH...i know the feeling. A while back there is a smoke shop in town that will remain namless....To provide humidity in their humidor, they would leave a bowl of water out. :0 They had half a dozen or so digital hygros througout their quite large cabinet style humidor that were all pegged at 90+ RH! Id bet that more than half their stock was covered in mold...they said it was plume...yeah right.

 

[sduke]

I second PT's point about bringing up the RH slowly. I've read in a number of sources that that's the way to go, for the reason he mentioned. I've done this a couple of times by segregating the dry smokes into a zip-lock bag with a moist paper towel for a few days before putting them into regular storage.

(If one of the veterans here has a better way of going about this, I'd appreciate learning).

Wurm's bad experience also points up, once again, the value of a good local shop, if you're lucky enough to have one. Here in my relatively small city, there are a few places where I'd be afraid to buy anything, based on the obvious neglect of their smokes. I can never understand why a merchant would spend a lot of money acquiring cigars from a distributor, only to destroy his investment by treating them improperly.

Fortunately, though, we do have one B&M here who takes great care of his sticks, and has a great variety. True, it's more expensive sometimes to buy from a local but at least in his case I know I'm getting well-cared-for cigars, and that's why I try to support him whenever I can.

Now, if we could just do something about that

37% New York State tobacco tax...

SteveD.

 

[Wurm]

Thanks Duke, I'll go do that with the ziplock and water now.

 

[vewyphishy]

rehydrate a dried out cigar too quickly will cause the wrapper to split. it'll take some time and patience to get them back to normal again.

 

[AaronFromPA]

I was always under the impression that once a cigar had dried out to the point that the oils were dried then it was a lost cause. Is this not the case or is it the general consensus that it is simple not worth the effort?

 

[Wurm]

Happy End to this story, considering these are Panetelas all it took was a night in the Ziplock bag with a folded paper towel that I poured some distilled water on to make them nice and plyable.

I plan on smoking one on my coffee break.

 

[SabresFan]

Now, if we could just do something about that 37% New York State tobacco tax...

I here yah on that one!!! Definatley make s buying from local shops hard to do.