Category: Cigar Quality


The Curing Time of Cigars

Tobacco leaves are the main components of cigars today. The qualities of lit cigars vary on the curing time allocated for used tobacco leaves which would usually last between 25 to 45 days. Other factors such as the temperature and climate conditions are contributing factors to which tobacco leaves are considered prior to actual manufacturing of the end product that most people know today as cigars. After the proper curing time for quality tobacco leaves has been derived, it would all depend on the person tasked to ...

A Cigar for Status Symbol

What makes cigars different from the usual cigarettes that people would buy from the local store? For one, cigars carry a more social type of a tag where people would be considered elite and indifferent from standard smokers that are present in communities today. Cigars have had the distinction of being entirely finely prepared and becoming more identified with people who put premium in puffing the quality manufactured tobaccos that are best known for manual labor preparations. People usually pair them with coffee ...

The Secret behind Bundled Cigars

People may not know it, but unlike the usual product purchases by consumers, bundling consumer goods is preferred since they give value for their money. In the world of cigars this is totally different. Sure there will still be the presence of getting their money’s worth but in the cigar industry, bundling is often associated with selling second rated cigars that may not meet the standards of the professional cigar smoker. Preference for quality smoked cigars is a given and it is no mystery why people would prefer buying cigars ...

Cigars are Not All Bad for the Health

Cigar is usually associated with smoking. Smoking is usually associated with health risks. But for cigar smokers which is not lit as often as the standard cigarettes that people do, has certain health benefits if taken up close. For one, the tobacco leaves used for some cigars are traced towards medicinal herbs that may be good for the body. This was done in ancient times and has been forgotten ever since. Cigars are also associated with aid in weight loss. While such ...

How To Start Smoking Your First Cigar

Cigar smoking is something that people would initially try for the sake of curiosity. Sure you will always hear that Cuban Cigars are the best but are banned. Or perhaps hear that cigars come in different flavors. Cigars are also good for the health, depending on the resources used in the hand-rolled tobacco and so forth. Cigars will surely capture the attention of most people, both smokers and non-smokers alike. For the beginning cigar smoker, it would be best to try buying one piece instead of the usual ...

How People Smoke Their Cigar

To many people, cigar smoking is something that they would never really understand. The reason on why people enjoy smoking or has made it routine in their lives is something that puzzles many but the first advice that a cigar smoker would say is if you haven’t started, then good and that do not even try to start! Cigar smoking is believed to be addicting. Nicotine is the primary culprit that people would turn to but yet people would care less. Some would take up smoking to relax themselves, while there are people ...

When NOT To Light That Cigar

It’s a nice night, and you want to spend it smoking a cigar while enjoying the cool breeze outside. Or maybe you want to settle in in your favorite comfortable chair and watch a good movie or read a book while smoking a cigar. Then you realize a possibility – that the only cigars you have at home might have “gone bad!” Is this scenario even possible? Definitely! While you may not want to think about cigars going bad, it does happen – and it ...

Light a Cigar in a Couple of Years

Cigars, just like wine will taste better if they are lit after some time. This is not to say that a cigar is not worth it if it is immediately lit by anyone who may have one. It is merely stating a fact that a cigar will improve in its taste and quality after some years of proper storage since this is how the tobacco leave contents prosper with regards to quality tasting cigars. To some people, it would be best to check out the labels that they come with. The years specified in each ...

Does Packaging Matter To You?

When a manufacturer comes up with a new cigar blend, there is no doubt that packaging is taken into consideration. This actually applies to almost any other kind of product. Experts in the field of marketing know that how you package a product can affect how it is perceived by customers. For cigars, packaging can affect the price. Cigar.com talked about this earlier this year: Many brands have extravagant packaging, most of which are very expensive. So exactly how much does the packaging affect ...

Canada: Your Source Of Legal Cuban Cigars

Any decent cigar enthusiast would grab the chance to smoke a Cuban. Unfortunately for those in the United States, the trade embargo that was put in place many many years ago still prohibits Cuban cigars in U.S. soil. While you may be able to purchase Cubans from the Internet anytime you wish to do so, you never know if what you are getting are real Cubans or whether they are of good quality. So what is your next option? Go up north and cross the border into ...