Category: Tips
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 ...
In the previous post, I posed some question that will help you analyze your knowledge of cigar etiquette. Here are a few more that, hopefully, will help you realize whether or not you are one of those stogie lovers that irritate the crap out of every other person in the cigar lounge.
When your mobile phone rings, where do you take the call?
A better question might be, do you take the call at all? Sometimes, the cigar lounge is just like the movie theater. People hate interruptions such ...
Courtesy is something that some people just don’t get. Some simply do not care, while some are just not aware. If you are going to a cigar lounge to enjoy a smoke, you should know the basic etiquette that is expected of you. How well do you know your cigar lounge etiquette? Ask yourself these questions and find out!
If a conversation is going on when you enter the lounge, what do you do?
Some people would probably sit down and observe for a while, maybe join in when they feel like it. Others might immediately ...
We only have less than a month before Father’s Day. I don’t know how you do it, but in my family, we take Mother’s Day and Father’s Day quite seriously. Even if we cannot be together on that particular day, us children make it a point to do something special for our parents. We either send a gift or send them on a trip – whichever is possible at the given time.
This year, Father’s Day is on June 21, 2009, a Sunday as usual. Have you ...
There is more to the cigar than smoking one – any self-respecting cigar enthusiast knows that. And one thing that you have to pay careful attention to when lighting your cigar is your lighter. There are lighters and there are lighters. With cigars, it is best to use butane lighters. They are not that expensive anyway but provide a good burn. But sometimes, they break down. You might think that it’s easy enough to buy one but why not make the life your ...
Cigars and cigar enthusiasts have their own brand of culture. Ask anyone who is into cigars seriously and they will tell you the same thing. If you are looking to experience this kind of culture, there are many cities in the States where you can go. Here are some of the top cities that are best for the cigar lover.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This should not come as a surprise. In Vegas, everything goes and everything can be had – cigars included. Many cigar related ...
At this point, I hope that you have decided as to whether to age your cigars or not. If you have decided to age your cigars, then you should be in the market for a humidor already – if you have not already bought one. Before you jump ahead and start storing your cigars in your new humidor, however, you should remember to season your humidor. One of the worst mistakes that you can make is to use that brand spanking new humidor without seasoning it! ...
We took a look at some of the best drinks that you can have while smoking that wonderful cigar of yours. Let us take a look at some more drinks which you can have with your cigar.
Scotch
I heard this from an old cigar enthusiast – scotch is the best drink EVER that you can have while smoking a cigar. It could be true but the problem is that I am not a scotch drinker. If you like scotch, however, then I suppose that you know exactly ...
Smoking a cigar is pleasurable enough and yet I do believe that pairing a cigar with a great drink adds to the whole experience. Tell me, what do you drink with your cigar? If you have not found the perfect match as of yet, let me share some of the best drinks that you can try while smoking your favorite cigar.
Coffee
When I say coffee, I mean all things coffee. There are all sorts of coffee drinks today, some non-alcoholic, some alcoholic. I think that ...
Do you know what a hygrometer is? If you are finding yourself a bit confused right now, don’t be. You probably know what it is, or what it looks like, you just might not be familiar with the term.
A hygrometer is basically an instrument which measures the level of humidity. How is this important for cigar enthusiasts? Humidity is the keyword here. You should know that when it comes to storing cigars, humidity is a key factor. That is where the ...
