Showing posts with label cigar accessories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cigar accessories. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

How to choose Humidor!?

Have you read my last post?

If not yet, please read my previous post, first.

I have introduced how to choose your first humidor from my last post.

2) Material











Acrylic humidor is to store cigars for short-time storage.



The problem of an acrylic humidor is that it can not completely seal and it also can cause optical deterirotion soon.

For the same reason(optical deterirotion), I also do not recommend glass top humidor as your first humidor.


Basically, the leaves of cigars are delicate so if you do not store your cigars properly, they would get bad easily.

If you want to buy a proper humidor, I can recommend that you should choose a humidor with a cap and the inside of the box is made of Cedro(spanish wood) .
the cap is Heavier, it is better in sealing.



If you get less than 1 box at your every purchase, a humidor for 30-50 sticks should be best.


I have got two types of humidors: small sized and large sized humidors. I use them in different occasion, purpose and reason.

Obviously, the large-size humidor is for vintage cigars and they have been sleeping in the humidor for years. So those cigars got special!

I will continue the topic tomorrow.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Cigar accessories: Humidor


What do you need after your purchase on cigars?




I would say 'Humidor'!








You would say 'what about a cutter or a lighter'?



But, you may already have a cutter and a lighter at home, right!?



Even if not, you should have the replacement of them such as matches and a knife...



Humidor is a box designed to store your cigars to protect your cigars from dryness, excessive wetness and ultraviolet rays.

So it may be necessary to have a humidor if you do not have one.


I am going to introduce you how to select your first humidor.




1) Size


Choose a large size of humidor!


I can advise that you should use up to 60% of capacity of a humidor.

For example, if a humidor is capable of storing maximum 50 sticks of cigars, it should be best to store 25-30 sticks.

why?


If you use full of room (capacity) of a humidor, there is not enough room left for good air circulation and it can cause the cigars the excessive wetness.


For that reason, a travel humidor(usually smaller size of capacity) does not suit for a long term storage.

2) Material


I will continue the subject in my next post!


Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Welcome to Cigar & Blog Night!


Welcome to Cigar & Blog Night!

I am Tom.

I'm living in Tokyo which is one of the most exciting city in the world.

I am going to introduce you something new and cool in the blog.

I found an interesting article written by a Japanese charismatic marketer, Akira Ishihara.

Tokyo (Japanese) version of the Michelin guide which has introduced us ratings and reviews of best hotels and restaurants in the world will be published soon.
I think you probably heard about three Michelin stars.

Five spies from Michelin have been investigating more than 1200 hotels and restaurants in Tokyo since May 2006.
It seems that the two out of five are Japanese and the others are European.

If restaurants knows about the above information, they will suspect that some of customers may be the Michelin spies at the backstage.

It's quite funny to imagine it.

If you want to smoke a cigar after you eat out such a exclusive resturant, click here.