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!

7C's and 3C's

This blog is kind of an official blog for Cigar Direct.

So I should sometimes introduce you something interesting story concernig a cigar!


Have you ever heard of '7C's'?

The 7C's is properly refered to Perfect after dinner 7C's.


These words orginated from England in Victorian era.


'7C's' stands for Coffee, Cognac, Cheese, Chocolate, Cigar, Cpze and Conversation.

I was wondering why cake is not included there...
Anybody knows why?


Nowdays a lots of pepole enjoy coffee after dinner
But, I recommend that you should add a Cigar and Chocolate to coffee after dinner.







By the way, do you know about 3C's?

3C's became popular in US in 1980's.

3C's is refered to the perfect before dinner: Cocktail, Caviar and Cigar.

After work, many Americans liked going to a bar before dinner and eating caviar, drinking cocktail and smoking a robusto size cigar at the 80's.






Robusto is a short but full bodies cigar, so it is perfect for smoking before dinner.






Why not try a cigar before or after dinner?

Most Expensive property in London(may be in the world)

I find an interesting artical.

I am going to introduce you about the most expensive property to rent.

'At £40,000 a week, this stunning house just a few feet from Hyde Park is the most expensive property to rent in London.
Located in the infamously luxurious Mayfair part of London, this estate features the highest level of security for its tenants. With staff quarters at the back of the property and many modern accents, you can’t wonder why this London house is the most expensive rent in the city'

I know that Mayfair is one of the most expensive area in London.

But, I do not get why it is such an unbelievably expensive rent!

Of course, the price of land and houses in London continuously have been growing up.
Even so, It is really expensive!

I want to know who can rent the property.

Cigar Direct gives you the best prices for Cuban cigars, always.

Why so expensive ?

I used to live in London between 1997 - 2005.

I felt that cost of living was so high especially for foreigners.

The price of land and house prices have kept increasing.

Consequently, it is not easy for working-class people to buy a house or flat up to zone 4 area in London.

Transpotation cost is extremly high as well.

Single fares for subway is starting from 4 pounds($8) in Zone 1. (if you have Oyster, it is only ￡1.5)

Eating out in an average restaurant in London is also expensive.

Japanese food such as Sushi and Tempura is abviously expensive...

Cigars in London are most expensive in the world.

Why are costs of living unbelievably high?

One of the reason is that pound(￡) is still relatively strong against other currencies.

If you are not millionaires, you can not live in London?

The problem is that only those who work in a city make enough money and they become richer and richer...

Cigar Direct can help all cigar smokers get fine Cuban cigars on reasonable prices.

Punch Cutter

Do you know a Punch Cutter?

Have you ever herad of it?

The punch cutter is popular among ladies because the cutter is perfect for a small sized cigar in terms of diameter.

The punch cutter is different from guillotine type of a cutter.

The punch cutter is called a pierce becasue a cigar is cut by the cutter making a hole of a cigar.

I heard that Marilyn Monroe never smoked a cigar except when she attended Robert Kennedy's birthday party.

I don't know if she used it.

However, it is a quite famous story that Julia Roberts, Sharon Stone and Demi Moore smoke cigars.

They would probably use punch cutters.

I recommend the cutter for all lady's smokers.

It makes them look more beautiful and elegant.

It is also prefect for a gift as well!

MLB(Major League Baseball) World Series

I am a Baseball fan and I watched the World Series on TV.
(Baseball is still most popular sports here in Japan)

The Boston Red Sox captured their second World Series title in four years, completing a four-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies with a 4-3 victory.

Most baseball fans would say that Josh Becket who got 20 wins and David Ortiz who got 35 HR have led the team to the world champion.




Do you know two Japanese rookie pichers: Daiske Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima?





They also greatly contributed to the World Series title.

I think that Red Sox would not win the world Series title without them.

Do you agree?

I am also convinced that the level of Japanese pichers is almost the same as that of MLB.

What do you think about the level of Japanese pichers?

Diana said 'Oh my God!`

I am going to introduce you updated information on Princess Diana below.

Princess Diana said "Oh my God, Oh my God" as she lay dying in the wreckage of a Paris car crash, a witness told the jury probing her death on last Thursday.
The court heard statements from other witnesses who reported seeing paparazzi swarming around the crash scene......

One of them was shouting," Audrey Lemaigre said. "At one stage he actually said 'she's alive, she's alive'."
Sebastien Masseron, who had been with Lemaigre, said: "I heard one photographer call over to a colleague who was on a scooter at the exit to the tunnel, and say: 'Come back, come back, she's alive'"

I felt very sorry for Princess Diana after I read the article.