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How to prepare a cigar for smoking

How to prepare a cigar for smoking

If you’re new to the world of cigars, then you might not know how to approach your first smoke, or how to prep a cigar. Many cigar lovers take extra care with their smoking experiences to ensure a smooth and enjoyable smoke. But how exactly do you get from grabbing your cigar to taking your

How to eliminate cigar odor

How to eliminate cigar odor

Smelling and tasting smoke is part of the experience of smoking a cigar. But once the final retrohales have faded, knowing how to eliminate cigar odor is equally important. Whether it’s preventing that stale cigar smell from lingering on your breath or removing smoke odor from clothing, we’ll look at some of the best ways

Tasting notes: The cigar flavor wheel

Tasting notes: The cigar flavor wheel

Part of the joy of cigar smoking is sampling so many different flavors. Each cigar has a unique blended taste, with some cigar flavor profiles being stronger than others and some working cooperatively with the top notes for a delectable cigar smoking experience. Let’s take a quick spin around the varied cigar flavor wheel to

Cigars: Is it mold or plume?

Cigars: Is it mold or plume?

This is a topic that may seem foreign to any brand new smoker, but for the seasoned aficionado, it’s as old as time. One of the most common questions is “how can I tell the difference between mold and plume?”. The average person has probably never even heard of plume, also known as bloom, but