What Joe said! I personally try to let them rest at least two weeks but if I'm excited about a particular cigar, I've been known to smoke it right out of the ccom bag.
I gotta go with the masses here, but also state that this is exactly why the 5 pack is such a great idea. Find a cigar you like, grab a 5er, smoke one right away, one a month later, etc. This way you get the feel of that individual cigar and how it changes over time. You might find some that you love right out of the box, and others that you'd rather be patient and let them age a bit.
The first thing I do is take them out of their bags and their cellophane, and throw them in a huge pile on the bed... then I get naked and roll around in the pile, screaming and giggling... after I am exhausted I fall asleep fondling my favorite of the lot. When I wake up, I pick them up one by one, smell it, lick it, and shove it up my nose for five seconds. Then I neatly pack them all back into their cellophane and put them in the "to be passed in games and bombs" tupperdor.
All of that and this is what you come up with? headaches? I was going to ask about chafing.
I wasn't really thinking of headaches caused by the activities described. Headaches caused by the mental illness that leads to the activities described, was more what I had in mind.
Crazy? I was crazy once.. they locked me up in a round room.. but I can't think without corners, so I dug a square hole. Then the worms came... The worms crawl all over me and make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once.. they locked me up in a round room.. but I can't think without corners, so I dug a square hole. Then the worms came... The worms crawl all over me and make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once.. they locked me up in a round room.. but I can't think without corners, so I dug a square hole. Then the worms came... The worms crawl all over me and make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once.. they locked me up in a round room.. but I can't think without corners, so I dug a square hole. Then the worms came... The worms crawl all over me and make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once.. they locked me up in a round room.. but I can't think without corners, so I dug a square hole. Then the worms came... The worms crawl all over me and make me crazy. Crazy? I was crazy once.. they locked me up in a round room.. but I can't think without corners, so I dug a square hole. Then the worms came... The worms crawl all over me and make me crazy. Crazy?
I almost never smoke one right away, unless the urge is far too strong :-)
When I get a box, I usually take 5 and set them off to the side. These I usually let age in a smaller humi for up to a year. The remainder of the box will rest for two or three weeks before smoking.
It is easier to do something like this once you build up a small reserve of cigars.
Take care,
Bob
Or splurging over time, which is what I do. No self control and a cooler full of cigars to show for it.... it is amazing I'm not up to my eyes in debt.
If I am ordering a box I usually smoke one or two max then let them age. I got the 2004 and 2005 release of God of Fire last year in May and I haven't smoked one since. I also have two Don Carlos #2's that have been aging since 2006 and a few other ones. If it is something new that ccom sends me then I may smoke it immediately.
Lets just say I am not always that consistent myself!
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If I am ordering a box I usually smoke one or two max then let them age. I got the 2004 and 2005 release of God of Fire last year in May and I haven't smoked one since. I also have two Don Carlos #2's that have been aging since 2006 and a few other ones. If it is something new that ccom sends me then I may smoke it immediately.
Lets just say I am not always that consistent myself!