Sorry, I was trying to keep it simple by just asking "Why?" Rather than "Why rest cigars after shipment?"
I am getting a shipment of 20 cigars soon and I keep reading from time to time that people let them rest for a while before smoking them. I was wondering if there was a valid reason or people do it just because they have read aficionados saying they rest them.
I'll have to re-read the answers but is there a rule of them as to how long?
I've smoked a few within hours of them getting off the truck. For a more "perfect" smoke you should let them sit for a few days because the tabacco could dry out a bit during shipment. But I've never noticed a difference between right away and after a few days. If I have an itch for a certain cigar that just arrived you best believe I'm diving right in.
Its definitly harder to rest cigars when you are first starting out, or if you dont have that much already on hand...Once I got my collection to up around a constant 50-75 sticks, I have no problem resting them, because I just grab one of the other 75 looking at me straight in the face every time I open the Humi....I do confess however, Im having a hard time keeping my hands off the 5 vegas gold maduro that arrived in the mail 2 days ago!
here is how you figure this out. buy 2 five packs of one type of cigar. smoke one when you get it. then wait two weeks and smoke another. then wait three more weeks and try another. then try one a moth after that .As they get time in your humi you should start to notice them tasting deferent over time. then ask if resting is important. I try to wait a couple weeks before i smoke something new. notice i said TRY. some cigars taste much better with some rest or aging.
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