I definitely think I was smoking a little too slow.
Like we said (all at once, it seems) above, you're smoking too slow if the cigar goes out. Harsh taste doesn't come from kicking back and smoking at your leisure.
Yeah...I think the original poster of this thread had it backwards. Only times a perfectly humidified cigar would accumulate tons of tar and taste harsh is when it's smoked too quickly or if it's a bum stick. If it was smoked to slowly, it would just keep going out.
The bundle of Flor de Oliva cigars I had took about 4 months in my humidor before they burned and tasted decent. These are really pretty economy smokes IMO. For me they are yard or golf gars, and pretty decent ones at that. I've been having great luck dry boxing my cigars before smoking, they seem to burn better, and I don't have to keep puffing to keep the thing lit. My coolerdor sits at 68 degrees and 70%, and I've got a small humidor that sits at 60%. I'll either leave the cigar in the 60% humidor for a day/few hours, or before I smoke I'll pull out the cigar and let it sit for 30 minutes or so before lighting up. Your local climate may make your results vary.
Hi Arkias,
Welcome - I'm a new smoker too and I had similar problems as well. I've been experimenting with trying new methods from what I read on this forum. In the last 2-3 sticks, I've really had to pay attention to how often I was puffing and the strength of each puff. I've slowed the pace to a good 60 seconds between puffs and started drawing a lot softer (about 2-4 seconds). This has given me about an inch more of the cigar than what I used to get. Keep trying and things will work out.
James
Arkias - I'm glad to hear things are turning up for ya bro. Don't worry...like any new hobby, there's gonna be a learning curve. Like I said before, you'll soon find yourself in a world of knowledge that you never knew existed (not to mention, get thoroughly wrapped up in one of the coolest hobbies in the world).
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