In the summer, I go fridge->freezer 2 days->fridge->humi. Just in case
have you ever ruined a cigar doing that? Does freezing, to fridge change the taste or do anything other than kill bugs?
Im also interested to know the answer to this?
But first i need to ask, what happens if u dont find the bug or eggs in cigar and smoke it? Is it dangerous?
I just picked up on this thread didnt know about it. Just new to the whole thing.
Just a little extra protein. The bugs are really only dangerous to your cigars. You ingest way more bug parts and thingys on a daily basis than you will ever smoke...don't think to hard on this, it will make you anorexic.
I have the same paranoya of beetles lol I actually quarantine all of the new sticks that come in for about 2 weeks before I put them in a humi. So far temps have come to the near 80's in my basement and haven't had a issue(knock on wood). But I keep most of my high end stuff in a wineador and always check all of my inventory every few days!
I've never seen a worm in my cigars. Of course, I never saw water in my house until Katrina. Things happen and you can't spend your time worrying about them.
My Humi regularly hovers between 78 to 80* down here and in the many years I have enjoyed cigars only 1 stick ever appeared to be damaged by a beatle and I believe it was like that when I got it. I am in my Humi each day so I look at them frequently which could save the lot if something got started in there. BTW, I also run my RH lower than 70, generally 60--65% due to the amount of RH normally present in my climate. This can also discourage the little buggers.
I think most newer production cigars are put through a deep freeze before shipped out, this is what I've heard anyway. But you still never know what they will come in contact with in their travels and such. Any questionable cigars, such as vintage CC's, custom rolled, certain Nc's, I'll definitely freeze with a similar method as the one mentioned above, just to be safe. I know many who freeze any and all cigars going into their humi!
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