More thoughts on the great debate!!

Lee.mcglynn

The yellow cello... People say this is cause by oils dispersing onto the wrapper over time. Is this correct? I'm not quite convince it is. In the past few years I have decided to dive into cigar aging mode I've read a lot about it. It seems almost everything contradicts it's self once read from a bunch of different threads, So here we go. I have had some sticks with over four years of age on them kept in the cello the whole time. The wrappers on these are still crystal clear! But I know the company will age them prior to hitting the market. I have had sticks that have a nice tinted cello on them but smoked like they were never aged or rested. I also started going thru some of my stuff and have noticed some with plume staring and the wrapper is clear! Why is this?! I'm starting to believe it is not the oils staining the wrappers but the gases causing a chemical effect making them yellow. It makes more sense to me at least. But I was wondering on everyone's thoughts and experiences.

Rhamlin

Yeah I know what you mean. Ive got sticks with over a year on them and no yellowing. And I've had some with no age on them and the cellos were yellowed. I think when maduros are painted eventually that stuff just starts during the cello.

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jthanatos

Per this cellophane turns yellow naturally with age, no matter what it contains. Exposure to sunlight (so probably other UV producing lights) can speed this process. So, yellow cello is perhaps only a good indicator of how old the cello is (and how much sun it got)?

allsmokedup

I've had the cellophane on sticks from the same box turn yellow at different rates. The kicker is that I stored some in a coolerdor and some in a regular humi. Somehow, the humidor makes the cellophane turn yellow faster. The coolerdor stored sticks were only slightly yellow, mostly noticeable only when the cigars were out of the cello.

jthanatos

allsmokedup:

I've had the cellophane on sticks from the same box turn yellow at different rates. The kicker is that I stored some in a coolerdor and some in a regular humi. Somehow, the humidor makes the cellophane turn yellow faster. The coolerdor stored sticks were only slightly yellow, mostly noticeable only when the cigars were out of the cello.

Do you get into the humidor more often than the cooler?

allsmokedup

No, I open them up more-or-less at the same rate.

Lee.mcglynn

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