Flavored Cigars and Humidors

Footballer5445

Hey all, just started smoking about a month ago or so. Glad I started, Cigars are awesome. Never smoked cigarettes never want to but I love cigars.

However, I have a slight problem. I have a hard time finding non-flavored cigars that I like. I bought a 20-pack of Quorum, but they are just OK. I've tried the CAO Moontrance flavor and loved it, but I'm looking for something non-flavored that I can get boxes of to stick in my humidor without flavor (I have been told not to put flavored cigars such as the moontrance in because the flavor will forever be embedded in my humidor and ruin taste of others). Was this a false hint?

I just recently bought a box of the Isla Del Sol by Drew Estate. It's got a kind of Cocoa flavor. Is this going to be ok to put in my Humidor without having to worry about the flavor being infused with my humi? Or should I just quit worrying? Every cigar says it has a slight flavor to it, but where is the line is what I'm curious about.

While I'm at it, I recently smoked a Carlos Torano Exodus 1959 and LOVED IT. Didn't exactly have a flavor I could tell but there was just something that tasted good. What taste is that I'm getting? I have no friends that smoke cigars so I have nowhere else to turn.

Thanks in advance, see you around!

Russ55

Yes, putting infused cigars in a humidor will make that humidor smell like the infused cigar. It will pick up the smell and retain it for a long time. I'd recommend a separate humidor/tupperware/coolerdoor for the infused sticks. I haven't tried the Carlos Torano Exodus 1959. I've heard it's good, and it's on my to try list.

gmill880

I have a seperate humi for my beloved DE Java and Tabak Especial's ...I feel better keeping them seperate ...And it keeps the Regular cigars from knowing I whisper sweet nothings into the cello of the Flavored cigars ...can't be too careful ...

cabinetmaker

The exodus 1959 has some coffee and chocolate flavors, along with some toasty peppery (light) flavors with a bit of wood as well, all around good smoke, imo.

Goldy

I love the 1959 silver! It was the first box purchase I made.

Footballer5445

cabinetmaker:

The exodus 1959 has some coffee and chocolate flavors, along with some toasty peppery (light) flavors with a bit of wood as well, all around good smoke, imo.

So since it has those flavored say I get a box of those, fill my humi with them, won't my humi forever have that flavor/scent?

I guess I'm trying to ask do all cigars have a slight flavor? Where is the line as far as whether or not a cigar will give the humi its scent?

cabinetmaker

Natural tobacco imparts different aromas than infused tobaccos. The Spanish cedar will impart a bit of it's own flavor on the tobacco; but for the most part the tobacco smell will just be a tobacco smell. The flavors of the tobacco really come into thier own when you light them up, so I would not worry too much about storing non-infused cigars in the same box.

bigj51

oh no i keep a box of java's in the humi as all my others. seriously though i don't notice anything, but i also keep them in the cello too

cabinetmaker

If you keep them in the cello, it's no big deal.

Footballer5445

They don't age in the cello though do they? I've taken all mine out. Those Isla Del Sol's should be fine in with other cigars though shouldn't they? Oh and I tried an Arturo Fuente last night. Not too impressed. It was pretty smooth but nothing really wowed me.

gmill880

Footballer5445

On the site it just says Arturo Fuente... A. Fuente Gran Reserva. It's the Royal Salute longest cigar I've seen actually.

Renaissance_Man