Humidor help
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My 100 count humidor is being delivered today. I bought a seasoning pack along with a hygrometer calibration kit. I know about the salt test but going to ensure this is done right.
I have a 25 count humi and didn't really season it being a beginner and not researching first.
Are there any explicit "don't do this" with seasoning or any other obvious things to avoid that I wouldn't know?
Thanks,
James
I have a 25 count humi and didn't really season it being a beginner and not researching first.
Are there any explicit "don't do this" with seasoning or any other obvious things to avoid that I wouldn't know?
Thanks,
James
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"Long ashes my friends."
But long story short, the "Purists" take the nature of the cigar and the "Spice" that comes from the rich Nicaraguan soils and usually use freshly ground Pepper to Season their humidor.
The Generation "X"ers out there break from tradition and use Cinnamon to Season their humi's... Now this sweetens the aroma of the cigar, but does not break the spice from the alkali metals in the soil bred through the seed.
I am plain crazy and use Mrs. Dash.... Why? I got a Shlt ton at Sam's Club and need to use it
Hope this helps
What're you gonna do with pepper? The cigar should already provide the spice by itself; you shouldn't have to use pepper to augment the cigar if it's a premium cigar - the alkali metals in the soil should provide enough when they bond to the cigar oil through the fermentation process since they come from the seco and volado level of tobacco leaf. This advice is just outdated, from a time before current manufacturing/rolling/blending techniques (as for your Mrs. Dash, I've already said my peace about that and almost got banned for it, so I'll leave it at that).
Ok hold up a sec.... I have never heard of this before... seasoning your humi with pepper or cinnamon ? How the hell do you go about doing that ? Cinnamon sounds GREAT i would be all about trying that !
Seriously though, i have another questions. I received an analog hygro. with the humidor. I used a boveda 75% kit and left it in there for about 40 hours. It stayed steady at 68% for the last 20 hours.
Does that mean I'm always going to be low 7% on my readings or should I toss that hygro out and get a better one? I heard digital were what everyone was using?
And for the seasoning debate, are you guys crazy?? Cinnamon?? Pepper?? Everyone knows worstershire sauce is the only way to go.
Thanks again for the help.
however, i dont mind when people ask again and again because often it brings up other questions that were never asked before, or people spit out something that others never thought of before.
whats the saying?
the best teams are the best because they have mastered the basics.
"Long ashes my friends."
I asked about this at another forum and got nothing but a bucket full of sarcasm. So I will ask where this discussion originated. This has got to be a joke??? Wouldn't adding spices to the humi alter the flavor from the Creators original intent??? Wouldn't the spices clog the pores of the cedar and encourage mold??? Isn't this kinda like adding fruit to your beer???
All I want is a straight answer about this practice, when and why it started if there is any old history behind it. I have never heard of such a thing. And it just desn't sound right to me.
Personally in my 150ct I use a large block in the lid with distilled water, and keep a Xicar puck of gel in the bottom charged with propylene glycol. I also keep a hygometer in the top tray and bottom so I am sure the humi is balanced.
Finally a straight answer. The way the two guys where arguing in the thread along with mentions of bans and threads being removed (why nothing appeared in a Search) I thought there might have been some history to this. Kinda like some who've taken inexpensive gars and dipped them in port, bourbon, scotch, or cognac. Or using them to deter beetles. And I've heard of people doing crazier things to their cigars.
So in search of a good laugh I end up laughing at myself. Great. Same banter, just a different forum :} Thanks.