What are the spots?

SteveInTexas
SteveInTexas Posts: 85 ✭✭✭
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I had heard that spots sometimes occur on cigars and that some were fine and others were not.

I had  CAO Camaroon last night that had a couple of spots on it.  It looked similar to a bleach stain on a shirt.  

I smoked it anyway and didn't notice anything

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  • webmost
    webmost Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Larry Butcher, Kentucky tobacco farmer, tells me white spots come from I forget which mineral in the soil.
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  • Usaf06
    Usaf06 Posts: 11,889 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And some are water spots
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  • danielzreyes
    danielzreyes Posts: 8,774 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's called plume. Kinda like Unicorn tears.  Very htf.
    Just a warning though, you will get dizzy and start seeing weird sh*t if you smoke it.



    "It's plume, bro. Nothing to worry about. Got any Opus?" The suppose to be DZR
  • Wylaff
    Wylaff Posts: 5,483 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I love that you have that in your kitchen.
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  • onestrangeone
    onestrangeone Posts: 2,441 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wet spots?
  • SteveInTexas
    SteveInTexas Posts: 85 ✭✭✭
    Did not look like the above photo
  • danielzreyes
    danielzreyes Posts: 8,774 ✭✭✭✭✭
    SteveInTexas said:
    Did not look like the above photo
    Then you probably have mold
    "It's plume, bro. Nothing to worry about. Got any Opus?" The suppose to be DZR
  • Albinfk
    Albinfk Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No socks in the pic??
  • Gray4lines
    Gray4lines Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭✭✭
    SteveInTexas said:
    Did not look like the above photo
    Be glad then.

    Could be excess "glue" (what is that stuff, pectin? It's edible I believe) could just be a blemish on the wrapper, or "tooth" which is a sandpapery texture to the whole wrapper leave. As long as it does not look like cotton candy or Dr. Seuss trees, it is probably safe to smoke.
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  • SteveInTexas
    SteveInTexas Posts: 85 ✭✭✭
    If you have ever splashed bleach on a colored T-shirt........you know what it looked like
  • jarubla
    jarubla Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Steve that is simple discoloration, it happens from time to time. Like what Gray said above, if it isn't funky looking (translation...mold), smoke it

    -Jay
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  • Bob_Luken
    Bob_Luken Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    water-spots-1jpg
  • Bob_Luken
    Bob_Luken Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • Bob_Luken
    Bob_Luken Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Water spots I presume. 
  • Trident
    Trident Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭✭
    danielzreyes said:
    It's called plume. Kinda like Unicorn tears.  Very htf.
    Just a warning though, you will get dizzy and start seeing weird sh*t if you smoke it.



    the age old questions...mold or plume...That is Damn fuzzy...if you need to shave your cigar, it ain't plume!
  • SteveInTexas
    SteveInTexas Posts: 85 ✭✭✭
    Bob nailed it

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