A quick question

Sleddog46

When you get a new box of sticks, is it better to let them rest or can you smoke them right away.

genareddog

I let mine rest for awhile but just depends on how patient you are. 

bandyt09

You got a whole box, smoke one whenever you want, just don't base the rest of the box on the first one. I typically use 1 week acclamation time per 1 day in transit.

I have been own, albeit rarely, to smoke one the day they arrive.

First_Warrior

Doug let em rest. You would be surprised at the difference that only two weeks will make. I like to rest them a month. I take about 25% of what I receive and put them into my aging humidor hopefully for at least a year. The strength of the cigar with aging fades a bit and is replaced by the body or taste. 

Bob_Luken

ESPECIALLY in the summer months you don't want to get too happy the day they arrive by truck. Put them down for a nice nap. This time of year, not too bad.

dirtdude

A box of 20 or more I might burn one right off the truck but a box of 10 or so I will definitely let them rest a bit.

Bob_Luken

A quick question, did you or do you intend to buy these at a local cigar shop? If that is the case you can ask the shop how long they've been sitting there. If they've had them at least a couple of weeks then they're ready to smoke when you get home, that is unless you leave them on the dashboard in the sun during hot weather on your way home while you stop into your local dancing girl establishment to see your favorite dancing girl dance. In that case, two weeks wait. 

Rhamlin

Usually best to give it a week or more to adjust after shipping but that can be tough to do sometimes. 

YankeeMan

Bob_Luken said:

A quick question, did you or do you intend to buy these at a local cigar shop? If that is the case you can ask the shop how long they've been sitting there. If they've had them at least a couple of weeks then they're ready to smoke when you get home, that is unless you leave them on the dashboard in the sun during hot weather on your way home while you stop into your local dancing girl establishment to see your favorite dancing girl dance. In that case, two weeks wait. 

If you do happen to leave it on your dashboard, you can always re-moisten it like President Clinton.  I'm just sayin'...

Sketch6995

@cbuck
Smokes alot ROTT, I've tried it a few times, it turns out better if they were shipped correctly to begin with, that's with a boveda pack in a zip lock bag.
Usually I regret it though.  I let them sit in the humi for at least 2 weeks, sometimes even a month.
But if they were shipped right they are fine.

Amos_Umwhat

...and there's only one way to know.

Bob_Luken

Sketch6995 said:

@cbuck
Smokes alot ROTT, I've tried it a few times, it turns out better if they were shipped correctly to begin with, that's with a boveda pack in a zip lock bag.
Usually I regret it though.  I let them sit in the humi for at least 2 weeks, sometimes even a month.
But if they were shipped right they are fine.

Besides correctly packaging cigars to protect against damage and drying out, my biggest concern with shipping problems is the temperature fluctuations, especially high heat.  You can ship it right, with proper humidity and enough padding, but when mother nature and the US postal service start cranking up the heat on that package,......  smoking them ROTT is not for me. Winter maybe but summer never.

But, what if I'm wrong? Maybe this summer I'll take one of my sticks out of storage,.... package it for shipping, and torture it by leaving it in a hot vehicle for a day, then inside for a day, then back in a hot vehicle for a day then let it bake in my black mailbox for the afternoon. That evening I'll grab an identical stick from the humidor from the same box and fire it up. Then after I get a few minutes into that one I'll light up the test subject too. See if I'm right about my assumptions in a side by side test. That ought to be fun. 
 

webmost

It's cold that really dries gars out, I think. We've had delicate shade wraps blow up when they set in the truck thru a holiday weekend in single digits. Haven't seen that happen in Summer.

IndustMech

When I'm expecting a package being delivered by UPS I have them hold the package at a UPS store near me, at no cost. This avoids the package sitting outside till I get home.

I think the USPS has a similar option, but I haven't tried it yet. Not sure if they can hold 1 package. I know they could hold all your mail, but that would be inconvenient 

Bob_Luken

webmost said:

It's cold that really dries gars out, I think. We've had delicate shade wraps blow up when they set in the truck thru a holiday weekend in single digits. Haven't seen that happen in Summer.

  I'm curious. How do they package these raw tobacco products for transport? Were they not shipped with some humidifying aid/device or did the device freeze up or otherwise fail? Were they shipped in a tightly sealed baggie/container or just a container/baggie that was just pretending to be airtight?

My only experience is with the finished product. I'm theorizing that, during a short transport time-frame, taste is what will suffer most when "a cigar" gets it's temperature cranked up too high. And therefore we should avoid smoking ROTT in heated weather much more so than cold. I'm theorizing that ROTT in cold weather wouldn't taste as bad. 

Bob_Luken

IndustMech said:

When I'm expecting a package being delivered by UPS I have them hold the package at a UPS store near me, at no cost. This avoids the package sitting outside till I get home.

I think the USPS has a similar option, but I haven't tried it yet. Not sure if they can hold 1 package. I know they could hold all your mail, but that would be inconvenient 

I've done this as well,.... with USPS. Better that it stay indoors until I pick it up.