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BrokegunnerBrokegunner Posts: 437 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Had a strange occurrence today... smoking a normally good cigar and in the first third I suddenly taste bitter tar. I look at the tip and see this black goo coming out and now this thing tastes like the la Brea tar pits ;)

I've smoked a few cigars... never seen this before. What would cause this?

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    YaksterYakster Posts: 25,770 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've heard that it can be a binder issue with too much moisture, and read that it could be a stem with extra sap that didn't dry out during fermentation. It's best to try cutting past it or just wipe it off. One site seemed to indicate it's more common in thinner gauges. Yours doesn't look like a binder issue to me.

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    Usaf06Usaf06 Posts: 10,988 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cutting the tip again will remove it and it will be fine to smoke

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    BrokegunnerBrokegunner Posts: 437 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @rsherman24 said:
    Was afraid to click on this thread based on the title. Never saw a close up photo of it, but @VegasFrank would just lick it off and smoke through it

    FIFY :wink:

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    Amos_UmwhatAmos_Umwhat Posts: 8,444 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I remember seeing something like this long ago, one of the suggested answers was that it was a fragment of nylon thread that had been used to bind the tobacco together during shipping or processing. Apparently at some point between harvest and rolling the tobacco is stacked and held in place with something like fishing line. Sometimes bits of it make it through unnoticed.

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    VegasFrankVegasFrank Posts: 16,716 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Happened to me a few weeks ago

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    Bob_LukenBob_Luken Posts: 10,028 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2023

    Years ago, I had one cigar that looked just like that. I don't remember if I posted a picture of it, but I sure do remember discussing it on the forum. Never happened since. I say toss it.

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    VegasFrankVegasFrank Posts: 16,716 ✭✭✭✭✭

    From @GenerosityLeadership

    https://www.floridatobaccoshop.com/Why-is-Tar-Coming-Out-of-My-Cigar_b_143.html#:~:text=It's most likely caused by,did or didn't cost.

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    0patience0patience Posts: 10,665 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Slow

    Down

    Moisture + fast smoking and crappy/ poorly fermented tobacco can lead to tar.
    Black bitter substance.

    Good cigars can still have bad tobacco.

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    dirtdudedirtdude Posts: 5,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I hope I never get that.

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    VegasFrankVegasFrank Posts: 16,716 ✭✭✭✭✭

    From the article:

    "Even though you may have been advised, it doesn’t have anything to do with your technique, either."

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    VegasFrankVegasFrank Posts: 16,716 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Love you Tony!

    I am guessing it's the difference between tar and sap.

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    Hobbes86Hobbes86 Posts: 3,165 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've had it happen a few times, usually on a cigar with a tighter draw.

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    WylaffWylaff Posts: 5,271 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've had this a few times, usually on a cigar that I punch or cut with a shallow V. Straight cutting it below the tar usually fixes it for the reminder. I figured it was a natural build up, and funneling everything to too small of an opening caused it to bubble out...

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    RhamlinRhamlin Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’ve had it quite a few times. Especially with the thinner BLTC’s recutting usually will fix it. It’s from having a small opening on a string cigar.

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    Amos_UmwhatAmos_Umwhat Posts: 8,444 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What's a "string cigar"?

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    Rdp77Rdp77 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Amos_Umwhat said:
    What's a "string cigar"?

    I think it was a typo for strong.

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    rsherman24rsherman24 Posts: 6,779 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have had it on the Bishop's Blend a couple times. Cut it off and continue

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