Don't finish cigar use glass tube to save. relight cigar feels taste wet. How do I save partial?

I like to smoke Lonsdale. I smoke at Thompson as my everyday cigar. Cohibas are my favorite. Usually don't finish cigar in an evening. I save them in glass tubes. Relighting I find them too moist. My question is how should I be saving my partial cigars? I have a small leather bag that I keep my lighters Cutters various accoutrement with a cigar or two. To sit outside at my table. I'd like to keep my partials in the same bag.

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Amos_Umwhat

TX98Z28

You don’t save lit cigars DZR

TheKraken

Smoke petite coronas

Vision

Fawking DZR.... If you’re not DZR.... bro...... wrong just wrong. Pitch it light a fresh one. I’m fawking grossed out thinking about what that must taste like.... wet a$s and house fire? Or maybe burning doll hair and a bad memory? Damn.... gotta run...... I think....... I’m...... gonna ......... 🤮

VegasFrank

The trick to doing it right, @Calvert, is to smoke it from the other end the next day. Take the end that was on fire yesterday and put it in your mouth. Then light the other end, which was in your mouth yesterday. After a couple of drags it will taste brand new. You'll draw out all of the impurities in the first couple of puffs, and then they'll be gone. If it tastes a little sour at first, just retrohale and the taste will go away.

You're welcome.

Amos_Umwhat

I knew I should have made popcorn

Vision

@Amos_Umwhat said:
I knew I should have made popcorn

Amos is right.... if you put popcorn in the glass tube it sucks up the moisture.

Patrickbrick

Rice my friend rice.

0patience

If you must save it and light it back up later, leave it out in the open.
Don't put it in anything that will essentially infuse all that nasty burnt taste into it.

Why are you not finishing the cigar?
Time? If so, smoke a smaller cigar.
Way more enjoyment out of them.

Yakster

Yeah, if you must, purge the cigar by blowing out, cut below the ash with a large guillotine cutter, then leave it outside.

Stubble

Cam_91

Yessir, this post cleared it right up. DZR.. bad thing. Don’t wanna do that

TNBigfoot68

Wow, DZR you are slipping. If @Calvert you are a real person let me give you some advice. If it's raining outside, don't go out without an umbrella. Don't put metal objects in electrical plug outlets. If you have sand in your boot and you grab it by the heel and turn it upside down the sand will pour out. I share this advice because after putting a bad cigar into a tube once after smoking part of it didn't teach you to not do it again then apparently you are too stupid to take advice or learn from mistakes.

Wylaff

On the off chance that this is a real guy (and to prove I'm a better person than you clowns) let me provide a real answer.

No cigar is ever going to taste the same after a relight. Depending on how long you are looking to save them, there are some things you can do. If you are wanting to finish it the next day, clip the cherry off of the end, and blow backwards through the cigar to clear all of the old smoke. Leave it open to the air, and when relighting, go slow. this will minimize the funky flavors. It will be a little bit dryer, but after 1 day it won't be a huge difference. There really is no good way to save one longer than that. If you find yourself often only smoking half of a cigar, look into getting a smaller size. The smaller ring gauges use a higher wrapper to filler ration, and the wrapper is the most flavorful leaf. You will likely enjoy the taste of the smaller sizes more without having to worry about saving a dirty butt.

Vision

@Wylaff said:
On the off chance that this is a real guy (and to prove I'm a better person than you clowns) let me provide a real answer.

No cigar is ever going to taste the same after a relight. Depending on how long you are looking to save them, there are some things you can do. If you are wanting to finish it the next day, clip the cherry off of the end, and blow backwards through the cigar to clear all of the old smoke. Leave it open to the air, and when relighting, go slow. this will minimize the funky flavors. It will be a little bit dryer, but after 1 day it won't be a huge difference. There really is no good way to save one longer than that. If you find yourself often only smoking half of a cigar, look into getting a smaller size. The smaller ring gauges use a higher wrapper to filler ration, and the wrapper is the most flavorful leaf. You will likely enjoy the taste of the smaller sizes more without having to worry about saving a dirty butt.

YankeeMan

Before I retired and before the pandemic, I would teach three days a week at our Rocky Mount campus, about a half hour away. I would smoke half a cigar on the way over and half on the way back.

I have a Savor cigar tube for saving cigars. It is a thick walled tube that puts the cigar out right away. I've never left it over night, just during the day while I taught, but I've never had a problem with bitterness or moisture. Maybe snuffing it out immediately does the trick.