When you're smoking a good handrolled cigar, take your time and take your time. Farmers engaged in tobacco planting, cigar blending masters and cigar rolling masters have passed on their experience and skills from generation to generation, making the cigar you finally smoke into a precious work of art. The finest cigars are made from tobacco leaves that are patiently aged and fermented for months, or even years. Cigars are often rolled for months or years before their flavors are delicately developed. Why rush through it?
How often should you smoke a cigar?
When you light it, the most common question for novice cigar aficionados is how often you should smoke a cigar. While there isn't a definitive answer to this, there are some subtle tricks that can improve the flavor, mouthfeel, and aftertaste of a cigar.
Generally speaking, 1-2 mouthfuls per minute is a more appropriate speed. Remember: do not inhale cigar smoke into your lungs. To smoke a good cigar is to enjoy its taste and aroma. Inhale the smoke gently, swirling and enveloping your palate before exhaling it. You can also blow some smoke out of your nose. Great cigars take time to taste. Drawing too quickly or too aggressively can make the cigar burn hot, taste bitter, and cause an uneven burn.
The size and shape of the cigar is also very important. Every cigar has a different density. If you leave a well-made, handcrafted cigar alone for a while, it won't go out. Allowing the cigar to have a little headroom ensures that it doesn't overheat. Smoke a large cigar like a Toro or Churchill in under 30 minutes, and the quick puffing process can lead to overpowering cigars. You can place the cigar on the ashtray for a period of time, or simply hold it in your hand for 30-60 seconds, without smoking it, and let it burn naturally.
You can turn the cigar when you smoke it.
Holding the cigar in your mouth and turning it gently will help it burn more evenly. You don’t have to spin it like a pinwheel, but turning the cigar casually over your mouth will keep the head from curling, which will allow for a better draw. Don't puff on the cigar because the more air you draw on one side of the cigar, the faster that side will burn than the other.
What you need to know about your cigar smoking habits.
Whether you like to smoke your cigars very fast or very slow, you must pay attention to your tolerance for the strength of the cigar. When smoking stronger, full-bodied cigars, you should smoke a little slower than the mild blends you are used to smoking on a daily basis. Smoking a full-bodied, spicy cigar too quickly can spike your nicotine levels and make you sick.
Adjusting the frequency of smoking cigars can give your body enough time to digest the strength of cigars. Even smoother and milder cigars can become overwhelming if smoked too quickly. If you want a strong or punchy cigar, smoke a smaller size. (The shorter the size, the smaller the ring diameter, the taste is not necessarily lighter, more will be more concentrated) Shorter cigars can bring more intense cigar concentration, because when first lit, the heat is closer to your taste buds . The smaller the ring diameter, the greater the thermal concentration. But the suggestion still needs to be idle. The closer the heat from the tail of the cigar is to the taste buds, the longer the puffs should be taken.
The faster the cigar is smoked, the more heat and bitter the taste.
While a smoky room might seem like fun, puffing a cigar incessantly imparts a pungent, bitter flavor that isn't what the cigar maker intended. As with all cigar blends, there must be a precise ratio of binder and filler tobacco under the wrapper wrapper. Once lit, the design of the cigar allows you to inflate the flavor just right as you puff it down without getting to an obnoxious level. Puffing a cigar rhythmically, such as puffs per minute, is crucial to enjoying a cigar.
Smoke too slowly and the cigar goes out.
If you wait too long between puffs, the cigar will die. Sometimes you get distracted talking to a friend or looking at your phone, and before you know it, the cigar goes off. That's not to say it can't continue to ignite it. However, repeated lighting of a cigar can also affect its flavor. Constantly injecting the butane in the lighter at the end of the cigar will cause the cigar to smell burnt, and at the same time you will taste the fuel. Try to smoke it regularly so it doesn't go out completely.
Special Tips: The flat mouthpiece helps to draw the cigar better and make the cigar smoother!
