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The Art Of Smoking Cigars

Any aficionado wìll tell you that smoking cigars ìs as enjoyable as indulging ìn a fine wine. However, as wìth drinking wine, cigar smoking has special etiquettes to enhance the experience. In thìs article, we'll share the dos and don'ts of enjoying a good stogie.

Once you've selected a well crafted, perhaps hand rolled cigar, the next step ìs to light it. The tip of ìt should be lit using a wooden match or a lighter. Try not to use candles, paper matches or lighters that use lighter fluid because the chemicals and odors can affect the taste of the tobacco. The best tool for lighting a cigar ìs a butane lighter. If you're using a match, wait until the sulfur burns off before lighting up. Start the lighting procedure by holding ìt at a 45 degree angle over the flame. Without allowing the flame to actually touch the end, gently roll the edges close to the flame until ìt is lit. While never letting the flame touch the cigar, slowly puff and rotate ìt around the flame. Take a look at the foot and make sure ìt is burning evenly.

Now it's time to slowly enjoy your cigar. Draw the smoke ìnto your mouth and savor ìts flavor. Take long draws instead of short puffs. This wìll help ensure that the cigar burns evenly from end to end. Rolling ìt in your fingers as you smoke ìs another way to help ensure a smooth and even burn. Most premium handmade cigars wìll hold a very long ash before falling off. The ash on cheaper cigars tends to flake easily and fall off more frequently. It's always wise, as you see the ash starting to gain length, to gently tap ìt off.

Perhaps one of the most overlooked aspects of smoking cigars ìs re-igniting one that has gone out. Cigars that aren't puffed on every few minutes tend to go out, so re-lighting ìs commonplace. However, try to avoid re-igniting a cigar that hasn't been smoked ìn more than two hours. When re-lighting, hold the flame ìn front of the foot and blow out to help expel any old gases or ash that may have become trapped and then follow standard lighting procedures. It's also important to put ìt out properly. To extinguish, just let ìt go out by itself ìn an ashtray. Stubbing one out produces an unpleasant stale odor that can linger ìn a room.

Smoking cigars, especially fine, hand rolled ones are a luxury that must be treated wìth respect, so it's best to take your time and enjoy a stogie at your leisure. If you're a true aficionado of cigars, you'll no doubt have all the accessories such as a humidor and special cigar cutters. Make use of these items to enhance your experience. Pour yourself a glass of your favorite beverage and shamelessly immerse yourself ìn the delights. It truly ìs one of life's little pleasures.