aging cigars w/ coffee beans, bourbon, etc?

[daboose]

I'm considering storing several singles or boxes in an airtight container along with either coffee beans, bourbon or whiskey or whatever.

Any experience out there?

[thechenman]

Why in the world would you want to do that? You can already buy cigars like this...hopefully you won't be experimenting with any Cubans.

[Peter11216]

Semi-serious question: are you trying to get cigar flavoured coffee, or cigar flavoured whiskey?

It isn't clear to me why one expects cigars to (1) absorb the right chemicals from coffee beans or whiskey; (2) taste good when burned.

I am also interested to know what others think, and I definitely wish you luck. It could be a way to revive bad cigars, I suppose.

Best,

Pete

[semery74]

Acid Cigars are already one step ahead of you. If you want to try flavored cigars I would just buy instead of try. Real tobacco flavor is formed by anaerobic reactions during the fermentation process that break down tannins or larger polyphenol compounds. There a few other auxiliary flavors such as cedar, oak and royal palm bark that impart their own tannins during storage, all of which are broken down over time by oxidation. Which is why cigar flavor will expire if not well protected and cared for with proper temperature and humidity.

[anacostiakat]

[Cohiba Stevie]

I'm considering storing several singles or boxes in an airtight container along with either coffee beans, bourbon or whiskey or whatever.

Any experience out there?

could you elaborate on this please... as in explain your method and purpose a bit more deeply?

[jnt]

gross. Don't ruin good cigars. Just go by some swisher sweets or something

[mkz]

Give it a try and let us know how it worked out.

Have heard about people storing dry european cigars in humidors with cognac, whisky etc but never seen it myself nor tried it.

[Puros Y Vino]

I experimented with some fakes I had. I used some Cognac soaked sponges and locked the cigars into a tupperware bin. The cigars literally took on the Cognac but not to levels that would make it worth it. As a test I left one cigar out for an hour and it lost all the Cognac aroma. IMO it's not worth it. Buy flavoured stix. I can send you some Rocky Patel Java's if you want coffee aroma in your cigar and yellow stains on your lips.

[El Presidente]

I know some very good rollers who do this occasionally using very good rum. I have never tried it but they swear by it.

[CBL]

When I just started smoking cigars and wasn't getting the flavors promised to me in reviews I considered putting a cinnamon stick, honey or a vanilla bean in my humidor, luckily I found out some cigars just don't offer those flavors before I went on with my experiment

But I recently saw a documentary or tv show (I think it was Samantha Brown on TLC ) who went to Nicaragua and a "famous" roller showed his private stock being locked up with a bag of coffee beans and another humidor with some Flor de Cana rum. He said it really gave the cigars a boost.

I'd do it with cheap simple sticks though.... No use in killing the complexity of a good cigar by bombarding it with foreign flavors.

[cigcars]

Ehm, perhaps he's just talking about the process of aging such things as wine, cigars, coffee, etc. hmm? Hmm? And perhaps how they would all seem (apart) after aging so long. I just can't believe or take it that he's talking about intermingling and melding them all together into one question mark taste

[mikejh]

tried this with coffee beans and some mild dominicans, didnt really do much, and the coffee beans seemed to soak up more humidity and oils from the cigars, so the cigars were probably worse off in the end

i think if you want to successfully do it, it needs to be with a liquid that you add to your humidification device

[cigarroverzulu]

Dude, Go down the stowe and get U a "Jucey Lucey" by Drew Estates You'll be cured!

[jedipastor]

Many of the now famous old-timey (19th century) cigar smokers would store thier cigars with a bottle of vanilla for added flavor. These days, most of us prefer to add cedar. Neither is right or wrong.

[jedipastor]

Dude, Go down the stowe and get U a "Jucey Lucey" by Drew Estates You'll be cured!

1) The "Jucy Lucy" is not an infused/flavored cigar--none of the DE "Naturals" line is (hense the name). That line utilizes some unusual tobaccos to create the different flavor profiles, most notably some of the blends actually include pipe tobacco.

2) NOTE to the OP: If you really want cigars with cool flavor profiles, I'd suggest the Drew Estates Naturals line!. The Jucy Lucy has a sweet caramel finish and the Root has a great dusted cocoa flavor. The Dirt is nice and earthy. All-natural tobacco, hand-made premium cigars that use quality tobacco (unlike most flavored cigar that use sub-par leaf).

3) The ACID line may give DE a bad rap to many, but their traditionally blended cigars are amazing, especially the Liga Privadas!

[cigarroverzulu]

1) The "Jucy Lucy" is not an infused/flavored cigar--none of the DE "Naturals" line is (hense the name). That line utilizes some unusual tobaccos to create the different flavor profiles, most notably some of the blends actually include pipe tobacco.

2) NOTE to the OP: If you really want cigars with cool flavor profiles, I'd suggest the Drew Estates Naturals line!. The Jucy Lucy has a sweet caramel finish and the Root has a great dusted cocoa flavor. The Dirt is nice and earthy. All-natural tobacco, hand-made premium cigars that use quality tobacco (unlike most flavored cigar that use sub-par leaf).

3) The ACID line may give DE a bad rap to many, but their traditionally blended cigars are amazing, especially the Liga Privadas!

I don't knew man, the Jucy Lucy I had recently was sickeningly sweet like something was applied to it. Not much of a caramel finish.