Wetting really really dry cigars

[Edwhatever]

Hello all,

Heres a link I would like to share about misting up/wetting dry cigars. It's quite scientific, and it helped me understand how moister enters and exits a cigar. Simple to understand as well, check out the diagrams!

http://www.tabacordillera.com/cigar-tobacco-humidity.htm

I bought a 50 cab of Hoyo Des Dieux 03' a couple of months ago, but unfortunantly they were dry and hard. I was looking for posts related to this topic but I've only found a few posts that talk about leaving them in your humidor for a brief while (maybe I have missed a really good post); with no real convincing explanation that allows me to understand why I should be doing what I'm being told.

According to this link, I'm guessing my dry cigars would need a lot of humidification for a month or so.

Thank god the wrapers didn't crack, I thought I was going to be out $500

[DinoCop05]

Quite interesting I must say. Sounds like the key is to re-humidify gradually, rather than just dropping them in a 70 RH environment. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[Stalebread]

Thanks for the article, although it sounds a little like a sales pitch for Cigar Oasis.

If the cigars are really dry, I would guess that "lot of humidification for a month or so" is probably too much too fast. Seems like there are several "it depends" in this situation but I don't think it's possible to re-humidify too slowly while it is possible to do it too quickly.

As I recall, there is a lot here on the forum in various threads about humidty and dry or wet cigars. Pigfish has been doing some pretty careful research on temperature and humidity (with charts, even). Try searching on dry cigars if you haven't already.

Please post a follow-up to let us know how it turns out.

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[Ginseng]

I'm guessing my dry cigars would need a lot of humidification for a month or so.

Well, you'll certainly need to work up to your final desired humidity level in steps as the article suggests. Absolutely keep us informed. It would be informative if you smoked one dry, then another part way through, and then one a few months down the road. Of course this kind of destructive testing requires dedication.

Wilkey

[Edwhatever]

These cigars started off really dry, hard and even crunchy. I could heard the leaves crinkle when I press them with my fingers. I left them in my humi for a week with a 60%rh then tried smoking them. The 1/3 tasted nicely but the rest was just plain harsh and spicy. its been 2 weeks now and I've jacked the rh to 80%. The cigars art now spongey but still the 3rd near the head is stil kinda hard when I press on it, don't see any cracked foots (feet) yet.

They still tastes kinda off from the middle onwards at this point.

I have a 50 cab and I still have around 40 left, hopefully they can become fully enjoyable soon. It's an 03' for goodness sake, they should be good! My humidor is running out of room too, I also have a box of 25s coming in from Czar's soon...

[SCgarman]

The problem with dryed out cigars is that even though you can slowly re-humidify them, once the natural oils of the tobacco are dryed up, they will never taste the way they should. How dry were these cigars? And I would be concerned about a vendor or tobacconist that sells cigars that were not properly kept at an adequate humidity. The oils in the tobacco are what give the cigar it's flavor, and when dryed out you cannot restore them.

[Strick28]

Interesting read...Thanks