Spanish Ceder and Wax Paper Storage

[Jason55555]

Was looking over some of my cigars today and I was just wondering, if I should let the Spanish ceder sheet that every cigar box comes with, sit ontop of the cigars? Or should you use that white wax paper material to have a barrier(this is how it shipped originally.I guess there's a reason for it)?

I know that Spanish ceder imparts an aroma on the cigars, so I'm wondering if not using that wax sheet as a barrier between the ciagrs and this Spanish ceder alters the cigar flavor imparting too much ceder aroma onto my cigars.

Thanks

[PigFish]

Some people must unwrap their bandages to see if they are healing. Others pull on their stitches and pick at their scabs!

Some things are best left well enough alone! JMHO. -Piggy

[Munts]

Some people must unwrap their bandages to see if they are healing. Others pull on their stitches and pick at their scabs!

Some things are best left well enough alone! JMHO. -Piggy

Everyone loves picking scabs... just like what George Carlin said..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytpvmWqgaR0

[TWalker]

"Harvest time on your head" LOL! Man, George was a classic. One of the funniest men of our time. Thanks for the video. I've got some of that act on my ipod in short segments.

[Colt45]

I usually leave my cigars as they come - cedar sheet, wax paper, ribbons, etc. Personally, I'd not worry about the cedar sheet.

[Ginseng]

Agreed,

I leave all original packaging components intact.

And on a point of clarification, the paper found in boxes today is not waxed paper. It is glassine paper. It's worth a googling but suffice it to say that glassine is a form of highly processed paper with specific properties some of which are similar to that of waxed paper. It serves a function that is not just protection against physical damage. Theoretically it would not be the same to substitute office copier paper for the glassine. But practically speaking, and in the short-intermediate term, not all that much different.

Wilkey

[tdlfoto]

I usually leave my cigars as they come - cedar sheet, wax paper, ribbons, etc. Personally, I'd not worry about the cedar sheet.

+1 here

[canadianbeaver]

If it was not ok, why would the cigar co put in that way for years of storage?

[CanuckSARTech]

Some people must unwrap their bandages to see if they are healing. Others pull on their stitches and pick at their scabs!

Some things are best left well enough alone! JMHO. -Piggy

LOL. Ahhhhhh, classic "Cerdito"!!!

....agreed....

[CanuckSARTech]

Was looking over some of my cigars today and I was just wondering, if I should let the Spanish ceder sheet that every cigar box comes with, sit ontop of the cigars? Or should you use that white wax paper material to have a barrier(this is how it shipped originally.I guess there's a reason for it)?

I know that Spanish ceder imparts an aroma on the cigars, so I'm wondering if not using that wax sheet as a barrier between the ciagrs and this Spanish ceder alters the cigar flavor imparting too much ceder aroma onto my cigars.

Thanks

That wax paper, or glassine paper as Wilkey pointed out, does serve a purpose. Yes, you want the cedar in there, as it imparts the pleasant additional aromas, helps to deter any potential beetles, humidity properties, etc., etc. But, having that thin sheet of cedar straight against the surface of your cigars can be not a good thing as well.

The wax paper helps protect the cigars a bit. Helps with any friction damage especially, from the rough surface of the cedar sheet being abrasive on your cigars. If you notice, on cigars that don't even have a cedar sheet on the surface (like Monte 4 boxes, or Monte 2 boxes, especially the 10-packs), there's still just a thin strip of the wax/glassine paper in there; it's there to help the cosmetic appeals of the bands, to stop them from rubbing on the inside of the box lid, so that the brassy/gold-toned paint on some bands doesn't tarnish/oxidize/rub off on the inside of the box lids.