El Presidente Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 If you have a spare destop and a few cheap and cheerfulls, give this a crack. I do it with my Quintero Favorito bundles only because they have an open draw which makes them particularly receptive and are cheap. Take your destop. Remove the humidifier. Take your bundle of Favoritos (or other cheapies). Clip the cap of each and place them in your desktop. Take a Jam Jar lid (or any other shallow container) and fill it with Cointreau. I use a jam jar lid becasue it has a large surface area. You can use rum or anything else for the liquor. I use Cointreau for that citrus note. close the lid and put them away for 30 days. The longer the better. You end up with slightly flavoured cigars. In the case of the favoritos, citrus and toasty Cuban tobacco. Now before the purists have a crack at me.....I was first shown how to do this by one Jamie "Hamlet" Paredes ......he uses Santiago rum. 4
polarbear Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 Good idea I seasoned a cheap humidor with Havana Club 7 a few years back and got similar results with anything I put in it
Hunter1974 Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 in the beginning I bought some JLP caz. still have a bunch that I just dont care about smoking and they too are loose so gonna try them out with this trick Damn sure cant Hurt !
PointFivePast Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 Brilliant idea! I have a number of cheap NC cigars that I bought back in the day to fill my first humidor. They are still hanging around since I have nicer things to smoke now. In addition, I also have an old glasstop desk humidor I don't use anymore. Will give this a whirl soon!
Guest rob Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 Sorry Roberto...... I normally trust your judgement, but will have to pass on this suggestion! !
CUBANO Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 I saw that done with rum in a cigar shop on Calle Ocho in Miami a few years ago
CaptainQuintero Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 I do the same but with double cream to help boost the creamy nature of Upmanns 1
Smallclub Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 I've done it with Partagas Mille Fleurs, Gispert Habaneras No.2 etc. and cognac or armagnac but the result was a bit disappointing. I suppose it would have worked better with a sweeter liquor like rum or even Grand Marnier… 1
PigFish Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 ... used to do this with tinned Macanudos (a helluva long time ago) in a ceramic pipe tobacco jar with an apricot liqueur. Yes, I admit to it... Now I just smoke real cigars with real flavors and I can ignore such folly! -the Pig
oliverdst Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 I have an spare humi, cheap cigars and a sealed cointreau. My fear is to waste all of them.
Ryan Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 El Aljibe restaurant in Havana used to do this with a desktop of cigars. They kept a shot glass of rum in there to flavour them. I only ever tried one. It's not really my thing, though I could see why people like it. I found the flavuor very sweet, sickly sweet.
Cohiba Stevie Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 Wow... I have never thought of this but makes so much sense. I will try it! Cheers rob!
SofaKing Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 Home made Gurkha's...only they would be a 100 times better. 1
Fosgate Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 I gotta try this. I have an antique cedar and milk glass lined humidor a friend gave me on the cheap but seasoned well and holds humidity.
Phinz Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 Home made Gurkha's...only they would be a 100 times better. Clinton came up with a alternative flavor infusion technique for Gurkhas a few years back, didn't he?? 1
jat Posted October 4, 2015 Posted October 4, 2015 Funny you should mention this, I was talking to bloke recently who worked in Cuba (shipping agent) for a few years and we struck up a conversation about cigars. He did the same, but with watered down rum and herbs (??). Said the straight rum was too overpowering. I don't know what herbs he would have added. Was jealous that he had his cigars rolled every morning with his preferred blend and picked them up on the way to work. Smoke some during the day and put some down for later, what a life. Anyway married a cuban lass and came back to OZ. 1
Hunter1974 Posted October 4, 2015 Posted October 4, 2015 Clinton came up with a alternative flavor infusion technique for Gurkhas a few years back, didn't he?? Too damn funny! But Doubt his tasted like fruit. Well not fresh fruit anway. 1
Fosgate Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 I ordered a box. Never tried them and I was digging through my cabinet lookiing for what to add and found my first choice. 1. Patron Orange Liquer But I also found a few other bottles that are simply aging in my cabinet. Think any of these might be better? Drambuie Razzmatazz Raspberry liquer Medori Melon Liquer Jack Daniels Old No 7 Crown Royal
Smallclub Posted October 6, 2015 Posted October 6, 2015 But I also found a few other bottles that are simply aging in my cabinet. Think any of these might be better? You realize that distilled liquors don't age in the bottle, right?
Fosgate Posted October 8, 2015 Posted October 8, 2015 You realize that distilled liquors don't age in the bottle, right? Yes. Just used the shorter term to get the idea rather than "Just gathering dust and taking up space in my cabinet."
puromaniac Posted October 9, 2015 Posted October 9, 2015 Hmm, will this help those peso cigars I was gifted?
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