Bleached Cigars

[jwr0201]

Talking about cigars that have lived in the local B&M for a while and that have become bleached in color from constant exposure to flourescent lights in the display case. The cigar shop I work at has a few boxes of rather nice cigars that have not moved and the wrappers have become much lighter from light exposure. These are boxes of NC's - LADC Mi Amors and Reservas. Normally great cigars. How does this bleaching of the wrappers affect the taste of a cigar?

[Anthonyjoseph89]

I dunno, you'd be able to tell if you have some decent cigars bleached.

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[Fugu]

Expect that bleaching would not just affect colour....

Already displaying boxes open (as is being done quite frequently in shops) is not the best idea, at least when turnover is low, even without any visible bleaching occurring.

I am happy to have a local shop that doesn't display any cigar open in its humidors.

[irratebass]

I've never heard of a cigar bleaching due to florescent lights. I've smoked many cigars that are open on display....only issue I have ever had was it was too wet due to the humidification system in the humi.

I would like to hear more on this subject.

[CaptainQuintero]

Theres a store near me which doesn't look after its stock, ripped wrappers and mould. They have open boxes of various cohiba going back over a decade and most are bleached, a box that stands out in my memory were some CCE; they were almost white

[RijkdeGooier]

Theres a store near me which doesn't look after its stock, ripped wrappers and mould. They have open boxes of various cohiba going back over a decade and most are bleached, a box that stands out in my memory were some CCE; they were almost white

Sometimes it is exposure to sunlight, sometimes it is the effect of using tapwater in the humidification device.

Either way not a good look

[mikemerry]

I've wondered this too.... Does sunlight have a role in this?

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[CaptainQuintero]

I've wondered this too.... Does sunlight have a role in this?

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I can only speak for the ones in the store near me but the humidor is 50 feet away from the window way down in the back of the shop, never seen sunlight!

[RijkdeGooier]

It has been my limited experience (once and never again) that strong sunlight has a detrimental effect on the tobacco quality

[joejack11]

wow.. interesting

[ChanceSchmerr]

I know of a shop in Vancouver that has this problem. It breaks my heart because I've been there many times and they consistently have rare/HTF cigars (including BGMs, RA898s, etc) that you just can't touch because they are so damaged. The bleaching damage was in the extreme.

[joejack11]

wow.....