1 VITOLA, 3 TYPES OF STORAGE

[Ciscojohansson]

 

Habanos Day 2016 in Germany offered up the opportunity for an unconventional tasting. Over a period of two years, 150 sticks of the Partagás Serie D No. 4 with a boxing date of 2013 were stored under varying conditions.

https://www.cigarjournal.com/1-vitola-3-types-of-storage/

[smbauerllc]

Interesting experiment.
Thanks for posting this.

A little surprised they chose 70% as the rh to bring them all too.

I would have thought they would have bitterness and burn problems and such a high rh.

Apparently not though, which is nice to know

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[Edicion]

Many thanks for sharing. Great, essential reading. 

[Bijan]

My take is that the main issue was humidity. The humidor cigars were stored at 70% and all the cigars were rested at 70% for 4 weeks. So the humidor cigars were at the perfect humidity level for the test.

The fridge cigars and the wine sellar cigars were not stored at 70% and might need much longer than 4 weeks to stabilize at 70%. This is not to say the fridge cigars weren't ruined. But the similar results between fridge and cellar makes me think it's acclimatization.

 

[El Presidente]

I may be missing something but is it any great surprise that a box of cigars placed in a refrigerator for any significant period of time, underperformed?

[Bagman]

Yeah, this article makes NO sense.  I guess the Sarkisian's (Davidoff of London) and others are idiots for storing their cigars in the 50's.    You had to pretty much ignore this article once they mentioned 70% storage.  They move it to different temps and don't adjust for humidity.  Not essential reading.  I hope nobody takes this article seriously. 

Their "conclusion"  cubans are best stored at 70% humidity where the temp fluctuate between 66 and 82 degrees.    Solid advise.  How did this garbage get published?

[MrBirdman]

Do people actually keep their cigars in the refrigerator? Next to the leftovers from Sunday dinner?

[Bijan]

1 minute ago, MrBirdman said:

Do people actually keep their cigars in the refrigerator? Next to the leftovers from Sunday dinner?

My dad kept his Monte Puritos there, until I got him some bovedas.

Edit: In the butter drawer.

[MrBirdman]

6 minutes ago, Bijan said:

My dad kept his Monte Puritos there, until I got him some bovedas.

Edit: In the butter drawer.

You’re a good son Bijan! I really had never heard of anyone doing it for long-term storage. 

[Bijan]

3 minutes ago, MrBirdman said:

You’re a good son Bijan! I really had never heard of anyone doing it for long-term storage. 

He generally gets 50 at a time and smokes about one a day or maybe every other day, so it wasn't more than a few months, half a year tops. But they did survive better in the fridge than just laying around at inside humidity levels in the winter or in summer with the AC.

[El Presidente]

13 minutes ago, Bijan said:

My dad kept his Monte Puritos there, until I got him some bovedas.

Edit: In the butter drawer.

Let me get this right. 

He put the Bovedas in the butter drawer 

[Bijan]

Just now, El Presidente said:

Let me get this right. 

He put the Bovedas in the butter drawer 

lol, tupperware and ziploc bags, in a closet,

the cigars went in the butter drawer in the fridge pre-boveda

[El Presidente]

Just now, Bijan said:

lol, tupperware and ziploc bags, in a closet,

the cigars went in the butter drawer in the fridge pre-boveda

........thank god   

 

[Edicion]

51 minutes ago, Bijan said:

My dad kept his Monte Puritos there, until I got him some bovedas.

Edit: In the butter drawer.

Did the cigars get any nuttiness from being in the butter drawer? 

[cgoodrich]

56 minutes ago, Edicion said:

Did the cigars get any nuttiness from being in the butter drawer? 

I’ll bet they were “buttery” smooth! 🤣