Moisture content

[Faster]

On 8/6/2023 at 11:28 AM, Faster said:

Thank you for your comment John , I freeze all my cigars, and thanks also to everyone else. I have reduced the temperature to 74F (RH 77%) for now; the intention is to maintain those conditions until the oldest part of my collection has been in the humidor for almost a year, say 9 months or so. Then maybe slow things down by a further reduction in temperature. I firmly believe that using a high temperature initially speeded up the process, and is worth trying on very recent box dates, but in all honesty I cannot say if those higher temps result in sub optimum flavor. 
John I am not sure about cigars not fermenting after rolling, because some also say that aging is a slow fermentation process. What I experienced at 78F - 80F with my very young collection was a rich oily flavor in a short space of time, almost too rich and oily., so I described it as fermentation as opposed to the slowdown at 74F, which I might describe as melding/ aging.

 

Thanks for posting this chart. I find it very useful, as I am using higher temperatures than normal and knowing my moisture content is important.

Correction 67RH