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Any different from those who vacuum seal or wrap boxes I wonder? Immortal? Slows down ageing if it's well sealed I guess. So could seem immortal. NB .. store in a cool dark place.

Had 1 in Cuba at the RyJ night. 1 in Shanghai with some PCC guys. And now my 3rd with my family celebrating CNY. One of my favourite cigars of the year. Absolute banger.

Every year China comes up with clever 4 character idioms to represent the new year. Always related to the animal of the new year. Usually related to getting more money. Always play on words. 马上 = mashang = immediately. 马 = horse 上 = up So get up on the horse = immediately. Some of the most common ones so far are: 马上有财 = immediately have money 马上成功 = immediately successful My personal favourite... 马上牛逼 niu bi = cow p***y niu bi can be explained here perfectly by Tarantino: Immediately super cool. But when you take the characters one by one.... it means more literally... Not sure if that's going to need to be edited out.. lol. But its making the rounds in every group chat across the country. Our company holiday reminder. Basically the entire country takes off 2 whole weeks. The largest migration of people in the world.. and as the population has more money, its getting bigger by the year. Always a fun time in China this time of year. Fireworks and firecrackers all day everyday for a week straight. Enough baijiu to drown a villlage. Food until you're stuffed and can't walk.

Serious question here, a friend of mine found an Upmann tubo in a desk drawer while emptying his grandfather's house when he passed away right before COVID. It was an 80's or maybe even 70's cigar iirc and it was a delightful smoke according to my friend so here's my question: Do you guys think a cigar in its tubo could be almost immortal, assuming the room in which it is kept is pretty stable RH-temperature wise?

Whoops. I meant Tubes.

France vs Italy Q1 game result : France Q2 total tries : 9 Spurs vs Arsenal Q1 game result : Arsenal win Q2 total goals : 3 Celtics @ Lakers Q1 game result : Lakers win Q2 winning margin : 7-10 Tie breaker : 6

Cohiba Panetelas - LGR Dic 2017...

Now that is funny! 😂🤣

I’m curious if anyone has noticed subtle visual differences in Cuban cigars stored in tubos versus cigars stored freely in a box. Specifically, do things like wrapper shading, sheen, or vein patterns develop or appear differently over time depending on whether the cigar is confined in a tube or not?

Aluminum tubos are pretty much completely neutral (the metal is neutral and doesn't react with air or humidity, like iron would do), so they don’t pass any metallic taste or flavor to the cigars over time. The only influence comes from the small cedar insert, which can add a tiny bit of aroma.

Very special cigar! Great woody flavor that mixes with some sweetness. Not many transitions but you can tell it has high quality leaf.

My process for aging in tubos is fairly simple. When I buy them, I place them in my humidor at 65% RH and leave the caps fully open for a few months. The goal is to let them stabilize at my preferred humidity, avoid trapping higher RH, etc. Once I feel they’re properly acclimated, I close the tubos and let them age long term inside the humidor. Combo of B and A.

Funnily enough, the Bolivar Royal Coronas Tubos I have or Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No.2 have a nicer wrapper (according to my taste) and feel richer than the ones coming from a box.

All this Toob Talk giving us TUNNEL vision!

I've spent all day trying to write a report but distracted the entire time about what is an intelligent question about a tubo? I then thought who the devil sets people to pose cunning questions about a tube that contains another tube made of leaves? A Masochist I thought, or a Tubo Tosser. I then began singing the Tubo that Stumped them all (a take on DT's the test that stumped them all). Thanks @El Presidente thanks to your kind thread, I've gone full retard.

Perfect for my fishing vest!

Oh yes, +1 for me on Until the End of the World. Title track is U2's most underrated song, it's perfect. For me, the below two scores/soundtracks are truly great. Trevor Jones did most of the heavy lifting on The Last of the Mohicans score. I think Randy Edelman filled in some gaps. John Powell does great work with small orchestras, and the first Bourne sequel was his best work. Be careful putting this on the car stereo while driving down the freeway, you'll end up driving 30 miles over the speed limit.

France / 6 ——————— Arsenal / 3 ——————— Celtics / 7-10 ——————— tiebreaker: 11

Harold and Maude was another great one. Cat Stevens. Bud Cort just passed away too. Great movie as well.

I’m thinking Animal House, Apocalypse Now, Repo Man! Does ‘The Song Remains the Same’ count?

1) France / 7 tries 2) Arsenal / 4 3) Celtics / 7-10 Tie Breaker - 17

From what I understand, they're the ones leftover from rolling sessions that didnt meet wrapper shade uniformity to make full boxes.

On one hand, the tubo allows for a microclimate and should increase stability (RH swings, etc from opening/closing the humidor). Point in favor of the tubo for flavor in a young cigar. On the other hand, this stability implies less moisture gradients and volatility which should mean a smoother, more stable, but slower evolution. For a young cigar, you can see why slower evolution may not be desirable. Point against the tubo for flavor in a young cigar. All this is to say, there’s a lot of factors in play, so smoke them and hopefully enjoy them.