SaintMickey® Posted December 25, 2016 Author Posted December 25, 2016 8 minutes ago, Hutch said: Not the first time I've seen mold called plume. Who's the bald guy ? LOL which one.
RWhiz Posted December 25, 2016 Posted December 25, 2016 Gotta keep the plume from going up the cigar, classic line!
Habanos2000 Posted December 25, 2016 Posted December 25, 2016 8 minutes ago, Hutch said: Not the first time I've seen mold called plume. Who's the bald guy ? The bald guy is AJ, he owns La Casa del Habano London. 1
LGC Posted December 25, 2016 Posted December 25, 2016 Not the first time a vendor from the U.K. has referred to mold as plume, even with high priced vintage sticks sold in auction. 2
Smallclub Posted December 25, 2016 Posted December 25, 2016 Makes one wonder if it's incompetence or dishonesty… anyway that's pityful… 2
JohnS Posted December 25, 2016 Posted December 25, 2016 My first thought was, "why is Ajay Patel pulling out a box out of a bag that looks like a plain wooden miniature Tardis from Doctor Who?". Then I recognised recently retired Cigar Aficionado journalist Gordon Mott (he's moved to Mexico but still does articles for CA on Cuban cigars) and current CA Executive Editor David Savona (he's the bearded guy). Then I thought, "it was a Cuaba that had the mold on it, so @Ken Gargett wouldn't mind too much if he had to review a cigar from that box!" 1
LGC Posted December 25, 2016 Posted December 25, 2016 Makes one wonder if it's incompetence or dishonesty… anyway that's pityful…Either way, it's simply inexcusable... especially when boxes are sold for thousands of dollars. 2
bigharpoon Posted December 25, 2016 Posted December 25, 2016 Well thankfully their humidity wasn't so high it created mold
Warren Posted December 25, 2016 Posted December 25, 2016 Liar liar pants on fire. It looked like classic green mold to me.
SaintMickey® Posted December 25, 2016 Author Posted December 25, 2016 1 minute ago, Warren said: Liar liar pants on fire. It looked like classic green mold to me. Your resolution must be much better than mine...I didn't see any green whatsoever.
garbandz Posted December 25, 2016 Posted December 25, 2016 "makes one wonder if it's incompetence or dishonesty" now everything else he has proclaimed is suspect. All of his provenance for his high dollar London Stock is in question.
Warren Posted December 25, 2016 Posted December 25, 2016 28 minutes ago, SaintMickey® said: Your resolution must be much better than mine...I didn't see any green whatsoever. It was the way the light hit the cap of the cigar as he rolled it around I thought I saw a slight greenish tinge to it.
MooseAMuffin Posted December 26, 2016 Posted December 26, 2016 This is probably a dumb question but, he said "If plume gets up the cigar, it will ruin it." If that was actually plume, is that true? I know thats true about mold, but I've never heard anyone say plume going up a cigar will ruin it. Maybe he thinks plume and mold are the same thing? I dunno, I would hope that a person who owns a LCDH could tell the difference. Also, let's say you are sitting there with them and they offer you this cigar. What do you do/say?
Mattygukas Posted December 26, 2016 Posted December 26, 2016 10:04, dudes, don't share your cigars! EWww... 1
El Presidente Posted December 26, 2016 Posted December 26, 2016 AJ is a lovely guy. I don't necessarily agree with his prognosis here. Is it open to interpretation? Certainly. I have seen plume on occasion. Unless I am completely mistaken, I didn't see any in this vid. 4
Jimmy_jack Posted December 26, 2016 Posted December 26, 2016 Seems like a slight of hand obfuscation to me...as he quickly wipes it off.
SaintMickey® Posted December 26, 2016 Author Posted December 26, 2016 26 minutes ago, Mattygukas said: 10:04, dudes, don't share your cigars! EWww... LOL. That was interesting... I guess they know each other well...
irratebass Posted December 26, 2016 Posted December 26, 2016 13 hours ago, Mattygukas said: 10:04, dudes, don't share your cigars! EWww... This is a common occurrence at herfs I have been to. The 1st time it happened I was a bit taken back, but it's all in the mind, and I have tried some amazing sticks this way, especially a few pre embargo's. 1
MaxG Posted December 26, 2016 Posted December 26, 2016 Mold doesn't exist in B&Ms. It is as invisible to the merchant's eyes as two Baptists crossing paths in a liquor store are to each other. - MG 4
LGC Posted December 26, 2016 Posted December 26, 2016 Mold doesn't exist in B&Ms. It is as invisible to the merchant's eyes as two Baptists crossing paths in a liquor store are to each other. - MG LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NSXCIGAR Posted December 26, 2016 Posted December 26, 2016 Looks like mold to me. If not, the most plume I've ever encountered. The way it wraps completely around the rounded head of the cigar just looks so typical of mold and not plume. It's appears awfully thick and white and plume is much more powdery and light. A good example: Mold: Plume Plume from my own cigar: Also suspicious is the cigar being an outermost stick in the box--the prime candidate for mold.
NSXCIGAR Posted December 27, 2016 Posted December 27, 2016 On 12/25/2016 at 5:04 PM, Jimmy_jack said: Seems like a slight of hand obfuscation to me...as he quickly wipes it off. I thought that as well but hesitated to say it. Kind of a "nothing to see here--just a bit of plume" and wipe. I guess it's pretty unanimous here--not really on Ajay's side, although I hate to render a guilty verdict without seeing the cigar(s) in person. Ajay is a very respected and knowledgeable individual. It's not even really that big of a deal. So there's some mold. It happens, wipe it down along with the rest of the cigars and move on--but own it.
Jimmy_jack Posted December 27, 2016 Posted December 27, 2016 I'm not rendering any verdict at all. Ajay is on a completely difference universe than me when it comes to cigars. I could only hope to have 1/10th of his knowledge and experience as it relates to cigars. But...I've always heard and experienced that "Plume/Bloom" was something to admire and desire...not wipe off quickly. At any rate...I'm certain it will be or was a great smoke. 1
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