Cigars loosing their aroma

[adler_yeo]

I stored 6 cigars in a humidor at 65% rh with no cello or anything for 4 years and recently took it out to inspect, they lost their aroma! Is there anything I can do to fix it or it doesn't matter?

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[stinkhead]

Did they lose there aroma when lit? Or aroma at cold?

[adler_yeo]

It lost the aroma at cold and I just lit one up tastes bitter and harsh


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[Fugu]

1 hour ago, adler_yeo said:

Is there anything I can do to fix it

Buy CCs 

[adler_yeo]

What's a cc?

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[Fugu]

Cuban cigar (as opposed to "NC" non-Cuban)...

[adler_yeo]

Cuban cigar (as opposed to "NC" non-Cuban)...

Oh mine are all Cubans


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[Fugu]

Been a cheeky comment, Eagle...

[JoeyGunz]

56 minutes ago, adler_yeo said:

Oh mine are all Cubans


 

But they came in Cello? Is the humi still maintaining 65rh?

[Jimmy_jack]

Cellophane? CC? hmmm.....

[adler_yeo]

They came in a box which I removed them from, Yeap still maintaining 65


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[Chelsea8]

2 hours ago, adler_yeo said:

It lost the aroma at cold and I just lit one up tastes bitter and harsh


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Bitter and harsh sounds more like the cigars were kept overly damp rather than at 65rh. When was the last time you calibrated your hygrometer and at what temperature were the cigars stored at?

[adler_yeo]

Bitter and harsh sounds more like the cigars were kept overly damp rather than at 65rh. When was the last time you calibrated your hygrometer and at what temperature were the cigars stored at?

Calibrated it a few weeks ago, it's stored at 24 c


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[PigFish]

... and that is your answer!

As far as anecdotal evidence leads me, the aroma of cigars appears to ride on water vapor, or at lease has something to do with it. As I have said here many a time... rH means little without a corresponding temperature. As you mention 24C, there should be no problem storing here but they might be a tad dry. Depending on where you live and the seasons, if the box gets sunlight or other factors, if the temperature runs higher than this on average, or it did... your aroma left with the water!

Getting the cigars more water will likely help the smell. Storing cigars somewhat dry I am used to this. I can still smell my cigars but they are nowhere near as overpowering as visiting a walk in where the rH is way too high! What a cigar smells like means precious little to how it tastes. MHO...

I hope that helps.

-the Pig

[adler_yeo]

... and that is your answer!

As far as anecdotal evidence leads me, the aroma of cigars appears to ride on water vapor, or at lease has something to do with it. As I have said here many a time... rH means little without a corresponding temperature. As you mention 24C, there should be no problem storing here but they might be a tad dry. Depending on where you live and the seasons, if the box gets sunlight or other factors, if the temperature runs higher than this on average, or it did... your aroma left with the water!

Getting the cigars more water will likely help the smell. Storing cigars somewhat dry I am used to this. I can still smell my cigars but they are nowhere near as overpowering as visiting a walk in where the rH is way too high! What a cigar smells like means precious little to how it tastes. MHO...

I hope that helps.

-the Pig

So in simple terms, just let it be if the conditions are right and accurate and light one up?


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[shlomo]

What are the Cigars? 

[vladdraq]

the only cubans i know coming in celos are the Guantanameras.

[dominattorney]

Cellos, glass top boxes, all spell trouble. 

[adler_yeo]

The one in question is the habanos seleccion robustos no cello


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[PigFish]

Regardless of the 'cigar,' and the veiled assumptions, tobacco and its aroma are going to behave similarly sibling to sibling (product).

For the critical out there, a cigar that is dryer than its counterpart kept with more water, there will be a notable loss in bouquet in the dryer. The type of cigar does not matter!

How do the cigars otherwise assess? Are they still elastic? Or, the crumble to dust if squeezed? A little crackle is fine...

I certainly cannot assess the condition of a cigar over the monitor! Smoke them... What the hell, it is just a cigar!

... and welcome to FoH.

-Piggy

 

[seattledude]

Smoke them. 

Bitter and harsh is usually a sign of overhumidified cigar. Or you overheating cigar by smoking /puffing on it too much too fast. 

[Fugu]

51 minutes ago, PigFish said:

For the critical out there, a cigar that is dryer than its counterpart kept with more water, there will be a notable loss in bouquet in the dryer. The type of cigar does not matter!

Yep, concur.