Did I achieve Plume?!

[Monterey]

13 minutes ago, PigFish said:

... yet another example of: the forum just started with my first post!

-Piggy

I don't get what you are trying to say.

[dominattorney]

I can't help but venture a crude verbal comparison with this thread.  Achieving plume to me is a little like achieving an erection.  Not sure how it's an accomplishment, but then again, I'm still young.  

[Fugu]

2 hours ago, Monterey said:

2 hours ago, PigFish said:

... yet another example of: the forum just started with my first post!

-Piggy

I don't get what you are trying to say.

I do....  ... but, no, I think I'll keep aloof.

[Monterey]

It is either plume, or it is nothing.  I took one of those cigars out into the bright light to see if I could see it in greater detail.  Once I took a single out, I could seem almost nothing.  It is only visible in the group.   Definitely not mold, but I'm now leaning more to it being nothing at all but a nice beautiful shine from aging wonderfully.  And I'm okay with that.

[srbbones]

This video, at 1:51, looks like plume to me:          

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

[Jimmy_jack]

You went full plume. Everyone knows you never go full plume. 

[hunterbeav]

Never sure anymore.  I did my quarterly check on my cigars today and found that my 6 year old Montecristo #2 had a nice light haze over them.   A light crystallization/haze covers the cigars almost completely.    The feet are clean (no mold in the cigar)
On the pro plume side is that it was really hard to take a picture showing what I see in person.  Camera's aren't great for picking up a slight haze.
On the no plume side, the cigars are only 6 years old and plume is a myth.  Thoughts?  Wish I had better pictures.  The cigars are GORGEOUS in person.  
 

I'm new to Cuban Cigars and need to ask lots of questions....some may be silly but I need to gain knowledge....so here goes.......

Are we trying to get this effect.....what does this mean to the taste or quality of the cigars....thanks Jim

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[Monterey]

3 hours ago, hunterbeav said:

I'm new to Cuban Cigars and need to ask lots of questions....some may be silly but I need to gain knowledge....so here goes.......

Are we trying to get this effect.....what does this mean to the taste or quality of the cigars....thanks Jim

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In theory it means that the cigar was properly stored and has aged well.  As for tasting 2 exact cigars, one with plume and one without, I don't know.  I don't know if I every smoked a cigar with plume.   One person's plume is another person mold.   If you are new to cuban's, I would ignore this subject all together and wonder about it 20 years down the road once you have psychoanalyzed every other thing about cigars.  It is a stupid waste of time and you don't need plume on your cigars to taste good.

[hunterbeav]

In theory it means that the cigar was properly stored and has aged well.  As for tasting 2 exact cigars, one with plume and one without, I don't know.  I don't know if I every smoked a cigar with plume.   One person's plume is another person mold.   If you are new to cuban's, I would ignore this subject all together and wonder about it 20 years down the road once you have psychoanalyzed every other thing about cigars.  It is a stupid waste of time and you don't need plume on your cigars to taste good.

Lol thanks for the reply

20 years from now I'd be 78...lol

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[mt1]

It's actually chlamydia.

[Derboesekoenig]

You can have all the mold ya want, no thanks for me.

[Monterey]

19 hours ago, mt1 said:

It's actually chlamydia.

lame

[havanaclub]

Did you end up sending one in to Rob? I assume they found mould from what all their samples are turning out to be.


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[Monterey]

He didn't seem interested.   So I disposed of them one by one.   They are all gone now.  Though I have 2 more boxes of those.  Same month and year.  Maybe they will be on them.  For the record, them tasted amazing!