How to age cigar in cardboard box?

[Uwiik]

I just recently acquired a 2023 Siglo II, it came in a cardboard box. How should I age it? I read somewhere here that cigar stored in cardboard boxes can turn bland if stored too long, so now I just chuck in a couple of 8g 62% Boveda and wrap the entire thing tightly with saran wrap and chuck the whole thing into my electric humidor. Am I doing this correctly? 

[Puros Y Vino]

IMO just leave them in the box.  Some of the best Siglo II's and Cohibas in general I've smoked came from Petacas(cardboard boxes) .  Check them every month or so to see if any mold is forming.

[nKostyan]

I had a few old cardboard boxes, I'm not ready to say that they aged bad. Some shift cigars from cardbox to SLB. But is better not to store cigars in a polyethylene.

[Uwiik]

4 hours ago, nKostyan said:

I had a few old cardboard boxes, I'm not ready to say that they aged bad. Some shift cigars from cardbox to SLB. But is better not to store cigars in a polyethylene.

Please tell me more about your pre assessment re the cardboard boxes of yours, anecdotal or not I would love to hear more. One of my supplier always saran wrapped his boxes along with 65% Boveda long term. His are some of the best smoke I ever experienced (in my less than 2 months career in cigar smoking). I think as long as the plastic is not touching the cigar it should be OK. I always use food grade too if that matters.

[nKostyan]

4 hours ago, Uwiik said:

One of my supplier always saran wrapped his boxes along with 65% Boveda long term. His are some of the best smoke I ever experienced (in my less than 2 months career in cigar smoking). I think as long as the plastic is not touching the cigar it should be OK. I always use food grade too if that matters.

Ask Rob why he never packs the shipped boxes in polyethylene

[Uwiik]

4 hours ago, nKostyan said:

Ask Rob why he never packs the shipped boxes in cellophane

Who am I to argue further? 😉

[jakebarnes]

25 minutes ago, nKostyan said:

I had a few old cardboard boxes, I'm not ready to say that they aged bad. Some shift cigars from cardbox to SLB. But is better not to store cigars in a polyethylene.

This is mainly why I hold onto my old SLBs. Moved most of the recent Double Edmundo's from a 15 pk into my old SdC 1 box to age. For fun, opened it up a month later and they smell like pure heaven. I think cigars benefit from contact like that and that there is just something nice about SLBs and aroma. 

Tubos in cardboard I leave in the cardboard though (unless I am trying to get space, then the live loosely). I like tubos to do tubos things (feel like its a fun microcosm of the cigar when it got in there with minimal outside factors). The Series E 2 I have in tubos are absolutely wonderful now. 

[BrightonCorgi]

Cardboard packaged cigars are the most round ones you'll get.  I leave all cigars as they came packaged.

If you plan to smoke them in within a decade, don't bother with transferring. 

[Uwiik]

I am unwrapping my Siglo II right now and will follow you folks' suggestion to leave it alone. Thanks!! 

[Rushman]

I have had no issues with packaging. I am not personally a fan of wrapping the box in cello, nor of throwing in a boveda with the cigars. To each their own.  

[Havanaaddict]

I am not a big fan of keeping my cigars in the cardboard packaging. They came in. From my experience over 20+ years the cardboard will remove the humidity from the cigar and impart a cardboard type paper taste to the cigar. The only time I leave my cigars in petacas is if the cigars are in cello in the cardboard petacas. As said above, I will always take all my cigars out and repackage them in a SLB of the same brand that they came from. 

[MagicalBikeRide]

I leave ‘em in the packaging they came in. Never noticed anything untoward. 

[Rhinoww]

Good enough for Habanos, good enough for me. 

[Adisaputra]

For short term, I believe just leave it as it is. For long term storage and aging, it’s better to relocate it to a proper humidor, before keeping it inside the walk in or fridge. Will be much better if the humidor is Elie Bleu or another great built humidor, especially if you’re keeping cigars in that price range LoL

[ha_banos]

On 11/15/2023 at 6:54 PM, Havanaaddict said:

I am not a big fan of keeping my cigars in the cardboard packaging. They came in. From my experience over 20+ years the cardboard will remove the humidity from the cigar and impart a cardboard type paper taste to the cigar. The only time I leave my cigars in petacas is if the cigars are in cello in the cardboard petacas. As said above, I will always take all my cigars out and repackage them in a SLB of the same brand that they came from. 

I've just been through a 2007 5-pack of hoyo des dieux. Lovely out of the cardboard!

[Havanaaddict]

Glad you enjoyed it😉

[MrBirdman]

I always remove cigars from the cardboard and store them tobacco on tobacco in trays. 

[Bijan]

Reading about your idea to put the cardboard boxes in Saran wrap...

To paraphrase president Biden, I have one word of advice for you:

Don't.

[MrBirdman]

12 hours ago, Bijan said:

Reading about your idea to put the cardboard boxes in Saran wrap...

To paraphrase president Biden, I have one word of advice for you:

Don't.

100% agree. Don’t do it.

Consider that Saran Wrap often has a faint odor that doesn’t exactly mesh well with cigars. Trapping that in over a long period would be no beuno. Last box I bought on BR was shipped in Saran Wrap. It took months for the chemical smell to fully dissipate, and that was after only two weeks in a wrapped SLB. If you want to seal any cigars up, get an inexpensive vacuum sealer.

[Ford2112]

Store them in cedar trays in the humidor

[SCgarman]

I don't normally buy cigars that come in cardboard boxes. But the ones I did back then the cardboard went into the trash, and the cigars went into my small desktop humidor at the time. I personally think cardboard is more of a temporary packaging  for 3 packs, 5 packs etc., and is not ideal for long term storage/aging. 

[BrightonCorgi]

On 11/20/2023 at 8:09 AM, SCgarman said:

I personally think cardboard is more of a temporary packaging  for 3 packs, 5 packs etc., and is not ideal for long term storage/aging. 

100%. Cardboard box cigars are meant for immediate consumption.