| an cigar is not like a fruit or vegetable or bread which | | | | A Cuban cigar may not come to any sort of harm |
| tastes the best when taken fresh. A Cuban cigar is | | | | for a very long period if stored under the proper |
| not at its best right after it has been made, but it | | | | conditions and taken well care of, but, if it is not |
| tends to get better as time passes on. You should | | | | stored following the 70-70 rule strictly, then |
| know that the very tobacco which is used to make | | | | depreciation in quality could occur. If the humidity |
| a good Cuban cigar is probably aged for a year or | | | | level drops where the Cuban cigars are stored, then |
| two before being actually blended into the Cuban | | | | you may actually find that the Cuban cigars have |
| cigar. A humidor is a device that is used to preserve | | | | somewhat dried up. If you are careful enough to |
| the Cuban cigars in correct temperature and humidity | | | | spot this early, then the Cuban cigars can still be |
| in order to retain its quality while improving upon the | | | | saved. Take your time and humidify the Cuban cigars |
| flavor. The condition within the humidor should at all | | | | again by placing them back into a good quality |
| times be maintained under the 70-70 rule which | | | | humidor and providing the adequate temperatures |
| states that both the temperature and the humidity | | | | necessary for the process. Although there might be |
| remain close to 70 at all times to make sure that the | | | | little changes in the overall quality even if you |
| Cuban cigars do not dry out or decay from excess | | | | manage to save the Cuban cigars, but they should |
| or lack of any of the two necessary conditions. | | | | not be of a great proportion. If however, your Cuban |
| A good quality Cuban cigar will always be a good | | | | cigars have begun to rot due to excess heat and |
| quality cigar irrespective of the fact whether it is | | | | humidity, then the poor Cuban cigars are probably |
| aged or not. The difference between a vintage | | | | beyond help. |
| Cuban cigar and a ‘fresh’ Cuban cigar | | | | The choice between the vintage Cuban cigars and |
| is that the vintage Cuban cigar will taste different | | | | comparatively fresher Cuban cigars is not exactly of |
| when you smoke it due to the light changes that it | | | | quality, but rather of personal choice and preference. |
| has undergone during the aging process. The delicate | | | | There is not a great deal of difference between the |
| changes that occur within a well-aged Cuban cigar are | | | | quality of a ‘fresh’ Cuban cigar and an |
| something that Cuban cigar lovers love to enjoy and | | | | ‘old’ Cuban cigar, but the subtle |
| cherish. It is due to this reason that vintage Cuban | | | | variations takes the vintage Cuban cigars a step |
| cigars cost more and are choices the only choices of | | | | ahead and also the prestige associated with it |
| some the upper class socialites. | | | | increases the price tag, just like an aged wine. |