Why Do Cigars Taste Bad When The Smoking Is Interrupted?
February 18, 2010 by MBC Staff
Filed under Afficianado
Cigars taste and smell bad when you light them for a second time with a break in between. A good cigar takes too much time so I would like to take a break and continue smoking it some hours later, but it tastes really bad.
Why is that? What happens (chemically) to the cigar when it cools down? How can I avoid it?
Its not really the ‘heat’ that passes thru the filler but the smoke that permeates it and in a sense ‘taints’ it. It also depends on how much later you re-light the cigar.
Here is a tip – before you let the cigar go out, blow outwards to remove any trapped smoke. Let the cigar go out and cut the foot end off. Place it in a ziplock baggie or a Cigar Savor. When you relight it, the first few draws will be foul but should settle in.
Start smoking smaller cigars. That’s what I had to do because the larger ones burn longer than I want to smoke. Popular manufacturers make different ring sizes of their goods.
When you smoke a cigar, the heat passes through and over the remaining tobacco. But if the fire goes out and it’s not re-lit quickly, it truly does equal lighting up a cigarette butt.