Humidor for Aficionado

Do you consider yourself real Aficionado? Don't you imagine your life without cigars? Than you just need humidor. It is special box for cigar storage in which is provided everything in order that your cigars are stored very long and wouldn't lose their taste qualities.

There is huge number of humidors. In majority they represent boxes, but also are met humidors meant for several thousands of cigars in form of huge cabinets. Also there are quite small travel humidors which accommodate 1-3 cigars.

The most important part of any humidor is humidifier. This is devise that creates inside the humidor favorable humidity for cigar storage. Cigars are stored for quite long time and don't lose their taste qualities at humidity 65-70%. If this threshold is exceeded cigar acquires sweetish taste and doesn't cause pleasure from smoking as it will always go out. If on the contrary cigars will be over dried, they will burn very quickly and their taste will become very bitter. To control humidity majority of humidors re provided with hydrometer - device with the help of which you will always be able to see which humidity is inside the humidor and regulate it.

Also is important temperature of cigar storage. Optimal is considered 20 Celsius degrees. If it is higher, the possibility that inside cigars will appear tobacco beetle that will spoil them is high or they will just start to rot. If the temperature, on the contrary will be too low, in this case cigar for a long time will not show its real aroma. It is recommended after buying cigar to place it inside the humidor for 3-6 months, only in this way you may achieve that cigar will show its real taste.

Cigars in humidor can be stored extremely long, of course, if all storage conditions will be observed. In time cigar only improves its taste. In some countries it became tradition to age cigars as well as cognacs. Aged cigars are highly valued and their price sometimes can be just sky-high.

Humidor can also help you to restore over dried or damp cigar. It is enough just to place it inside the box and in few weeks cigar will acquire its lost flavor.