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A holiday gift guide for anyone shopping for someone who enjoys cigars, with cutters, lighters, ashtrays, starter sets and cigar samplers by budget, and what to check before you order.
Read the story: Gifts for cigar lovers: a holiday guide for people who don’t smoke themWhat relative humidity measures, why published targets differ, and what too wet, too dry and too warm can do to stored cigars.
Read the guide: Understanding your humidor’s humidityWhat the guides say about strength, size and wrapper for a first cigar, where they disagree, what a sampler is for, and what to look for before you buy.
Read the story: How to choose your first cigarWhat published guides say about matching body, flavor and contrast with coffee and spirits, what research shows on glass shape and aroma, and where taste takes over.
Read the story: Understanding cigar pairings: coffee, spirits and the glassHow cigar cutters and lighting tools work, the trade-offs the sources name for each, and where those sources disagree about what is easy, what is hot and what changes the taste.
Read the story: The basic tools for cutting and lighting a cigarHow analog and digital hygrometers work, why temperature and placement change the reading, and what a salt test can and cannot tell you.
Read the guide: Understanding your hygrometerWhy a new humidor needs seasoning, how the pack and sponge methods compare, why sources disagree on wiping the wood and what the hygrometer should read, and what to do before you add cigars.
Read the guide: How to season a new humidorHow to size a first humidor, why the capacity on the label is only a rough claim, how to check a seal, and what to look for in the lining and the box.
Read the guide: How to choose your first humidorA side-by-side look at ten small desktop humidors using the sellers’ own listings, with what each label says it holds, how big it is and what’s included.
Read the comparison: Small desktop humidors compared: ten boxes, by the specsWhat parejo and figurado mean, how length and ring gauge are measured, what common size names usually refer to, and why a name alone does not fix a size.
Read the story: Understanding cigar shapes and sizesNo stories match these filters.
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