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Fuente Rare Cigar Charity Auction Raises $75,852 for CFCF
The recent Cigar Family Charitable Foundation Online Charity Auction in celebration of "8-5-8" day exceeded expectations by raising over $75,000. Fellow cigar makers, including Jorge Padron and Litto Gomez, joined the Fuente and Newman families in donating unique and rare cigar items.
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Ukiah outdoor smoking ban to be enforced in three parks
According to this report in the Ukiah Daily Journal (ukiahdailyjournal.com), three of the area's busiest public parks will soon be "smoke-free."
By a vote of 5-0, the Ukiah City Council on Wednesday deemed it a punishable offense to smoke in Alex R. Thomas Plaza, Carpenter Hudson Park and the Ukiah Sports Complex.
During discussion on the item, Councilmember Benj Thomas said he was interested in seeing other city properties added to the list of non-smoking areas.
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Long term cigar aging: boxed or loose?
Q. I recently purchased a footlocker humidor which can hold 400 cigars (16 boxes). I want to store 7 boxes of high quality cigars. My question is, which is best for aging cigars, keeping them in the original boxes placed in the humidor, or stored loose in the humidor? I have another humidor which holds 100 of my daily smokes which I have loose.
- Ray L.
A. Good question. First, you need to ask yourself how long you plan on letting those 7 boxes sit. If we're talking really long term, I would suggest removing the shrink wrap from the boxes and mark the date you received them with a Sharpie pen. This will help you know how long they've been sitting in the humidor when you're ready to open them. Moreover, they will age regardless of whether you remove the cigars or not, since the boxes and cellos are porous.
Also note that the longer they remain in their cellos, I'm talking years now, the more... ...more
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Clipping Figurado-shaped cigars
Posted: August 20, 2008, 03:46:00
For some new cigar smokers, their first experience with "Torpedo," "Belicoso," "Pyramid," "Double Perfecto," and other tapered head cigars can be a little confusing. Do you clip it? Punch it? Bite it?
Generally referred to as "Figurados," one thing these attractive-looking cigars have in common is a tapered head, or a head that comes to a point. To that end (pun intended), here's my take on how to clip these cigars.
What you want to do is clip off just enough to keep the head pointed, but still give you a good draw. Start with clipping about a 1/4 of an inch using a standard single or double-blade guillotine cigar cutter. You can also use a one-sided double-blade cigar cutter. These are also referred to as "perfect cuts." They look and work just like a double-blade cutter, except they're closed on one side, giving you just enough depth to scalp the cap of the cigar. This type of cutter is effective for figurados because it permits you to literally "shave" the point down a little at a time until the draw is where you want it. It's a lot neater, too. (Hellboy could use a giant one of these for his horns.)
If you don't have a one-sided double-blade cutter, try "the table method." Using a single or double or blade cigar cutter, place the cutter flat on a tabletop. Open the blade/s, place the cigar in the middle so the head is resting on the table, then close the blade/s for a nice straight cut. If that doesn't do it for you, do it again. Usually no more than two or three snips is enough.
You can also use a V-cutter, which makes a triangular shaped wedge in the head of the cigar. Usually the depth of the cut is enough to get a decent draw, but I've found the above method works best, and gives you more control.
~ Gary Korb
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