Posted: 4/5/2025 12:00:09 AM EDT
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Cleaning out my storage unit, I came across a box full of cigars and cigar accessories that I had completely forgotten about. Probably been in there 8-10 years. Some in the original boxes, some in tupperware, some loose. Unit is climate controlled around 75. Everything looks ok- no mold, physical damage or anything, but theyre all bone dry. Can they be salvaged? and if so, will they still be worth smoking? If not, its not a great loss- some acids, CAOs, and macanudos, but the vast majority are thompsons. I mustve had a subscription at some point |
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Originally Posted By myitinaw: Humidor, allow to acclimate for a week or two, smoke. IME, it's going to takes weeks to months for the core/filler to get humidified properly, but can happen. The problems will be whether the oils are still there and good, and how the leaves react. You may just end up with flavorless and cracked cigars. However, it'll cost you next to nothing to attempt so I say give em a shot. |
| I had some sitting in a spare bedroom of our house for over a decade that were in a small humidor. No mold but dry as a bone. I re-seasoned the humidor and put a new humidifier in it. Maintained 68-70% humidity for a couple months then smoked one just recently. Tasted fine. |
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Thanks, all. Guess I'll pop them in a humidor and hope for the best I get that it was probably a pretty dumb question, but never hurts to ask |
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| I had and old Tupperware full of smokes that sat in my closet and I forgot about them. Mostly stuff I smoked in the beginning that was either budget or one offs. Dry as a bone when I found them. I rehumidified them with some boveda packs over a month or so and they smoked fine. I had a bunch of RP Olde World Reserve Maduro seconds in there. Once they'd sat for a while they were great. |
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Tobacco contains natural oils. Almost all of the flavors in a cigar come from those oils. Holding a cigar at a proper humidity helps preserve those oils and make the tobacco burn correctly. When you completely dry out a cigar for a long period, those oils will evaporate never to return. You can put somewhat dried out cigar back into a humidor and it may recover some of it's flavor. But it will never be the same. Best to just throw them away. Life is to short to smoke bad cigars. |