Hi, I am relatively new to smoking cigars(about one month). I recently picked up a few A. Fuente cigars to sample a few. I do not have a humidor so i only buy 2 at a time, for now, and leave them out and smoke them either the same day or the day after. My question is this: If these cigars burn unevenly is that a sign of the store keeping them too dry? I bought one AF from a different shop and it smoked perfectly, in taste and even burn. The ones from this shop seem to burn randomly and do not have as full of taste. Here is a picture of what i mean.. Uneven Burn This has happened with a AF Chateau Sun Grown(pictured) and AF Corona Imperial.
I am curious as if i am doing something fundementally wrong or should just stop buying from this shop. Sorry for the long post, thanks in advance.
Not typically. Cigars can dry out in hours depending on the climate and cigar, but if you keep them in a plastic bag it should keep them fresh for a few days. Typically burn problems are indicative of a cigar being too moist (many shops keep them VERY wet at 70+ RH), but if you are simply "leaving them out" the problem may be that they are giving up moistue too quickly, causing an inconsistent burn. It's probably not the shop's fault.
--- AC
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