I seem to remember reading about a certain type of smoke that is only good to smoke immediately after it is rolled.
The author states that this cigar will detiororate in the next few days and weeks and is best smoked immediately.

I`ve purchased fresh rolls and enjoyed them on vacation.

Cinnamon rolls are like that.
After a few days they just lose it.
Cigars are good to go.

Never had a fresh roll. I am sure they are great but I always wondered about how they can be smoked so soon when the leaves are moistened to be pliable enough for proper rolling?

I bought some fresh roles one time, actually watched her role them, pretty cool, she said that if I didnt smoke them in a couple of days that they needed to go in the humidor for at least 60 days before being smoked. We smoked them that day and they were outstanding. I guess being rolled on the thigh of a cuban virgin didnt hurt any..... oh I was just daydreaming.

I have had a fresh roll and let me tell you, they are nasty. The components of the cigar definately need some time to marry before you smoke them.

marriage is not always a good thing.

are we still talking cigars?

Yes, rolls are best fresh. "They" say cigars should be aged, but a fresh rolled puro from Sr. Taboada at La Corona in 2002 was one of the best cigars I ever smoked. It aged about 30 minutes until I walked back to my hotel.

I've never smoked a fresh rolled cuban, but the nc's i've smoked fresh rolled were o.k., but nothing great...also I was told the same thing, smoke fresh from table or age one year to be good...

I like 'em. the glue sticks to yer lips. look ma, no hands!

Fresh cigars can be good. A couple of years ago, I was visiting someone and we were talking about how there was a shortage of decent ligero at the factories. They went into the barn, brought out a few bunches of ligero, and said, here, give these to 'so and so' and have them use it...good stuff. They proceeded to roll a cigar (thin...long...like the "Stogies" of the old west [the term coming from the name given by emigrants going west on Calistoga Wagons...and the reference to the spokes of the wheels...]) entirely out of the ligero leaf. There were probably 3 - 4 leaves overall that were rolled into the cigar. Smoked it then and there...and it was amazing. Gave me quite a rush, I must say, but it was great.

Brought back the raw materials, gave them to 'so and so' who proceeded to roll a bunch of cigars for me using that ligero and the prima material from the factory consisting of seco and volado, as well as capote and then the capa. They smoked great over the course of the next couple of years.

But with ANY fresh cigar I have ever been given, there was always the caveat that I should let it sit in front of an air conditioner because they are still pretty wet. Normally, cigars are rolled, then put into descaparate, which is a temperature controlled holding station for the cigars...huge vaults of spanish cedar shelves where the cigars rest. During this time, they dry out, and the binder and wrapper sort of shrink up on the cigars. The skill of the roller to know not to put too much tobacco in the mix is critical here, because if there is too much tobacco, the cigar will not draw. So, rollers have to account for the drying out process. (From descaparate, they go to the color sorting table...)

I've been given cigars directly from the bench, and directly out of descaparate, and I consider those to have been some excellent cigars, albeit not what I would call "smooth" smokes.

Invariably, whenever the issue of a fresh smoke arises, the roller is certain to advise that I should let it sit for a few days at least before trying to smoke it..."tobaco humido"

Great bit of info from RyJ7x47. Guy really knows his stuff!!

I smoke almost only fresh rolled NON cuban. These are aged tobacco 7,10,15,20 or 30 yr and I love them. I just go to the shop and tell the owner what I want. Mild med strong what ever I need or have time for.

Actually, they were "conestoga" wagons, not "calistoga". Still, "stogies" nonetheless.

I wonder if I might be more productive in the world if I used what's left of my brain for something important...

I just wish you would rename this thread. Every time I see it listed, I get hungry thinking about hot rolls and butter.