02 July 2012

Cigar Equipment

Cigars are a great way to sit back and relax in style, for both regular and occasional smokers. With owning cigars or being of a regular or occasional smoker of them, you may require some of the key cigar accessories that are involved with storing your cigars, cutting them and smoking them effectively. If you end up not using the correct equipment for the different processes of smoking and looking after cigars, you will end up with flavorless and faulty cigars, either before you smoke it, or when you smoke it.

It is important to store cigars in the correct place. They must be kept in a cigar humidor, at the right level of humidity, to ensure that everything is kept in tact and in the way it was intended to be smoked. Cigars must be stored in these conditions, otherwise they can become too dry and moist, lose their flavor and deteriorate. Storing cigars effectively will allow you to smoke them correctly whenever you like, in the perfect way they were supposed to be. Getting hold of a humidor that is suitable is relatively easy, with certain ones designed for different types and different quantities.

Cutting a cigar is an important part of the smoking progress. Biting the end of is not recommended, as it can taste nasty and ruin the cigar. It is important to cut the cigars properly, with a cigar cutter. Cutting a cigar wrong can increase the amount of tar and residue that will be taken in, and can also change the taste of the cigar. There are a range of different cutters that are recommended for use when cutting cigar, which every cigar smoker should own. They range from the tradition “guillotine” cutter, to the “bullet”, “punch” and “v cut

Cigar cases are great for when you fancy a smoke on the go. They are essential to protecting your cigars from damage, and also help preserve there flavor and humidity. You can find many different types of cigar cases at www.uktobacco.com, with cases ranging from telescopic cases, to Spanish cedar lines cases. All of which act as perfect compartments for your flavorsome, ready to smoke cigars.

Cigar accessories are important to the correct smoking of cigars. There are a wide range of accessories available on the market, with many of which considered as important or ‘essential’.