. And, because you've made a huge contribution in closing a huge deal, he has invited you to his house for dinner. When you entered his well-furnished den, you recognized some familiar faces. Tonight, you will be dining with your company's biggest shareholders. And, the thought was very appealing to you.
Your boss has an excellent taste in cigars and offers you one. You bite a portion of the cigar to light it and are immediately corrected. Your boss picks up a cigar cutter from the exotic display of cigar accessories and makes a perfect cut on the cigar tip before lighting.
Awkwardly, you realize that you did not even see the cigar accessories and maybe you still need be more knowledgeable about cigar smoking. Feeling gauche and embarrassed at your faux pas, you feel out of place at the very elegant gathering. You would surely like to know more about cigar smoking before you end up making a fool of yourself all over again. Find below a list of must-knows about cigar smoking.
Possess a good quality humidor to store your cigars to keep them fresh. Cigars tend to absorb moisture from the atmosphere and get soggy and do not taste good. A good humidor would have a hygrometer and humidification system that can be calibrated accordingly. While calibrating you can remove the hygrometer and wrap it in a damp cloth and adjust the humidity levels at 96%.
Because the humidity level is a very important factor that you need to take note of when storing a cigar, you should always calibrate the hygrometer. You can do this by removing the hygrometer from the humidor and wrapping it in a moistened cloth and adjusting it to 96% humidity.
For convenience you may choose a movable storage to have your cigar with you at all times. It would assure the availability of a fresh cigar whenever and wherever you go.