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    Hi Everyone, as mentioned in my introduction post, BOTL needs quite a bit of updating, patching and whatever else I might come across. Over the next few weekends BOTL may be unreachable on occasion as I do migrations or updates, etc. Just be patient - we'll be back! I'll generally try to keep these maintenances until later in the evenings.

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  1. Gdaddy

    Leaf Deals

    Who say's the government can't do anything right? Let's give credit where credit is due. USPS has been doing a great job lately. But more importantly, how's the leaf look?
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    Old-timey Cigar Stuff

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    Proper humidity level and it's affect on flavor...

    This is a good point. We all know how quickly the leaf can absorb moisture. Every time you take a puff it draws in moisture. I can actually feel it get mushy in a matter of minutes. Here in Florida I smoke very little outside in the summer. I live half a mile from a Corona cigar bar and sit...
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    Pics of Your Sticks

    I put away my Jorge tobacco probably the same time as you. Maybe time to roll a few.
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    Proper humidity level and it's affect on flavor...

    Something to think about. Even though your calibration will be accurate @75% after the salt test, when you drop down to say 65% there is a margin of error in your hygrometer so what you see is not accurate. Probably the most accurate way to calibrate to 65% would be to put your hygrometer in a...
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    Proper humidity level and it's affect on flavor...

    Yes.
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    Proper humidity level and it's affect on flavor...

    "At any temperature, the concentration of a saturated solution is fixed and does not have to be determined." Take a look here ... http://www.omega.com/temperature/z/pdf/z103.pdf
  8. Gdaddy

    Videos

    That's is hands down the most annoying cigar video ever! Two yentas that don't even like cigars heckling this poor man. They don't speak spanish and he doesn't speak english yet they keep cackling away asking questions that don't get answered just to hear themselves talk. "this is gonna be...
  9. Gdaddy

    Sweet drybox idea

    If left out on the table the cigars will reach an equilibrium with whatever the air in the room is. If your room is 80+ rh then so will your cigars. Laying them out in the room is NOT going to "dry box" them below the ambient rh of 80+.
  10. Gdaddy

    Sweet drybox idea

    It all depends on how dry your box is... really. The only way to know is by using a hygrometer. I place mine out on the table in an air conditioned room of around 74 degrees. I get around 50% rh this time of year. Let them sit for 2 weeks and then a good way to see how dry they are is put...
  11. Gdaddy

    Sweet drybox idea

    If you really love what a cedar box does then, by all means, use it. A lot of beginners seem to believe that a cedar humidor/box is a necessity. It's not. It's a tradition that's been used for many years but not for the reasons that most people think. If things aren't monitored properly and...
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    Sweet drybox idea

    After dic'd around with all sorts of humidors, cooladors, wineadors I finally found the most simple answer... glass. The advantage of a glass humidor is a clear winner in all regards. 1. There's no leaching of any contaminant or flavor into the cigar. It's inert. 2. It's extremely airtight...
  13. Gdaddy

    Sweet drybox idea

    The Indian box is very cool!! The top box appears to be plywood, which if it's regular plywood it contains urea-formaldehyde glue or if the more expensive marine plywood it contains a water-resistant phenol-formaldehyde glue and anti-fungal additives such as Xyligen (Furmecyclox) that could...
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    Sweet drybox idea

    I had a bad experience with cedar. During a move a year ago my humidor got warm then cool again. Apparently moisture came out of the wood(evaporated) and was later reabsorbed in the cigars once it cooled off again in the air conditioning. The cigars were so bitter from the cedar I had to throw...
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    Videos

    Some interesting points. Don Collins cigars and the history of cigar tobacco in Puerto Rico. The thing that caught my attention is the discussion of chemicals sprayed on cigars/tobacco to fumigate them. This seems to be a requirement of customs/FDA regulation for all imported cigars??? Since...
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    Leaf Deals

    One man's trash is another man's treasure. Taste is so subjective.
  17. Gdaddy

    Leaf Deals

    Have you tried the LO Nic seco and Dom Piloto habano seco?
  18. Gdaddy

    Leaf Deals

    LO has Nic seco. I've often wondered if LO and WLT get their tobacco from the same distributor.
  19. Gdaddy

    Interesting reads

    It appears the fermentation and rolling is a completely different side of the business. The labor costs involved would be considerably less in Nicaragua.
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    Videos

    Notice how he takes a leaf and holds it like he's making a 'taco'. Lays in a couple of entubado rolls with the ligero in the middle and then rips the bottom off and lays the mangled contents in the taco and repeats the process for the top section. Then rolls the taco into 1/2 leaf of binder.
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