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    Newbie checking in.

    That's a great thought, thank you, this is what I'm going to do next.
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    Cigar Primer for New Smokers

    I'm also a newbie, coming from pipe smoking. A few months ago I asked myself the question, how do I buy cigars I like. My tobacconist was and is a big help. I tried a few cigars of varying strengths and finally came to like medium strength with creamyness and complexity. Now there are about a...
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    Newbie checking in.

    Thank you, I looked into their site and couldn't find boveda packs. They ship their cigars with a boveda pack inside, but I wasn't able to buy a pack. Shipping is free in the U.S, not to Cyprus, which is understandable.
  4. K

    Newbie checking in.

    I tried amazon.uk, but no luck. Still shipping too expensive.
  5. K

    Newbie checking in.

    Thank you all for your welcoming words. I'll finally succumb to buying Boveda packs, but anywhere I look, shipping is insane. Shipping is a bit more than the packs themselves. For the moment I don't have to worry as the humidity in my humidor is 70% while ambient humidity is 85%. I'll keep...
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    Anyone believe piping and cigars simply do not mix?

    I smoke both pipe and cigars. I have never experienced ghosting as you describe it. It might have to do with the pipe being new and not broken in yet. It could also point to the tobaccos you are smoking. I smoke Rattrays Black Mallory and all of their other similar blends.
  7. K

    Calibrating with propelene glycol

    Thank you for yor learned answer, humidity during the summer months is between 35-55%. What should the ideal humidity be in this hot temperatures?
  8. K

    Newbie checking in.

    Greetings and happy new year fellow BOTL's and thank you for letting me join this wonderful forum of the leaf. Please allow me to introduce myself. I'm currently the principal second violinist of the Cyprus symphony after I had to change disciplines from business where I had been...
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    Calibrating with propelene glycol

    Hello, newbie here. I'm a pipe smoker and recently I was introduced to cigars and love it. I have to admit that I inhale a little at the end of the puff, so I like medium body, creamy, complex cigars. Since last August, I have been watching many u-tube videos about cigars and I believe I have...
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