Smoking a Toscano

[dave77]

Why is it so hard to draw on a Toscano. It seems that you draw on a Toscano very hard and hardly and smoke comes out. It seems that the cigar wasn't wrapped too tight. Am I doing something wrong?

Dave

 

[Headbanger]

dunno the cigar, maybe the humidity is too high for that cigar? What RH is the cigar stored in?

 

[dave77]

I just received them from the cigar company. Broke one out and almost got a hernia trying to draw smoke.

 

[Headbanger]

I just received them from the cigar company. Broke one out and almost got a hernia trying to draw smoke.

MOST companies ship cigars with too much RH so they won't dry out during transit. You should put the in a humidor around 65% RH and let them air out for a month or more. Yours are probably too moist.

 

[gibbleguts]

Toscano are dry cured Italian cigars pull it out of the humi completely for a few days. Would say prolly better at 40%-50% humidity.

 

[torin]

Breathing is good.

 

[tobii3]

try to avoid dry cured cigars. Once you get a "traditional" stick, you'll understand the difference.

 

[Headbanger]

Toscano are dry cured Italian cigars pull it out of the humi completely for a few days. Would say prolly better at 40%-50% humidity.

Geez, did i totally screw up again? :hanghead:

 

[gibbleguts]

Geez, did i totally screw up again? :hanghead:

Don't see many people posting about dry cured cigars around here so easy mistake. They are definately an aquired taste. Kept trying to enjoy them while in Italy just not for me.

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[SkinsFanLarry]

Toscano comes from the same dry-cured family as Parodi's and Avanti's.