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Originally Posted by Chingo
How do you light a cigar with a torch lighter?
I had been used to using regular flame lighters and tried using a torch for the first time the other day. If I wasn't charring the heck out of it, I was burning the heck out of it. I also couldn't tell whether it was actually lit or just charred when using the torch lighter.
Now I'm not sure if the Oliveros tasted bitter because it was or because of my lighting "technique"  . |
Was it a one jet torch or more? More than one jet burns faster and hotter and you must hold the flame back from the foot to toast rather than burn.
Make sure you hold the lighter and flame back from the cigar. You only want the very tip of the flame touching ever-so-gently to the foot of the cigar (some people won't even let the tip touch). You can either rotate the foot around to evenly toast it or move the flame around.
Once you think it is lit blow on the foot gently to make sure it is lit evenly. The foot will begin to glow where it is toasted properly.
It should be ready to smoke after that!
BTW - Burning the foot rather than toasting can effect flavor!!!
