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Old 10-21-2010, 10:27 AM   #1
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Default What's In Your Humidor - Jon Huber of CAO Cigars

Each Thursday, we’ll be asking those closest to the industry what they keep in their humidor and what their smoking habits are…

Today we are joined by Jon Huber, who serves as Director of Lifestyle Marketing for CAO Cigars International. For those active on social media, Jon is essentially the face of CAO. Jon is readily available to cigar smokers on Twitter and regularly gives away new CAO cigars and swag.
What’s in your humidor?
I keep a small (25-count) humidor on my desk and one 50-count humidor in my condo. You’d find a mixture of CAO La Traviata Animados, Epernay Le Matin, CAO Rock+Rolled, Tatuaje, and some Cuban Punch Churchills from ’96. Nothing extravagant—but then again, I have 300,000+ cigars sitting about 12’ outside of my office door.

What kind of humidor (and size) do you use for your personal storage?

Both of my humidors were gifted to me by an artist by the last name of ‘Godard’ out of Las Vegas. Each is hand-painted in a cool ‘martini-dice-cigars’ motif and they’re individually numbered. I’m kind of proud of the fact that I own “#69/125” of the piece, that’s on my desk. I have no idea as to the manufacturer; they’re basically just promotional humidors that I toss a few humidipaks into.

How many cigars are in your humidor right now?
Maybe 20 here in my desktop and another 40+/- in my humi at home. I’ve never been much of a “collector”—people gift me some really nice cigars all the time, but my theory is that you never know if you’ll be here tomorrow so enjoy what’s here today!

Are you currently testing any new blends for your company? Any details?

Honestly, La Traviata Maduro is the last blend we really ‘worked on.’ I’ve missed that aspect of our day-to-day business, but the climate has changed since the advent of the merger between STG and Swedish Match.

How many cigars do you smoke in a typical day, when your not blend testing?
During the week it’s usually anywhere between 1 and 3 cigars a day. I don’t smoke much at all on the weekends. When we’re testing blends or are at the factory that changes dramatically. In October of last year, I was at the factory with Tim Ozgener (CAO President) and we had tasting notes on 18 different cigars we’d each smoked that day.

What are some of your all time favorite cigars?
CAO Aniversario Maduro Corona (the original ones out of Tabacalera Tambor in Costa Rica in 1998), Bahia Gold Robusto (1998), Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 2 (Cuba), Partagas Serie D. No. 4 (Cuba), Juan Lopez Seleccion No. 2 (Cuba), Epernay Le Matin, Cabaiguan Guapo, Tatuaje Havana Cazadore…I’m sure there’re many more, however, those are the ones that really stand out in my memory.
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Old 10-21-2010, 10:29 AM   #2
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I love these posts! Keep it up!
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Old 10-21-2010, 11:48 AM   #3
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I as well love these!

Additionally as a side note, I love Godard's stuff too! I made a thread about him a while back, but it didn't spawn much interest
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Old 10-21-2010, 05:41 PM   #5
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Hmm... me thinks I'll have to try some Epernays since I have the opportunity
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Old 10-21-2010, 05:46 PM   #6
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Very interesting interviews.
I follow this path as well, as quoted.
[I’ve never been much of a “collector”—people gift me some really nice cigars all the time, but my theory is that you never know if you’ll be here tomorrow so enjoy what’s here today!]
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Very interesting interviews.
I follow this path as well, as quoted.
[I’ve never been much of a “collector”—people gift me some really nice cigars all the time, but my theory is that you never know if you’ll be here tomorrow so enjoy what’s here today!]
I wish I followed that path, but I'm more of a hoarder. Not a collector, but I always sit on my nice stuff, I'm working on it though!
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Very interesting article, thanks for posting it! I wish I could get a job there
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