Mold On Sealed Cigars?

[bobarian]

Sounds like mold. Just wipe it off and your cigars will be fine. The only time to toss them if its in the foot or if its a blue/green mold.

[Bax]

Just to make it simple, IT'S NEVER PLUME!!!! It's 99.999999% more likely it's mold. Plume is extremely rare in even the best kept cigars for decades. That should clear it up for you.

[kuzi16]

though i believe that the percentage is a tiny bit high (id place it around 95% of the time) the above concept is correct.

with so many factors that have to go into getting plume and the amount of time that it takes to get there, the cigars you are smoking have little chance of getting it.

brush off the mold off as best you can. inspect the foot as best you can to see if it is in the filler. if its in the filler toss it. if not, smoke away.


you may consider where you are getting the cigars. if a decent amount of them are arriving with mold on them then there is a decent chance your source is not keeping them right. since they are sealed in that little bag, they may be storing them in a heat higher than it should be. this may cause the moisture in there to do bad things.

[M1903A1]

Originally Posted by bobarian

Sounds like mold. Just wipe it off and your cigars will be fine. The only time to toss them if its in the foot or if its a blue/green mold.

If it's in the foot, I get out my Palio and start snipping the foot off about a quarter-inch at a time till there's no evidence of it.