Humidor Temp solution questions

[bobarian]

The only reason to manage temperature is to minimize the possibility of beetle outbreaks. Cigars themselves are rolled in countries where the average temperature is much higher than 80degrees. The best solution is to freeze your cigars. Just put them in a ziplock bag and in the freezer for at least 72 hours. Remember to freeze any new cigars you get and you should have no problems. There is an entire thread dedicated to freezing.

[n0Odle]

Originally Posted by bobarian

The only reason to manage temperature is to minimize the possibility of beetle outbreaks. Cigars themselves are rolled in countries where the average temperature is much higher than 80degrees. The best solution is to freeze your cigars. Just put them in a ziplock bag and in the freezer for at least 72 hours. Remember to freeze any new cigars you get and you should have no problems. There is an entire thread dedicated to freezing.

Will freezing mess with the cigar's oil or taste?

[T.G]

Originally Posted by n0Odle

Will freezing mess with the cigar's oil or taste?

It's never been conclusively proven that it changes anything. Some people claim a change in taste, yet I've seen blind taste tests where no one, including some who claim it does cause changes, was able to actually determine with any certainty which cigars had been frozen and which hadn't.

Also, bear in mind that it's likely that the cigars have already been frozen once as many, but not all, manufacturers along with a couple of vendors, freeze their cigars before they ship them. Now, this is not a substitute for doing it yourself because that freezing only takes care of the possibility of beetles up to that point. Just about every vendor has common storage so they are mixing treated cigars and non-treated ones, which in the event of an outbreak from the non-treated ones, any cigar in the warehouse has the potential to be re-infected.