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[T.G]

Originally Posted by Yamasa

Well, I suppose I just thought that the current temp is too low.
I'm not sure what the optimum is. When I go to a vendor with about a million $ of high end inventory the humidor is controlled at 72-72 and the cigars are great to smoke, many of them displaying bloom.

My money is on mold at those temps and humidity.

[AdamJoshua]

Originally Posted by T.G

My money is on mold at those temps and humidity.

Nice catch Other Adam, I totally missed that

[Yamasa]

Originally Posted by T.G

My money is on mold at those temps and humidity.

Nyet, not mold. Actually I smoked a 4 year old Dirty Rat there on Friday and it had significant bloom. A great complement to the richness of the cigar due to the sweetness of the bloom. It tasted like pure, raw, cane sugar and had clear colour.

Next time I go there in a month or less, I will ask permission to take a pic of a tray of 20 Padron 1964 LE in full bloom on the shelf, probably 3 years old, and post it here.

Then you can decide for yourselves.

[T.G]

Originally Posted by Yamasa

Nyet, not mold. Actually I smoked a 4 year old Dirty Rat there on Friday and it had significant bloom. A great complement to the richness of the cigar due to the sweetness of the bloom. It tasted like pure, raw, cane sugar and had clear colour.

Next time I go there in a month or less, I will ask permission to take a pic of a tray of 20 Padron 1964 LE in full bloom on the shelf, probably 3 years old, and post it here.

Then you can decide for yourselves.

Wish I had a nickel for every time I've heard that.

Could have bought a couple boxes of Behikes by now.

[AdamJoshua]

Originally Posted by T.G

Wish I had a nickel for every time I've heard that.

Could have bought a couple boxes of Behikes by now.

what's a behike I've never tried one of those before

[Yamasa]

Cigar Bloom as promised.

[AdamJoshua]

Originally Posted by Yamasa

Cigar Bloom as promised.

[pnoon]

Originally Posted by Yamasa

Cigar Bloom as promised.

Sorry, Sir. That is mold.

[Yamasa]

Originally Posted by pnoon

Sorry, Sir. That is mold.

Fair enough, however could you tell me why all the material I have seen from cigar makers lists tobacco mold on cigars as a distinctive blue colour?

Also, mold is not hard and crystalline as these speckles are, I have smoked them and the crystals do not degenerate or disappear until either licked (at which point they taste like cane sugar) or smoked again, taste like cane).

Perhaps one man's mold is anothers' bloom.

[Yamasa]

Originally Posted by T.G

Wish I had a nickel for every time I've heard that.

Could have bought a couple boxes of Behikes by now.

You can send me the Behikes now.