I want some Plume!

RichardW · 12-16-2009, 10:23 PM

I don't recall ever seeing plume on a CC, but I've seen in on domestics. As mentioned before, it really doesn't add to the flavor, but I've enjoyed the sparkle while smoking outdoors on on one of those rare PNW sunny days

markem · 12-16-2009, 10:40 PM

Fans of the old Hee Haw show will recognize the tune. Feel free to sing along.

Gloom, despair and agony on me
Deep dark depression, excessive misery.
If it weren't for green plume, I'd have no plume at all
Gloom, despair and agony on me

I have had plume develop on sticks that I was aging. The most memorable was a box of Partagas 8-9-8V that I bought from a brother on the before-we-became-CA board that developed rich plume on all the sticks starting last fall and over the winter. Alas, that box is gone, but boy was it good. First box I ever had the developed plume on all the sticks more or less at the same time.

I agree with others that plume is a sign of aging conditions and does not, by itself, improve or detract from the flavor.

mithrilG60 · 12-17-2009, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by RichardW

I don't recall ever seeing plume on a CC, but I've seen in on domestics. As mentioned before, it really doesn't add to the flavor, but I've enjoyed the sparkle while smoking outdoors on on one of those rare PNW sunny days

I've seen lots of CC's with plume, as you mentioned though it makes no real difference to the enjoyment of the cigar. All it is the crystallization of evaporating essential oils on the wrapper surface.

12-16-2009, 10:23 PM	#1
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markem Bunion Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mark Location: Second Star on the Right Posts: 22,664 Trading: (47)	Re: I want some Plume! Fans of the old Hee Haw show will recognize the tune. Feel free to sing along. Gloom, despair and agony on me Deep dark depression, excessive misery. If it weren't for green plume, I'd have no plume at all Gloom, despair and agony on me I have had plume develop on sticks that I was aging. The most memorable was a box of Partagas 8-9-8V that I bought from a brother on the before-we-became-CA board that developed rich plume on all the sticks starting last fall and over the winter. Alas, that box is gone, but boy was it good. First box I ever had the developed plume on all the sticks more or less at the same time. I agree with others that plume is a sign of aging conditions and does not, by itself, improve or detract from the flavor. __________________ I refuse to belong to any organization that would have me as a member. ~ Groucho Marx Last edited by markem; 12-16-2009 at 10:46 PM.