Fly Fishing

Cuban cigars, just like any cigars, dry up after a certain amount of time in less than favorable conditions. Maybe you got a box of Cuban cigars, placed it in the closet and forgot about it. Several weeks down the road when you started cleaning your closet, out pops that box. The sad part is, your Cuban cigars look totally dried out.

Although you did place them in a humidor like a good boy, you didn’t re-energize your humidor that is essential for your cigars to stay in good shape. You realize all you have is a bunch of dried out cigars. You begin to wonder if your cigars will every be smokable again.

Lucky for you, their are several ways of bringing your cigars back from the dead. The idea is to hydrate your cigars back to life. You have to be really careful here because too much moisture can definitely expand your cigars to the max. The worst case scenario is that you finally decided to rehydrate your Cuban cigars but it was just not good enough and your Cuban cigars are gone to a better place. See just like everything in life has an expiration date, so do Cuban cigars. Once you get them, smoke them and you should worry about it ever again. Or if you want to share it with your friends than go get a portable humidor and take it with you. Forgetting about Cuban cigars in this way is no excuse at all.

Put your Cuban cigars in single plastic bags and seal them with cedar strips. This is almost an instant way to get the humidity right for your cigars so they can start coming back to life. You’ll notice that after a few days the color of the cigars would get a little darker. This shows that its working and now you have to step up your game and do something else to speed up the process and instill more life in your Cuban cigars.

If they are totally dried out, than don’t worry. Try the method of using Tupperware container (Make sure the base of this container is flat) where you put some water at the bottom and place the cigar on top of cedar sticks. Make sure the water never touches the Cuban cigars or your precious beauties will be destroyed. Cuban cigars can stay fresh for up to 15 years so be patient when you are doing this process.

Place these and a fully charged humidor into the container and seal it almost completely. Just leave a very slight opening in case the humidity levels get a little bit too high. Although it may take four weeks or more in order to totally rehydrate the cigars, many times they are salvageable even if they have been left for far too long.