Danforz said:
Today, I picked a stick from the bottom of my humidor to smoke. The moment I lit it it burned fast and lacks in flavor. I've noticed that, sometimes, my cigars seem light in flavor and burn strange.
Sometimes the cigar is rolled too loose, will burn too fast and consequently will lack flavor because it's too hot.
Sometimes if we're busy and not paying attention to the cigar and how we're smoking it will cause flavor shift and a different impression of the cigar. Happened to me a week or two ago with a petite corona. The next one was night and day different.
I agree to get rid of the foam.
I tend to think that multiple methods of adding humidity are not necessarily wrong in itself, but tends to confuse our thinking as to what is actually transpiring.
Also, as mentioned by others - changes in temp also affect R/H.
I will say that when I changed from 70/70 to 65/65, it was over a month before I felt like the cigars truly settled down.
You are measuring R/H of air, not moisture content of the cigar. The moisture content saturation of the whole cigar is going to take a bit.
Don't forget, R/H is not an absolute "moisture content" measurement but a measurement of humidity relative to temperature. So, RH will shift when Temp shifts but moisture content remains the same.
It can get confusing, there are so many variables.
So, try to remove variables.
Take the foam out.
Select a RH level you think appropriate and stick with it for awhile. a good while. Keep temps as stable as possible, make sure humidor not located near air vent, sunlight at times, etc.
Keep things stable. As mentioned by some old heads here whose sticks are smoking fine and whose temp/RH levels shift over time theirs smoke fine. What is happening there is that there are no rapid changes.
Pay attention to what sticks are giving you an issue, and pay attention to how you smoke them. If they are burning fast, take very small puffs. When I learned to do that I was amazed at the flavor I could get from a petite corona and how long it would last.
Realize there may not be one answer here, or even two, could be a combination of things.
HTH