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Cigar Resusciation Project

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ramparts

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I was recently given some fairly nice cigars by a relative who'd kept them out of a humidor for about a year or two. So they're pretty dry and I can't imagine it'll be very pleasant when I light one up... unless I can resuscitate them :) I've Googled and seen some methods, but I'm curious what people here have to say on the subject. I don't have a huge time constraint (but it would be nice if it were less than a month process), but most of the remedies I've seen online require a cigar box or a humidor (of which I have neither) and, as a poor college student, I don't think I can really afford a humidor. Any solutions which will result in a nice, smokable cigar without having to make a huge cash investment would be very much appreciated!
 
ramparts said:
I was recently given some fairly nice cigars by a relative who'd kept them out of a humidor for about a year or two. So they're pretty dry and I can't imagine it'll be very pleasant when I light one up... unless I can resuscitate them :) I've Googled and seen some methods, but I'm curious what people here have to say on the subject. I don't have a huge time constraint (but it would be nice if it were less than a month process), but most of the remedies I've seen online require a cigar box or a humidor (of which I have neither) and, as a poor college student, I don't think I can really afford a humidor. Any solutions which will result in a nice, smokable cigar without having to make a huge cash investment would be very much appreciated!
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Forget about it, they are trash by now and there is no reviving the taste back from them. It will just be smoking dried leaves. I would suggest going buy your local store and picking up some cheaper smokes if your interested in getting some.

Also, go stop by the intro forum and introduce yourself.
 
For your next project, put an egg salad sandwich in the glovebox of your car on a hot summer day, and then try slowly refrigerating it to resuscitate it.
 
Let us know if you drown, maybe we can get a tobacco smoke enema kit to bring you back. :sign:
 
I would agree with bfisher--save your time and effort and pick up some new, fresh cigars. There is no shortage of good, inexpensive smokes out there (If I may make a recommendation, the Don Pepin Garcia Tabacos Baez Serie SF is quite nice and is available for ~$50 a box).
 
Put them in a food processor with some olive oil and blend to a smooth paste. Add in some sliced honeydew melon, a durian, 1/4 pound king salmon and a half jar of peanut butter and blend more. When everything is mixed mold portions into cigar shaped patties (the PB will act as 'concrete') and bake in the over at 425 for 30-45 hours. Freeze on the baking sheet overnight then bring to work to share with all. You're welcome.
 
You can bring back these sticks, but it will take a long time and they won't be very good. When cigars dry up they loose oils and sugars that give them their flavors. I let some Monties get dry once and brought them back. It was like smoking cardboard, seriously...$15 cardboard.

Like was said...not worth the time. However, (I'll probably end up with a cigar enema from the FOGs on here for recommending this) if you want to try on the cheap then get some tupperware and put them inside with a Boveda pack. Start with a 65% for a month, then 69% for another few months. It's said that it takes about 3X as long to rehydrate them as it takes to dry them out.

Good luck!
 
moki said:
For your next project, put an egg salad sandwich in the glovebox of your car on a hot summer day, and then try slowly refrigerating it to resuscitate it.
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How about taking a sheet of aluminum foil, rolling it into the tight ball and then proceed to resuscitate back to its original shape with no wrinkles by using a rolling pin and a squeegee?
 
ramparts said:
I was recently given some fairly nice cigars by a relative who'd kept them out of a humidor for about a year or two. So they're pretty dry and I can't imagine it'll be very pleasant when I light one up... unless I can resuscitate them :) I've Googled and seen some methods, but I'm curious what people here have to say on the subject. I don't have a huge time constraint (but it would be nice if it were less than a month process), but most of the remedies I've seen online require a cigar box or a humidor (of which I have neither) and, as a poor college student, I don't think I can really afford a humidor. Any solutions which will result in a nice, smokable cigar without having to make a huge cash investment would be very much appreciated!
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Hi Ramparts, how are you? Good I hope. I am doing fine, thank you for asking. :) I think I can help you out with this last part, the humidor part. I totally understand the "poor college student" thing, as I am just graduating high school and plan on going to college someday. I am poor as all get-out (we say that where I'm from, Utah), so I feel your pain.

Anyways, a good member who's always helped me out is the guy with the doctored family photo he's using as an avatar, with Ol' MJ in the background. You may know him as "Kevin" from Home Alone 1 and 2, but I know him as Macaulay Culkin, or "The Cheesy Mac" as I call him. Home Alone 1 was pretty good, and I liked the burglars in it, but my favorite part was when he plays the videotape of the gangsters shooting and Cheesy Mac lights those fireworks. That part was super cool.

I also liked Home Alone 2, but it looks like it would hurt to be hit by paint cans and electrocuted repeatedly, so I gave up my life of crime back when I was in Folsom in the 70's. Anyways, a good cigar to try is "Gorilla Fingers," but you can't find any online anymore. Luckily, I bought half a cab, or a box as we Aficionados call it, and they're aging. You can't have any.

Anyways, contact bfisher88, or "The Cheesy Mac," and he can hook you up with a humidor. I was over at his house the other night (being that I live in Utah), and he told me he has an extra humidor he's thinking of throwing out. Maybe email him and see if you guys can work something out.

Also, a good vendor on here is MoeCizlak. He's no Hank Azaria, but he sure knows how to wheel a good deal. Email him too, and you can set yourself up pretty quick.

In closing, good luck in your ISO for Opus, they're good smokes to re-roll.
 
If you're going to provide a link, at least link it to my WEBSITE.. Rampart, Jon is a good customer of mine and has bought several of the cigars shown on my website. They are all for sale and I usually deeply discount them. A humidor isn't a must when it comes to storing cigars. My entire collection you see on my website are housed in potato sacks that Jon and Cheesy Mac send me, because they are from Iowa, where they grow potatoes.
 
souldog24ca said:
ramparts said:
I was recently given some fairly nice cigars by a relative who'd kept them out of a humidor for about a year or two. So they're pretty dry and I can't imagine it'll be very pleasant when I light one up... unless I can resuscitate them :) I've Googled and seen some methods, but I'm curious what people here have to say on the subject. I don't have a huge time constraint (but it would be nice if it were less than a month process), but most of the remedies I've seen online require a cigar box or a humidor (of which I have neither) and, as a poor college student, I don't think I can really afford a humidor. Any solutions which will result in a nice, smokable cigar without having to make a huge cash investment would be very much appreciated!
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Hi Ramparts, how are you? Good I hope. I am doing fine, thank you for asking. :) I think I can help you out with this last part, the humidor part. I totally understand the "poor college student" thing, as I am just graduating high school and plan on going to college someday. I am poor as all get-out (we say that where I'm from, Utah), so I feel your pain.

Anyways, a good member who's always helped me out is the guy with the doctored family photo he's using as an avatar, with Ol' MJ in the background. You may know him as "Kevin" from Home Alone 1 and 2, but I know him as Macaulay Culkin, or "The Cheesy Mac" as I call him. Home Alone 1 was pretty good, and I liked the burglars in it, but my favorite part was when he plays the videotape of the gangsters shooting and Cheesy Mac lights those fireworks. That part was super cool.

I also liked Home Alone 2, but it looks like it would hurt to be hit by paint cans and electrocuted repeatedly, so I gave up my life of crime back when I was in Folsom in the 70's. Anyways, a good cigar to try is "Gorilla Fingers," but you can't find any online anymore. Luckily, I bought half a cab, or a box as we Aficionados call it, and they're aging. You can't have any.

Anyways, contact bfisher88, or "The Cheesy Mac," and he can hook you up with a humidor. I was over at his house the other night (being that I live in Utah), and he told me he has an extra humidor he's thinking of throwing out. Maybe email him and see if you guys can work something out.

Also, a good vendor on here is MoeCizlak. He's no Hank Azaria, but he sure knows how to wheel a good deal. Email him too, and you can set yourself up pretty quick.

In closing, good luck in your ISO for Opus, they're good smokes to re-roll.
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Oh good god.....

Don't know how you do it Jon. BTW, how is the farm going down the road?
 
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