Ever seen this before? Red colored ash

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I've never seen anything like this before, and curious if you have. Take a look at the foot of the cigar; why's it red? My best guess is it could be something to do with how the tobacco was grown, perhaps too much of a certain nutrient? Obviously when ashing it, the ash maintained this color.

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( Could be high iron soil)

Thread 'The different colors of ash'
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Thread 'The different colors of ash'

I'm sure this topic will probably be mostly opinions like a discussion over the proper color for the head on a Guinness (white IMO)

But mostly I'd like to know why some cigars burn with a snowy white ash and others with a soot grey to charcoal black ash.

And if someone is of the opinion that white ash means a better tasting cigar I would respectfully disagree with them, one of the best cigars I've tasted burnt with a dark grey ash.

So teach me the way of the ash, fellow smokers, I'm "all ears".
 
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BlindedByScience said:
Low-tox anti-freeze humidification will do that every time....😂
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Hey these were not from Ludwig. :D

I did some searching and it turns out it's high iron count when the tobacco was grown. Apparently most common in Nicaraguan leaf. Strange, as I've smoked many Nicaraguan cigars and never seen this before. It was a Toasty Jones cigar. Tasted great, just interesting to see red ash.
 
Interesting, one idea to consider is that after the tobacco is burned what's mostly left in the ash is carbon based minerals. Fe and Ca are examples that could cause coloring. I wonder if while the volatile parts burn away it concentrates the colored mineral non-volatile parts.

Doesn't exactly explain why that particular cigar ash was red. But maybe how it got that way. I would agree it's a possibility that soil composition caused it.
 
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