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Query: How will a cab of illusione Fuma D'Amour Lagunas survive being frozen to single digit temps for four days affect it?

It went "out for delivery" twice with immediate "rescheduled for extreme weather" two days in a row. Now they are sitting, frozen, until a third attempt tomorrow. I figure they will probably be OK but this is a first for both extreme temp and duration. I imagine they experience similar conditions being delivered to Alaska, after all.

But I'll find out tomorrow, I hope ...
 
Guaranteed to not have any viable beetle eggs. Lol
Yep. I did freeze a couple boxes before but only for 24 hours at not quite so cold a temp. I can't imagine any harm but you never know until you run the experiment! :)
 
Jorge Padron said they store their cigars in a deep freeze for a period of time before they ship them off. Said they don’t even have a process to acclimate them. They just go in and grab what they need to fill the order, box em up and ship em off.

They should be fine!
 
Interesting! So not only can they survive, it preserves them well. Do I see a new word in our future ...

FREEZERDOR?!?
 
IMG_20180109_102900138.jpg IMG_20180108_114903733.jpg Who will have the first Freezerdor on the block?
Edit to add: They actually seem very smokable so I will fire one up today with only a day's rest. I will NOT smoke them all in two months like last time! :)
 

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Found this:
Padrons stored at -5 freezer for a few days before going into inventory when shipped from Nicaragua to Miami.

Great video, one I've not seen before. The damn music, was way too distracting and I wish it wasn't so loud.

Other than that, I'd love to hang out there for a tour and just shoot the shit, with Jorge.
 
As someone who deals with this problem constantly, I can say that I see little difference between sticks I purchase in the summer and the winter. I've actually bought identical box code boxes of H Uppman Connie 1's (one of my favorite sticks) and ordered one box in the summer and one in the deep winter. I didn't acclimate my winter box. Just let it sit on the front porch in the cold for a few days and brought it in and stuck it in my wineador. I couldn't tell a difference between the two that I smoked from each box.

Point is, if the wrappers survive, I haven't noticed a difference in taste profile.

Edited to add: Now HOW they smoke in the cold versus the warm weather produced REALLY interesting results. I literally have different go-to sticks when smoking in temps below 30, as well as different favorites due to the significant change in taste. My favorite summer sticks are almost unsmokable in cold weather. And my favorite winter sticks are only average in the summer.
 
No big deal at all...manufacturers have been doing it for years....smoke'um.
I did and with little rest, too. I noticed no problem outside of being a bit young. They will be a welcome addition to my meager rotation in the Spring.
 
I did and with little rest, too. I noticed no problem outside of being a bit young. They will be a welcome addition to my meager rotation in the Spring.

Back in the day, I always used to freeze CC in the Summer months due of the source I had for years. After deep freezing them, I then used to move them to a fridge to bring the temp up gradually so the wrappers wouldn't crack. Now the experts are saying that isn't necessary.
 
Back in the day, I always used to freeze CC in the Summer months due of the source I had for years. After deep freezing them, I then used to move them to a fridge to bring the temp up gradually so the wrappers wouldn't crack. Now the experts are saying that isn't necessary.
Live and learn. I guess the inverse is true, too. :p

I have frozen some boxes and had tobacco bugs. Not in a long time, though. I bet freezing cigars ended that scourge. :)
 
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