Cigar guides
The things worth knowing before you light one, and a few that are worth knowing after.
- How to store cigarsHumidity, temperature and the basics of keeping a humidor, so your cigars smoke the way they should.
- How to cut and light a cigarThe right cut, a patient light and a gentle pace, which matter more for a good smoke than most people think.
- How to read a cigar band and spec sheetWrapper, binder, filler, ring gauge and the other terms on every cigar review and retailer page, explained.
- Wrapper guideEvery wrapper leaf, lightest to darkest: what it is and how it tastes.
- Shape and size guideRobusto, toro, lancero and the rest, with the usual size of each.
- Cigar countriesWhere cigar tobacco grows and where cigars get rolled.
- How I scoreThe 100-point scale, what moves a score, and how value is worked out.