Expert: M J Robbins - 12/23/2010

Question
I have recently taken up cigar smoking and have enjoyed several different types of cigars. I would always buy them as i smoked them since I did not have a humidor. I like the acid cigars such as kuba kuba. My question is can I store these types of cigars with other types of cigars? or should I purchase a seperate humidor for them? Thank you for your time.

Answer
In my friends store many years ago, he put Acid on the shelve with the other cigars and it affected all the other cigars around them.
Also when you put Acid in with other cigars they will lose taste.
So
The best way to protect your other cigars AND keep the intense flavor of Acid or other flavored cigars is to keep them in a separate humidor preferably with similar cigars - Acid with Acid, Vanilla with Vanilla, Mango with Mango. Put these flavors together for a few months and you will have a new cigar - "Acivamango".
If you have just a few Acid or flavored cigars they will stay fine in a zip lock bag for 2 weeks, that's what I tell my customers.

Enjoy
Mike