What kind of box do you crack when you have more than one box of the same cigar?

[gojira]

I'm curious about this. When I have multiple boxes of the same cigar I always tend to crack the uglier box first. Especially if it includes a cigar with some foot damage or one that has wrapper imperfections. That's the one I smoke first. I also have cracked younger boxes first as I always favour to keep the older and/or nicest box for later on.

So is this just me or do some of you proceed the same way?

[ha_banos]

So you have a save-the-best-till-last philosophy!

I don't have many double boxes, but so far its been whichever smells best, that's the one I start from. If there's not much in it, then yes uglies will get burned first!

[Stevieboy]

I always smoke the best looking boxes. My thinking being that I might as well have the best one as there's a fair chance I might sell or trade the uglier ones. This is especially true of REs as they only ever increase in desirability... even the fugly ones lok

[gojira]

So you have a save-the-best-till-last philosophy!

I don't have many double boxes, but so far its been whichever smells best, that's the one I start from. If there's not much in it, then yes uglies will get burned first!

Yes, I like to keep the good stuff for later on as they will only improve with age.

[gojira]

I always smoke the best looking boxes. My thinking being that I might as well have the best one as there's a fair chance I might sell or trade the uglier ones. This is especially true of REs as they only ever increase in desirability... even the fugly ones lok

I like to keep the nice ones for later on as I think that it would be harder for me to sell a nice looking box than an ugly one. That way I will have mostly great looking boxes left for my old age, lol.

[Emaresee]

Yes, I like to keep the good stuff for later on as they will only improve with age.

thats my philosophy!

[Haaltert]

Same here. I start with the ‘ugly’ box.

gojira, I didn’t know you bought any boxes that don’t look good??


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[gojira]

Same here. I start with the ‘ugly’ box.

gojira, I didn’t know you bought any boxes that don’t look good??


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Hahaha. I have a few ugly boxes from some blind buys.

[Alexw33]

Good to see you back Mike and an interesting question to boot.

Like you if they have the same box code I burn the ugly ones first.

However when I have boxes from different years I tend to burn the youngest first. It might seem a bit strange at first but my rationale is if I have say a 1 and 3 year old box and I smoke the 3 first (let’s say over 2 years) I’m onto the next box by the time the 1 gets to 3 years so I’m always smoking the cigar in the same ballpark age wise. However if I smoke the 1 first then the 3 becomes 5 by the time I crack that and I’ve smoked the cigar at ages 1-3 from the first box and 5-7 from the second so I get a much better idea of my personal sweet spot. Obviously this only applies when I’m experimenting with age for a particular cigar and when I’ve narrowed down what I like I would adjust accordingly.

[gojira]

Good to see you back Mike and an interesting question to boot.

Like you if they have the same box code I burn the ugly ones first.

However when I have boxes from different years I tend to burn the youngest first. It might seem a bit strange at first but my rationale is if I have say a 1 and 3 year old box and I smoke the 3 first (let’s say over 2 years) I’m onto the next box by the time the 1 gets to 3 years so I’m always smoking the cigar in the same ballpark age wise. However if I smoke the 1 first then the 3 becomes 5 by the time I crack that and I’ve smoked the cigar at ages 1-3 from the first box and 5-7 from the second so I get a much better idea of my personal sweet spot. Obviously this only applies when I’m experimenting with age for a particular cigar and when I’ve narrowed down what I like I would adjust accordingly.

Glad to be back Alex.

Now that's interesting because I tend to do the same. Also, if I have a cab and a or count box of the same cigar I go for the box first. I recently cracked a PUR FEB 17 box of Lusi even though I have a PUR ENE 16 cab. I like to let the good stuff sleep.

[Alexw33]

Glad to be back Alex.

Now that's interesting because I tend to do the same. Also, if I have a cab and a or count box of the same cigar I go for the box first. I recently cracked a PUR FEB 17 box of Lusi even though I have a PUR ENE 16 cab. I like to let the good stuff sleep.

I do the same, the good stuff rests if I have a choice. Not sure there’s any science to it but I feel like darker and/or oilier cigars age better and can also disappoint young even when they look spectacular so they always get some time to sleep.

[Sean]

So you have a save-the-best-till-last philosophy!

I don't have many double boxes, but so far its been whichever smells best, that's the one I start from. If there's not much in it, then yes uglies will get burned first!

That’s like having the good China on display 😂. When I had the wineador I was still in the finding out what was my favourite smoke so never had more than 1 box of the same cigar. Now I have my go 2 smokes which I would happily have 2 or 3 boxes


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[Adamsmokes]

I'm curious about this. When I have multiple boxes of the same cigar I always tend to crack the uglier box first. Especially if it includes a cigar with some foot damage or one that has wrapper imperfections. That's the one I smoke first. I also have cracked younger boxes first as I always favour to keep the older and/or nicest box for later on.

So is this just me or do some of you proceed the same way?

This is me 100 %. No idea why I do it!

[Tomm783]

If only I had more than one box of a particular cigar....#cigargoals 😂


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[gojira]

If only I had more than one box of a particular cigar....#cigargoals 😂


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Hahaha!