Before You Put your Cigars in your Humidor...

Season your Cigar Humidor:

The Cuban cigars that you purchased need to be kept in an environment suitable for them to age perfectly.  Just as you wouldn’t rush your son or daughter into adulthood, you should not rush your young Cuban cigars either.

1. Take a new clean sponge, unscented and free of soap. Wet it with Distilled water.
2. Liberally wipe down all of the interior cedar. Don’t use a paper towel.
   • Make sure you get all the cedar
   • Don’t leave any puddles
3. After that is done, wet the sponge again (not soaking wet) & place it in the cigar humidor on top of some plastic (cellophane will work)
   • Close the lid & let it percolate overnight
4. Check out your percolation
   • Is the sponge dry?  If so, repeat steps 1-3
5. Once you have a damp sponge sitting overnight, take out the sponge, and leave it closed overnight again.
   • You will now notice the wood feels a bit damp
   • Now you are ready to stock your cigar humidor with cigars of Cuba.
     Keep them at around 70% rh (below 60 and above 80 is bad is bad for their well-being)
6. Pour distilled water onto the plastic sponge (equipped with the cigar humidor), check the sponge often to refill it.
   • If you get sick of refilling your sponge, call us – we can hook you up with a “set it and forget it” unit

ONLY USE DISTILLED WATER for everything stogie related.

Calibrate your Hygrometer:

If you did not purchase a higher-end cigar humidor, you most likely have a hygrometer (a humidity measuring device).  If you want an accurate one, go digital – or calibrate your analog one.

Analog Hygrometers should be calibrated every 6 months.

1. Get yourself a new zip lock bag, a clean cap from a pop bottle & some table salt
2. Pour the table salt into the cap until it is full
3. Drip some tap water on it until it is saturated
4. Pour off any excess water
5. Seal it on the bag with the hygrometer 
   • Wait six hours
6. The read out should be at 75(RH)
7. Take it out and set the needle to 75, then repeat until it’s perfect.
8. Again, keep your stogies at around 70% (RH)