WOW, thanks for all that information - I guess I have to learn a lot more...
Raf, how can I proof all these things you said? I mean, about the right blending of the cigar... right now I bought these 3 25 piece packages because someone from the gastronomy here said these are the most smoked ones.
I also have to admit I didn't take the most expensive or biggest ones for the following reason:
A *real* cigar smoker will bring his own portable humidor anyway and wouldn't rely on what I maybe have in my store.
My cigars are mostly sold to people who "would like to try one" - "but don't spend too much for just one piece, because they are not the real conisseurs (I spelled that wrong, didn't I
)
So I sell them for 6, 7, and 8 Euros per piece....
Already sold about 6 Cohibas and 4 Montechristos in 3 weeks.... is that ok? How long can I store them?
I have a wall humidor.
And I have to admit, although I read a lot on a very good homepage about "how to built a humidor" and with what to humify it.....I do have a plastic sponge now in my dish. Don't freak out! It's because the man who gave me that humidor has a Cuban Bar, loves Cigars, and has the same pieces in his shop. He says after trying almost everything expensive he found out that with this design of the humidor the humidity given from the plastic sponge is correct for a very, very long time.
He also adds a bit of Cognac to the water. Was it Cognac? I took a tiny bit of Irish Whiskey in lack of Cognac
("let the stoning begin...")
Oh, boy - I'll send you a pic of the humidor ASAP.
I heard that that granulate would be better then the moss....any comments on that?
So summarized, the cigars I have sold where bought by some pretenders or wanna-be's either then the "real" cigar smokers.... so until someone can tell me if I have the best possibility to store the expensive ones, I dare buying them.... Raf, that was the petition to come to Vienna soon to check on coffee
and cigars
And please wright more if you want to, I wanna learn a lot about cigars.
The Olifant sounds funny, wanna have one for myself
Joey
(would you still speak with me if I tell you that in lack of a cigar cutter I always cut them with my leathermen? With two angled cuts, of course...)
...I hear a hissing sound coming from the sky
...is it a bird? No. Is it a plane? No. It's a huge stone from Belgium!!!!!!! Aaargghhhhh......