How long does it take for celophane to yellow when aging cigars? The reason I ask is I recently purchased some PG Gourmet Serie ll 1999. I would have thought that a 15 year old celo would be yellow...ish at least. What. Are your thoughts.
That actually makes a lot of sense. The celo is pretty clear so if they were rolled in 99 but not wrapped until recently, I guess you wouldn't see a yellow celo. Also the wrapper is natural in color.It depends on a whole lot of things, including the kind of wrapper and whether it was colored. I've had really old sticks with only moderate yellowing, and I've had young sticks with a lot of yellowing. Yellowing of cello -much like plume, much like sick periods- differs from stick to stick, as each is made with different blends of tobaccos, and different types of wrappers.
That being said, I don't think the 1999's were cello'ed and packaged in 1999, just rolled then. I could be wrong, of course...
I just cut off both ends. If they come naked I leave em naked..if they come in cello I circumcise it.I hate cello it's like a condom for cigars. Just take that shit off and you don't need to worry if it's yellow or not.
Funny. My OCD is what won't let me keep them in the cello... Ha ha.I can't bring myself to take the sticks out of the cellophane. Stupid OCD. It took a bunch of sticks out of there cellophane and put them right back in. Hahaha
I like cello. It protects your singles if you dig through them a lot like I do. I like pushing the stick just until it pops out and really captures the aroma off the foot and I love how they look when they get yellowwwwww.I hate cello it's like a condom for cigars. Just take that shit off and you don't need to worry if it's yellow or not.
Cause science that's fucking why.It's been my own personal experience that many sticks stored together with the plastic on can give off a slight (cumulative) odor which I don't particularly like.
I'd did an experiment with two identical tupperdores, same sticks same humidification. One batch had the plastic on while the other did not.
As one might guess, the batch without the celo gave off a rich smell of tobacco, while the other batch did not.
I preferred the batch that smelled of tobacco.
Ymmv