What does the ash say about the cigar?

[Wink]

My Brothers & Sisters.,

How are we doing? Question I have read plenty reviews made by you fine people, and I've noticed you have described the color and stiffness of the ash. What exactly does this mean regarding the cigar?

 

[SkinsFanLarry]

Wink, here's two good links, hope they answer your question....

Cigars for Dummies

and

[YOUTUBE][ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4RB5lP7yzs"]YouTube- Cigars: The Color of Ash[/ame][/YOUTUBE]

 

[Treinenwj]

Great read, Larry! Why have I not seen that site before?

 

[Wink]

Ah Ha gotcha. Thanks Larr nice find my friend! Needless to say Mr Fresh was a cool customer! So the ash really has nothing to do with how good the cigar is, just a little tweaking of the soil used to grow quality tobacco plants. Cool fact! I gotta look this guy up.

 

[La Chupacabra]

That you smoked it. LOL

 

[danthebugman]

Larry that Cigar for Dummies site is awesome, thanks for sharing :thumbsup:.

Dan

 

[InspektorGadget]

Boy, I never realized all the info associated with ash. Thanks for the informative links Larry.

 

[smokinghole]

I was about to say after seeing the title of this thread that the ash is nothing more than the mineral content of the tobacco left behind after burning.

 

[onibakushinka]

Larry, Thank you for sharing the Cigar for Dummies site, very informative

 

[Jonathan Drew]

Doc,

That was an awsome video. I had to watch it twice.

JD

 

[tmoney2007]

"The leaf at the centre of your cigar is known as ligero. It's this leaf that gives the cigar its taste, and better quality cigars contain more of it. "

Not really true, that and the workmanship thing is kind of bunk. The few Padron 80th's that I have smoked don't have particularly tight ashes, but I don't think anyone would say that they don't have quality construction. All internet articles about cigars seem to have some good information and a bunch of urban myth. A flaky ash doesn't mean that short filler was used.

1 inch of ash mellows the smoke? I'm not sure how something that is in front of the burning tobacco is going to affect the smoke...

That said, the information about the color is really all the ash tells you. Different minerals in the tobacco fields will make the ash grey or white.

 

[sam a]

this is a great article... http://www.en.cigarclan.com/articles/2005/1/07/