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Should I Heat The Length Of The Cigar Before Smoking It ?

Novotel Siam Square, Bangkok
Novotel Siam Square, Bangkok
I was recently in Bangkok on business at the Novotel on Siam Square. Sitting at the bar after a long day of meetings I did the usual and ordered a Singha and began to wind down. As I’d run out of my own cigar stash I chose to order one of the Jose L. Piedra Cuban cigars sitting behind the bar in a small wooden humidor with a typical glass door. To my surprise the bar staff presented a cigar lighter and proceeded to warm the length of the cigar before cutting it! My instant reaction was ‘Is there something I should know that I’m missing regarding cigar etiquette?’ So when I got home I decided to do some research on this and found the answer.

Apparently not! I’m told this was done in the 19th century to burn off the unpleasant gum used on some cigars made in Seville. Today’s handmade Cuban cigars use a small drop of flavourless, odourless vegetable gum at the cap end of the wrapper leaf.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, January 10th, 2008 at 6:18 pm by David and is filed under Cigar Tips. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “Should I Heat The Length Of The Cigar Before Smoking It ?”

February 28th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
adam Says:

question

i am living in australia, i will be going to thailand and i wanted to buy a couple of boxes of cigars and take them home, does anybody know if this is legal, is there a limit, are you allowed to do this at all?

a reply would be most appreciated, thanks

adam

March 15th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Gemma Ward Picture Says:

Gemma Ward Picture…

I Googled for something completely different, but found your page…and have to say thanks. nice read….

April 8th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Elie Says:

Hi Adam, yes there is a limit on how many boxes you can bring back with ya, it all depends on how much tabacco you are bringing back. As you know cigars come in different shape and size. I wouldn’t recommend that you buy any from Thailand in case you get any fake ones instead order them online there are plenty of good websites out there, cubancigars.net.au have their own good store as well.

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