Quote Originally Posted by mrtr33 View Post
If I'm not mistaken, the amount of time tobacco needs to age and the time the cigar is rolled are separate things altogether. Someone in the know want to enlighten us?

I always thought that the tobacco leaves needed aging before rolling, but didn't think that a rolled cigar necessarily had to be aged to taste good.

Now, it might have to do with the quality of tobacco the roller was using, for example, if the leaves hadn't had proper time to age when he brought them, then that might have contributed to the bitterness.

Just a thought.
The tobacco used to roll the cigars was aged. The roller works for a company in NY that has their own cigar brand. He was actually a level 5 roller(7 being the highest). The cigars he rolled were done so using the same tobacco as their main line of cigars. Not one of their "special" blends, but quality leaves none-the-less.

I have no doubts that the tobacco used to roll these fresh cigars are less then premium quality. I decided on aging the now rolled cigars because most, if not all cigar manufacturers age their cigars for at least 6 months after they are rolled. This gives time for the flavors of the tobacco blend used to balance out.

I'm even debating whether or not to wrap these cigars in cedar or age them in individual cedar coffins. Hoping that the cedar will give a bit more spice to the cigar. The only thing holding me back is not knowing how spicy the cigars would be regularly. Maybe one in cedar and the other naked...?