Welcome to the board!

The best advice I can give is to take your time and enjoy your first cigar.
You want to clip only part of the cap... Use a sharp, deliberate cutting motion for the cleanest cut. Use two matches at a time to toast the foot, not letting the flame touch the cigar. then use two more while slowly drawing and rotating to get a nice, even light.

Sit back, and enjoy that fine stogie... don't rush it, it will reward you nicely!


I wouldn't recommend dunking a cigar in anything though, but I've never heard of anything that will lower nicotine levels, aside from extensive aging.

As for suggestions? read around here in the reviews section.. there is a wealth of information available, and since taste is highly subjective, what I like may be hideous to you.