What am I tasting?

**craig** · 02-13-2012, 09:06 PM

Um, you're tasting Spanish cedar. Some folks like the taste. If you don't want the taste, use a humidor that uses Mahogany instead of Spanish cedar. (Luann, IIRC.)

Or a cooler.

Or keep the cigars in cello.

**FightingFish** · 02-13-2012, 10:26 PM

Steffanan, I got my first humidor recently too. It's a cheap tabletop 50 cigar box. Where did you get your humidor from? Is it possible it's lined with red cedar?

**steffanan** · 02-13-2012, 10:50 PM

Um, its called the bally 2 and I got it from famous smok e, I doubt its lined with red cedar

**heftysmokes** · 02-13-2012, 10:57 PM

Fuck man, empty out your humidor. Smell your humidor. Does it smell like what you're tasting? If it does, stick your cigars in a cooler or tupperware and send the humidor back, or put it on craigslist.

**FightingFish** · 02-13-2012, 11:02 PM

Hmm, I dunno. It looks like Badwhale and Craig offered some great advice.

If I was having the same issue, I would put some cigars in a tupperware with a piece of damp sponge. Place some cigars in there...wait a few days or a week... Then smoke one and see how it tastes. I'ld keep a couple in my glass jar humidor too, and add those to the taste test.

**Zywiec** · 02-22-2012, 10:08 PM

Whats your humidity if you think humidity is the problem?

Edit: Is it a strong cedar smell or glue that your smelling?

I nearly forgot the main reason I came here. To get rid of the stench sand the interior cedar, this will get rid of the outer smell and give it a nice smooth look as well. Now to remove the excess smell place crumbled newspaper in your humidor and a good amount of baking soda that is not touching the cedar, may ruin it. I suggest in a small container or hell a custom made container made of newspaper would work fine. ;)

Leave it a couple days, replace if needed. Give it up to a week