Ash color

[mudpoet]

I smoked a cigar today (Romeo y Julieta Romeo #3), and it burned black. I mean BLACK. That was the first time I'd had a cigar smoke like that. I didn't particularly enjoy the smoke, but I don't know if it had anything to do with that. Maybe I just got a bad stick, maybe it has to do with lighting with a Zippo instead of a torch or match, or maybe that particular smoke just isn't my thing.

What are your experiences / opinions?

[mudpoet]

I take it nobody's had that happen to them?

[ashman]

I have never had that particular cigar, but most Cuban cigars that I have had have a darker color ash than those from DR, Nic, Honduras, etc.  I don't think I have ever used a Zippo to light a cigar either.  I don't see how that would affect the color of the ash though.  Maybe the first half inch, but not past that.

[fishhound]

In my opinion the color of the ash has mostly to do with soil. Here are a few threads for you to look at.

 http://www.stogiechat.com/cigar-forum/vi...forum_id=2

http://www.stogiechat.com/cigar-forum/vi...=ash+color

[Bluesman455]

In my opinion the color of the ash has mostly to do with soil. Here are a few threads for you to look at.

 http://www.stogiechat.com/cigar-forum/view_topic.php?id=144&forum_id=2

http://www.stogiechat.com/cigar-forum/view_topic.php?id=4740&forum_id=12&highlight=ash+color

Yes it is the soil,nice find Bob.

Next question?

[rob]

[mudpoet]

In my opinion the color of the ash has mostly to do with soil. Here are a few threads for you to look at.

 http://www.stogiechat.com/cigar-forum/view_topic.php?id=144&forum_id=2

http://www.stogiechat.com/cigar-forum/view_topic.php?id=4740&forum_id=12&highlight=ash+color

Thanks for the links.  I'll look through that later today.  Interesting to know that cubans burn darker - I had no idea.  It's just that this was reeeeeeeeeeeally dark.

[fishhound]

In my opinion the color of the ash has mostly to do with soil. Here are a few threads for you to look at.

 http://www.stogiechat.com/cigar-forum/view_topic.php?id=144&forum_id=2

http://www.stogiechat.com/cigar-forum/view_topic.php?id=4740&forum_id=12&highlight=ash+color

Thanks for the links.  I'll look through that later today.  Interesting to know that cubans burn darker - I had no idea.  It's just that this was reeeeeeeeeeeally dark.

Well, from your thoughts on the cigar, I would recommend leting the rest of these sit for a while if you have more. Try another in six months see if you notice a change for the better. Forget about the zippo for lighting future cigars as well, unless you get a zplus insert for it. Lighter fluid will taint the taste of a cigar.

[mudpoet]

In my opinion the color of the ash has mostly to do with soil. Here are a few threads for you to look at.

 http://www.stogiechat.com/cigar-forum/view_topic.php?id=144&forum_id=2

http://www.stogiechat.com/cigar-forum/view_topic.php?id=4740&forum_id=12&highlight=ash+color

Thanks for the links.  I'll look through that later today.  Interesting to know that cubans burn darker - I had no idea.  It's just that this was reeeeeeeeeeeally dark.

Well, from your thoughts on the cigar, I would recommend leting the rest of these sit for a while if you have more. Try another in six months see if you notice a change for the better. Forget about the zippo for lighting future cigars as well, unless you get a zplus insert for it. Lighter fluid will taint the taste of a cigar.

I picked up the cigar in a shop as a one-off, so I don't have any more.  That's also why I lit with a zippo - that's all I had at the time.  But, if this happens again, I'll definitely let the remainder sit and see what happens.

[lucas]

I had this exact same cigar when I was in Europe a couple weeks ago and I experienced something similar with the dark ash.  It wasn't black like you mentioned but a very dark gray.  Interesting stuff about the soil though.

 

-Lucas

[mudpoet]

[user=241]lucas[/user] wrote:

I had this exact same cigar when I was in Europe a couple weeks ago and I experienced something similar with the dark ash.  It wasn't black like you mentioned but a very dark gray.  Interesting stuff about the soil though.

 

-Lucas

Apart from the ash, how did you like it? I didn't like it at all...I'm curious what you thought