In the week leading up to the creation of this blog I have finally begun to season my first cigar humidor. A lavish gift from my girlfriend, this beautiful Classic Series 50 stick desktop humidor by Siglo will serve as a long overdue home for my budding cigar collection.
Having a humidor provides a safe environment for cigars to be stored at the appropriate temperature and humidity, ~70FH / 65-70%RH. When simply left to the elements a cigar can lose a good portion of it's flavor and 'smoke-ability'. Until my humidor setup is complete, buying any serious quantity of cigars would be frivolous for this very reason.
Before any cigars can be added to the humidor, it must first have undergone a process of 'seasoning'. This process aims at providing the untreated Spanish Cedar (used in the construction of the humidor) with enough moisture so as to prevent it from drawing any from the cigars. I chose the 'wipe down' method to season my humidor, and had very little trouble doing so... until now.
After performing the wipe down a number of times over a few days, I introduced the humidification element. However, before I can safely add my cigars, the humidity level must settle to somewhere within the appropriate range. This has proven to be quite troublesome as the humidity level skyrockets with the humidifier inside. The lowest RH it has been able to hold has been 73%. My guess, operating with limited knowledge and experience, is that the Cedar may have been moistened a little too much, or perhaps I have overfilled the humidifier.
My only guess is to leave the humidifier out overnight and see how it holds tomorrow morning.
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