In fact, these cigars in Zhou Fangyuan's hands are not very valuable, after all, they are small products that are not well-known, and they are naturally incomparable with those internationally renowned brands.

But if you look at it from another angle, this is produced by Zhou Fangyuan's own cigar garden, and this significance alone is more powerful than most brands.

In order to preserve these cigars, he also used special means, and there was a cigar cellar in the cigar garden dedicated to storing cigars, and when he went out, there were special cigar boxes.

Cigar preservation is not something that can be said about it, and it is still very difficult.

In the 20s of the 20th century, Europeans were the first to invent cigar cellars to store cigars, which were built of pure cedar wood, of which the cedar wood of South America was the most precious.

Cedar wood is divided into red cedar and sedazwood, red cedar is generally derived from rice and Canada, and is not really cedar wood, which does not help the aging process of cigars. The real cedar is "Spanish Cedar Wood", also known as Seda Wood, because various parts of South America were colonized by Spain. Therefore, real cedar wood is widely known as Spanish cedar wood, and the origin of the wood itself has nothing to do with Spain.

The temperature in the cellar is 18-20 degrees, and the humidity is 65-75 degrees.

This condition is the source of the cigar's life.

Under such cellar conditions, the cigar retains its best and most original flavour and does not fade away due to changes in time and climate. An average cigar can cost thousands of dollars if it is stored in these conditions for more than 20 years. From a technical point of view: after such a long period of cellaring, the taste of the cigar will change, just like the good wine stored in the cellar, every drop is nectar.

All of the above are the professional cellar conditions necessary for professional cigar clubs or specialty stores, and cigar estates are probably also available. Well, of course, not absolutely, just like the cigar orchards in Cuba, many of the cigar orchards have tobacco leaves that are directly exported, and only a part of them are processed locally. That's it...... There are also some who do not have professional cellaring conditions, but Zhou Fangyuan's small cigar garden has such conditions, and it can only be said that the original owner of the cigar garden is a person who really likes cigars.

In fact, you should really ask him why he sold the cigar garden, such a person who really loves cigars, if there is no compelling reason, he should not make a move easily.

In addition to cigar gardens, cigar lovers in general also have their own ways of preserving their cigars.

Cigar smokers need to prepare a cigar humidor, which is the most basic storage utensil, and there are many sizes and shapes of cigar humidors, and its material is also made of cigar wood. There is usually a humidification device inside to keep the moisture inside the box. There is also a hygrometer to detect the humidity inside the box.

The price of the cigar box ranges from a few hundred yuan to several thousand yuan in the market, if it is an imported brand, it is generally more than 10,000 yuan, it is a mahogany cigar humidor made by a famous European cigar moisturizing master for personal customization, and its price can reach the price of 6-figure soft sister coins. A beautiful and functional humidor is a work of art in itself, no matter what the occasion it appears. Many cigar lovers have a lot of cigar humidors at the same time, in the office, in the study, in the car, in travel, and even on adventure, which is also a reflection of a strong cigar plot.

Zhou Fangyuan has a batch of humidors in his hand, and a small part of these humidors are left by the former owner of the cigar garden, and together with the cigars, it may be a gift for Zhou Fangyuan.

Some were bought locally in Cuba, and when buying a humidor, the person in charge of the manor, a middle-aged man named Bebe, followed him all the way, and also introduced Zhou Fangyuan to some points to pay attention to when buying a cigar humidor.

For example, the material used for the humidor, which is very, very important, must be cigar wood or mahogany. Of course, we're talking about high-end humidors, not to mention low-end ones, because these two woods are the best materials in the world to preserve cigars. And Zhou Fangyuan didn't buy it, if he wanted to buy it, could he still buy defective products? The best ones were to be given to the really important people. But it can't be bad for other people, otherwise it will be a loss.

In addition, the paint of the humidor is also very important, on the one hand, for aesthetic reasons, the exterior of the humidor should be painted, but at the same time, there should be no traces of paint in the box, and the cigar wood should be completely exposed. Of course, to put it bluntly, the requirements in this regard are not very high, and the gap between them and real lacquerware is still huge. Unless you buy the most top-notch humidor, it is natural to do everything excellent, the general high-end humidor, the paint surface is almost the same, and the paint layer itself also has the function of locking water.

Then there's the regularity of the humidor, which should be the regularity of any shape of cigar humidor. It looks like one from any angle. The hinges should also be flat and not deformed. This is the foundation of the foundation, and if this is not done well, then it is not worth spending money on it.

The most important thing about the humidor is the function of isolating the air, in this regard, the humidor must have an excellent sealing function, which can well ensure the humidity in the humidor, and the lid of the humidor should be like a good car door, closed deep and heavy.

A cigar in a humidor can only be defined as preservation, not cellaring, because it simply isolates the air and uses the air and humidity inside the box to circulate, on a very small scale. And there is no way to control the temperature. The limitations of these conditions have no effect on the cellaring of the cigars in the box. In addition, when many people get a new humidor, they can't wait to put their cigars in the humidor. But if you put the cigar in the humidor without rehumidifying, the cigar will go bad. Spanish cedar wood is dehydrated in a drying oven, so it is not possible to achieve a water vapor balance at 70F / 72° at humidity.

The wooden humidor will draw moisture from your cigars, which will cause them to dry out and harden when they lose water.

This problem can be avoided by rehumidifying the humidor before using it for the first time.

Bei Bi is a middle-aged person who can chat, the last time Zhou Fangyuan came over, he simply came over to take a look, he had seen Bei Bi at that time, but he didn't have much chance to chat with Bei Bi.

This time, Bei Bi completely opened the conversation, it just so happened that Zhou Fangyuan was half an idiot in terms of cigars, and Babi could be regarded as finding his own space to exert his heat, and managing the manor was one thing, providing all kinds of advice to the owner of the manor and supplementing all kinds of knowledge, which was also what he should do as a subordinate.

Through Baby's introduction, Zhou Fangyuan also learned how to distinguish the quality of cigars.

A good cigar should be a full-leaf roll cigar that is all handmade.

There are two kinds of full-leaf rolled cigars: one is the hand-rolled full-leaf cigar cigarette, which has obvious outer bands, and the appearance of each cigarette is quite different, and the thickness is also different; However, the best cigars cannot be rolled by machine, and good cigars cannot be contaminated in any way during hundreds of production processes. The taste and oil stains generated by the machine have a great impact on the aroma, taste and aftertaste of cigar smoke. In addition, no machine can replace the sensation of the human hand, and it cannot handle the range that should be adjusted due to changes in the cigarette core and inner outer skin.

The filler of a good cigar is a combination of flaky tobacco leaves. For a fine cigar that is all handmade, the filler must be flaky. If the tobacco core is shredded mechanically, the fiber structure and chemical composition of the tobacco leaf will change greatly, which will reduce the original quality of the tobacco leaf. Therefore, the filler of the fine cigar is handmade. Tear the tobacco leaves into 8-15 mm sized blades.

The taste is not bitter is not a cigar, a good cigar tastes bitter and sweet, bitter in the front, sweet in the back, just right, people can't say bitter or sweet, just like people drink coffee, enjoy the mellow and plump aroma, sweet and delicious taste from his bitterness. A good cigar is bitter and sweet in its full-bodied aroma and long-lasting pleasant finish.

A good cigar will automatically extinguish when it is not smoked, and a paper cigarette will be judged to be unqualified if it is extinguished during the combustion process, while a good cigar smoke is the opposite, it will not burn if it is not smoked, and it will stop emitting smoke within a few seconds, and it will be extinguished in three to five minutes, and it must be re-lit when it is smoked again. This is because fine cigars cannot be made with any accelerants, and the leaves cannot be puffed. In addition, the price of a fine cigar cigarette is tens or even hundreds of yuan each, and it would be a pity to burn it without smoking like a paper cigarette, and the rich may not care about these, but this is a standard, and it has nothing to do with whether you care or not.

A good cigar smoke does not produce phlegm after smoking. Actually, many people don't know this, but as a citizen of the cigar kingdom, Bebi has many years of experience in managing the manor and making cigars when he was young, so he knows it very well. A good cigar does not produce phlegm after smoking, and it also has the effect of relieving cough and clearing phlegm. That's why cigar smokers don't spit, because they don't have much phlegm to spit on. Good cigar tobacco leaves are not allowed to add chemical fertilizers when planting, tobacco leaves must be fermented for a long time before rolling to remove the miscellaneous smell and raw tobacco flavor in the tobacco leaves, tobacco leaves in the natural mellowing process, harmful components are constantly decomposed, tobacco leaves become elastic, the taste also becomes mellow and plump. In addition, the burning temperature of a good cigar cigarette is more than 100 degrees lower than that of paper cigarettes, generally about 700 degrees to 750 degrees, and the sugar content is also lower than that of other tobacco leaves, so the harmful components in the smoke are much lower than those of other cigarettes.

Last but not least, a good cigar smoke has a mellow aroma and no strange taste. The best cigar smoke does not have any artificial aroma and strange flavor during the smoking process, only the mellow and full aroma of cigar smoke produced by pure natural tobacco leaves. This is because the whole process of a good cigar from the cultivation of the tobacco leaves to the rolling of the cigar is forbidden to use any chemical additives, and even the binders required for rolling must be made of pure natural plants. Therefore, if you can inhale artificial aromas and strange flavors when you smoke a cigar, that cigar is not a good cigar.

As for what kind of aroma is considered a good cigar, there is no standard for this, and when the quality of the cigar reaches a certain level, it can be said to be a first-class product.

The question of taste depends on your preference.

Unlike cigarettes, cigars have very little smoke flavor, usually some fermented tobacco and other flavors. Some good cigars, especially those from the early Cuban to 1990 vintages, are largely smokeless. Some of the more common flavors include the following: leather, spiced cocoa, chocolate, mousse, coffee, nuts, apple, vanilla, honey, peach, etc. The cigars produced by Zhou Fangyuan's cigar garden have a mixed taste of nuts and vanilla, and if you taste it carefully, there is a slight taste of coffee, but it is very light and not easy to taste.

Although it is not well-known, all the production processes are firmly carried out according to the highest standards. On the one hand, quality is related to the process, and on the other hand, it is also related to the quality of tobacco leaves. Different soils and different water will grow tobacco leaves with different tastes and slight differences in quality, which is normal.

The cigars are of the highest quality, and the humidors prepared are also high-end boxes, and a few dozen particularly high-end humidors were left by him to his father's family, as well as important friends, such as Erma and Xiao Li. The others are relatively high-end boxes specially bought, which are generally available to relatives in the family, and the senior management of the group is basically prepared, as well as some partners or something, which are also prepared. This time, Zhou Fangyuan almost emptied the last inventory of the cigar garden. It makes Bebi very worried and sad.

Zhou Fangyuan told him more than once that he would not give up the cigar garden casually, and now emptying the inventory is to make room for them to put more new cigars. also raised the wages of Babe and the workers, which made them feel at ease.

Back in China, Zhou Fangyuan called Sun Jing over.

took out five humidors and handed them to Sun Jing.

"You look at it, send it to our dad, and send a box to our dad, by the way, can our dad smoke cigars?"

"What our dad, that's my dad!"

Sun Jing glanced at Zhou Fangyuan and put away the humidor happily.

"Yes, yes, it's your dad, it's me...... Uncle, what's the matter, you don't have a ...... in your house Ahem, what is that, you know ......"

In fact, Zhou Fangyuan has always avoided asking such questions, because once he starts such a topic, it is very likely that he will not be able to answer later.

But this time, he didn't ask if he couldn't do it, why did he say that? Because Sun Jing had told him before that the relatives who came every month didn't come...... This,It's a bit of a big problem.,It stands to reason that safety measures or something have always been done very well.,Of course, I'll occasionally indulge it.,But do you want to be so exciting?,There was an immediate reaction?

Zhou Fangyuan wasn't sure what his mentality was, including when he asked this sentence, his mood was extremely complicated, so complicated that he didn't know what to say.