Chapter 328: The Smoking Woman
When Ye Chao landed, the two poor girls were scared half to death, fortunately, the flight was not long, otherwise, the two girls felt that they could fly out of the sky at any time and say goodbye to the earth forever. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Before he came back to his senses, Ye Chao had already hugged the two girls left and right and brought them into a gorgeous British villa.
His figure flickered, flying with the power of his wings, so it was faster than his light work, and soon he was in front of a woman with a large cigar between his fingers, and gently threw Tang Yan and Olivia on the sofa for them to sit down.
Then, Ye Chao looked at the decoration style of this house as if no one was around, as if it would be his own house.
Tang Hong stretched out his hand to the ashtray, flicked the ash on the big cigar, calmed his mind for a moment, and said with a smile: "Ye Chao?"
"Yes and no. The demonic Ye Chao looked at Tang Hong with a smile, this woman is still so wild. It wasn't Ye Chao's favorite type before, but now, the demonic Ye Chao looks like she has a lot of taste.
The current women of the Tang family are really very special, one loves red wine, one loves Blue Mountain, and the other loves cigars...... Added together, Ye Chao thinks that they are a bunch of money-losing goods who are particularly good at spending money.
Such a woman cannot be raised by ordinary people.
Just like Tang Ru's best red wine and Tang Yan's best coffee, Tang Hong smokes the best cigars in the world every day.
Speaking of cigars...... Well, let's start with tobacco, Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua and the United States, as well as China, the Philippines in Southeast Asia are the main producers.
But when it comes to cigars, Cuban cigars are generally considered to be the best among cigars.
The original text of the cigar is not English, the spelling is not Cigar, it is not a noun, but a verb.
The original text of the cigar is from the Mayan word (Mayan), the original text is Sikar. That is, the meaning of smoking.
When Columbus discovered the New World in the Americas in 1492, the local indigenous leader held a long pipe in his hand and Columbus gestured with his hands, and the rich smell of cigar smoke overflowed, Columbus smelled the fragrance and was amazed, so he asked through the translator: "What is that smoking thing?" but the translation mistranslated as "What are you doing?"
The other person replied: "Sikar".
This became the name of the cigar, which gradually evolved into "Cigar".
After cigars arrived in Europe from the American continent, the Mayan name was called Cigarro in Latin, the closest language to modern English spelling.
Regarding the origin of the Chinese name of "cigar", it is related to a talented person.
In the autumn of 1924, Xu Zhimo, who had just completed the divorce procedures with his first wife Zhang Youyi from Berlin, Germany, returned to Shanghai. On the weekend, Mr. Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel laureate in literature that year, was invited to a private club.
Rabindranath Tagore was a loyal cigar player, and when the two were sharing a cloud of smoke, Tagore asked Xu Zhimo, "Do you have a name for cigar in Chinese Chinese?"
Xu Zhimo replied: "Cigar's burning is as white as snow, Cigar's tobacco rolls are like tomato, let's call it a cigar!" After his Chinese interpretation, he has combined the form and meaning of the original name to create a higher realm.
Fresh cigars have an elastic body and are silent when rubbed. Before lighting a cigar, hold it to your ear and gently rub it with your index finger and thumb to make it a fresh cigar if you don't hear any cracking.
Lighting a cigar is learned, and you have to light the fire yourself while using a regular match (the longer the better).
After lighting the match, wait a few seconds for the sulphur to dissipate, then burn the cigar body on the flame in a regular rotation and slight roast, and then light the cigar head evenly, without the fire touching the cigar directly.
Why light a cigar with a match?
Cigars are tobacco leaves, and with a handmade masterpiece, lighting it will give off a natural tobacco aroma.
Therefore, the fuel that will affect the aroma of the cigar should not be used, like the general lighter with gasoline, because the lighter using gasoline has a chemical taste, of course, the butane lighter and the cigar lighter have their own advantages.
The use of waxed matches can also affect the aroma of the cigar when lit.
Special matches, the sulfur of the matches has been specially treated, and it has the aroma of cedar when lit, which is a good choice.
The most commonly used match or special lighter for lighting cigars, the special long wooden match, commonly known as the cigar match, is twice as long as the regular match, and is made of firewood and burns more slowly.
Cigar matches can be purchased in cigar shops or tobacco stores, these matches are some famous brands, such as Davidoff, Danhill have cigar matches, or some high-end hotels, there are also long matches with the hotel logo, but they may not be for sale, so it is okay to use regular matches.
American fir chips are used, and in many Cuban premium humidors, cedar chips the size of a box are attached to the top.
The aroma of the cedar chips blends with the aroma of the cigar.
With the aroma of a long-lasting cigar.
You can tear cedar wood into strips, light it with a regular match, and then use it to light a cigar. A cigar-specific lighter is used as a fuel instead of gasoline, butane, which is stable and does not smell chemical.
The Blazer torch is a relatively fashionable product, and its fuel is also butane, and there are tabletop, pen and carry-on types.
The desktop flamethrower is similar to an upright pistol, use the front safety switch to turn it away, and then press the button like a trigger, it will spew flames, its flame is concentrated, and it will not be extinguished, and the button can be released when the fire is to be extinguished. The pen type and the portable type are both cylindrical, and the switch can be turned.
The correct way to smoke a cigar is to inhale it only in your mouth, as opposed to smoking it into your lungs as soon as you smoke it. Smoking a cigar is a pleasure and should not be smoked too quickly or too hot. Take a small puff at a time on a regular basis and enjoy slowly without turning the cigar into a ball of fire.
Keep your cigar on a steady temperature to bring out the best in your aromas. It is not unseemly to smoke a cigar that cannot be smoked at one time, and then smoke it again.
Mild cigars, especially those with light-coloured wrappers, lose their aroma if they are stored for too long.
Therefore, it is common to smoke a light cigar first and then enjoy a dark cigar.
A well-ripened wrapper starts out greasy and becomes smoother and darker when ripe.
For those who are new to cigar smoking, it is best to start with a small cigar such as Minuto or Carolina, and then switch to a milder, coarser cigar such as the H.Upmann from Havana.
Most people prefer mild mini cigars after a light meal in the morning or midday.
The ash at the end of the cigar helps to cool the cigar.
Experts don't bounce the ash off the end of a cigar because a certain length of ash helps cool the cigar. In addition, they don't spew out the smoke too hard, they just spit it out gently and let the smoke surround itself. You can smell the floating fragrance.
Cigars are enjoyed in a different way and on different occasions than cigarettes. At the end of the meal, take a sip of a good Armagnac or Single Highland Malt Whisky, light a cigar, smoke it in your mouth and spit it out slowly.
As a general rule, the wrapper should be inspected before choosing a cigar to see if it is intact and has a healthy shine, whether it is too dry and brittle to give the cigar a rough and pungent taste, and whether it has a rich aroma (if not, it may indicate improper storage).
A good cigar can be neither too hard nor too soft. If the veins of the wrapper are too vertical and horizontal, it means that there is a problem with the quality control of the cigarette factory and it is not suitable to buy.
It is the heartburner blending that is the main factor that affects the flavor of a cigar. As a rule of thumb, the darker the cigar, the more intense it is and the taste may be sweeter, as the dark wrapper contains more sugar. Cigars that have been properly preserved will continue to mature in cedar boxes, where they will become less and less acidic, and full-bodied cigars, especially those with chunky cigars, will mature better.
When buying a box of hand-rolled cigars, the first thing you do is ask to open the box and check it, which is a basic requirement.
After opening, check whether the color of the cigars in the box is consistent, if the color of the cigars is too different, it is best not to buy them.
Because if the difference between dark and light colors is too great, the taste must also be too different. Light brown leaves give cigars a spicy flavor, black leaves add sweetness to cigars, and everything in between. A box of 25 cigars will have the same color, but not necessarily the same color in each box.
Then pick up the cigar and squeeze it lightly with your thumb and forefinger, if there is a sound, it is too dry. If the cigar is stored properly, it should slowly return to its original shape when pressed down.
Cigars that are truly fresh and properly preserved can be restored to their original shape even if the sides of the cigar are pressed deeper.
In addition, it is best to buy cigars in one box at a time, and if you are not sure that the cigar dealer is fair, it is best to avoid the so-called "gift packs" (which include different brands and sizes) that are beautifully packaged by the cigar dealers themselves.
On the international market, hand-rolled Cuban cigars sold in Spain are probably the cheapest in the world. Other major cigar consuming countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, etc., are on average more than one-third more expensive due to import taxes (it is illegal to buy and sell Cuban cigars in the United States).
Of course, the price of a cigar in each region is largely determined by the popularity of the cigar in the region. For example, Hong Kong cigars are about 1/3 more expensive than Spanish cigars, and Canadian cigars are about 2-3 times more expensive than Spanish cigars.
In addition, many cigars on the U.S. market are not products of Cuba, the cigar kingdom, and the vast majority are exported from the Dominican Republic.
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, and for a fine cigar smoked by hand, 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 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: paper cigarettes are judged to be unqualified if they are extinguished during the burning process, while good cigar cigarettes are the opposite, they do not burn if they are not smoked, and stop emitting smoke within a few seconds, turn off in three to five minutes, and must be re-lit when they are 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 per cigarette, and it would be a pity to burn it without smoking like a paper cigarette.
A good cigar smoke does not produce phlegm after smoking: A good cigar smoke 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 smell in the tobacco leaves, tobacco leaves in the process of spontaneous combustion of alcoholization, 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.
A good cigar smoke has a mellow and full aroma without strange taste: a good cigar smoke does not have any artificial aroma and strange taste 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.
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: Leathery Spices, Cocoa/Chocolate, Peat/Mousse/Earth, Coffee Nuts, Apple, Vanilla, Honey Peach.
The darker the color of the cigar leaves, the sweeter and richer the flavor will be, and the higher the fat and sugar content of the wrapper.
The color of the wrapper is sometimes concentrated and can be roughly divided into seven grades: turquoise, also known as American Market Select, abbreviated as AMS or Candela.
Smoking a cigar is a personal and spiritual experience for the mature cigar aspirer, so once upon a time gentlemen would have a dedicated space in their homes to enjoy "cigar time".
Of course, this may just be the old style of the gentleman's era, and Castro on the battlefield and Hemingway on the big ship can enjoy the silence of smoking a cigar as well. For those who can handle a good cigar, they are the owners of the cigar and are not swayed by it.
When you pick up a cigar, first of all, you need to cut off the cigar head with a professional cigar cutter, preferably with a round hole that is equivalent to 3/4 the size of the diameter of the cigar shaft.
Secondly, the cigar should be warmed up: place the cigar on top of the fire, gently turn it to heat, the distance between the cigar and the flame is generally about 2 cm, and turn it 2 to 3 times according to the thickness of the cigar. Then the cigar is lit, which is evenly lit from the edge to the center.
Once the cigar is lit, the aroma is already in the air, but don't rush to take the first puff, but gently blow back two puffs to expel the miscellaneous gases that the cigar inhales during lighting and then take the first puff. Be careful not to inhale the smoke into your lungs as you would smoking, but to slowly puff it into your mouth (puff) and let the aroma of the cigar swirl in your mouth before slowly exhaling.
It should be noted that this is also important for health, because the first puff of a cigar into the lungs contains 5 times more nicotine and tar than a typical cigarette.
Also, don't rush to take a second puff, because the charm of a cigar lies in its unhurriedness. It's a rare experience to be able to savor a cigar one by one, to be immersed in the faint clouds of smoke, to reminisce about a past, to meditate or to close your eyes.
Finally, don't flick the ash too often during smoking, as leaving an inch of ash to keep the cigar warm for the desired taste, and really good cigar ash can be kept around an inch to an inch and a half.
So, it's best to let the soot break naturally and fall neatly into the ashtray. Generally speaking, before choosing a cigar, you need to inspect the wrapper to see if it is untouched and has a healthy shine, whether it is too dry and brittle to cause the cigar to be rough and pungent, whether it has a rich aroma? (if not, it may indicate improper storage), and a good cigar should not be too hard or too soft.
If the veins of the wrapper are too vertical and horizontal, it means that there is a problem with the quality control of the cigarette factory, so don't buy it. As with all luxuries, good things need good things to match.
The equipment of the cigars is also luxurious. Cutting off the cigar head requires a specialized cigar cutter.
Despite the fact that it is a small pair of scissors, the manufacturer has gone to great lengths to put a lot of thought into its design, materials and accessories to make it prettier, tasteful and, of course, more expensive.
THE SOLEMEN CIGAR CUTTER IS MADE OF KARAT GOLD, WHILE THE DAVIDOFF CIGAR CUTTER DESIGNS ITS PRODUCT EXTERIOR AS A SWISS ARMY KNIFE, POCKET WATCH, CAR STEERING WHEEL AND OTHER MASCULINE ITEMS, AND IT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY HOLD THE HEARTS OF CIGAR LOVERS.
Try to use long sulfur-free matches to light cigars, of course, you can use a lighter.
Cigar storage and cigar turnser but at least Dupont to be worthy of Havana cigars.
If you smoke cigarettes, prepare a leather bag and a pipe for the tobacco shreds.
In the same way, in addition to these cigar-related equipment, the cigar lover has invested a lot in it, and these investments are directed at becoming a person who can "weigh" the temperament of a stout cigar, both on a material and spiritual level.
In the 20s of the 20th century, Europeans invented cigar cellars to store cigars, which were built from pure cedar wood, of which the cedar wood of South America was the most valuable.
Cedar wood is divided into red cedar and seddar, red cedar is generally from the United States 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 Celsius, 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 necessary for professional cigar clubs or specialty stores, and cigar lovers generally have their own methods of preserving 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 moisturizer master for individuals, and its price can reach a six-figure RMB price.
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.
Tang Hong is undoubtedly a woman with a very adventurous spirit and cigar plot, and she will take her cigar box with her wherever she goes.
For her, she can skip food and sleep, but she can't skip smoking cigars.