Lighting technique

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Originally Posted by 4theLoveofCedar

It seems everyone is agreed on the need to toast the foot while lighting up but it seems there are at least two camps on how much toasting one should do before puffing.

Any thoughts on this? What method do you use?

I don't think there's a consensus on toasting the foot of a cigar first. It is more important on aged cigars as the foot could have musty mold flavors that are better burnt off, but I doubt most could tell the difference if three identical cigars were lit and one of them had the foot toasted first.

After blowing through a cigar once it is lit, they are all similar.

The benefit is that the first minute or two when toasted before cutting the head will make the cigar taste further along that it would if just cut and lit.

I use to go through the formality, but not very often now.