First of all, the benefits of drinking red wine and smoking cigars
Tracing the relationship between red wine and cigars, there is a term called "cigar box flavor" in wine terminology.
This is one of the deep flavors produced by wine aging in oak barrels.
The burnt flavor and smoky flavor formed by baking oak slowly dissolve into the wine, making the wine taste like cigar, coffee, chocolate and caramel.
There was once a comment on this wine: "There is a pleasant cigar box smell in the fresh black seedling fruit aroma, which is elegant and balanced and has a long aftertaste."
Cigar is the enjoyment of gas, and red wine is the enjoyment of liquid. A cigar and a red wine can make wine more balanced and elegant; A sip of red wine and a cigar can make the cigar taste softer and mellow.
In addition, the study found that polyphenols in red wine are not only beneficial to the heart, but also can alleviate the damage of smoking to cardiovascular function to some extent.
Two glasses of red wine can offset the damage of a cigarette to cardiovascular function.
So, if you want to smoke, you'd better hold a cigarette in one hand and a glass of red wine in the other.
Second, what are the benefits of cigars?
People often ask me, what are the advantages of smoking cigars over cigarettes? This problem is basically a novice problem for a cigar lover; But for a beginner, this is a question that must be answered and understood. The advantages of cigars can be summarized as follows: First, smoking cigars is more tasteful and gentlemanly than smoking. Cigars have a natural aristocratic temperament, and the production process is more complicated and precise than cigarettes. Basically, they are all hand-made, and cigars are alive, far from being compared with industrialized cigarettes. As early as 18, 9th century, in England, playing polo and smoking cigars were all necessary conditions to become aristocrats, besides hereditary titles. Second, cigars are more fragrant and tasty than cigarettes. As we all know, the fun of tobacco lies in its refreshing aroma. Cigars provide aroma several times stronger than ordinary cigarettes. In addition to the rich aroma of cigars, it can also be mixed with many natural aromas, such as coffee, vanilla, cherries, grapes, and even rum, French cognac and so on. Therefore, to enjoy the rich aroma of tobacco, there is nothing but cigars. Third, smoking cigars is safer and healthier. We have to admit that there are some harmful substances in tobacco (in fact, there are more beneficial components), but because cigars only circulate in the mouth and don't have to be inhaled into the lungs like cigarettes, the harm to health is much less.
Third, the characteristics of a good cigar.
1, the core of a good cigar is the combination of flaky tobacco leaves.
All high-quality hand-made cigars must have a flaky core. If the tobacco core is cut into shreds by machinery, the fiber structure and chemical composition of tobacco leaves will change greatly, reducing the original quality of tobacco leaves. Therefore, the cigarette cores of fine cigars are all made by hand. Tear tobacco leaves into 8- 15mm leaves.
2. A good cigar should be a hand-made whole leaf rolled cigar.
There are two kinds of full-leaf rolled cigars: one is hand-rolled full-leaf rolled cigars, which have obvious external ribs, and the appearance and thickness of each cigarette are quite different; The other is the machine-rolled full-leaf cigar, which has a flat and smooth appearance, uniform thickness and thin outer sheath, and is more beautiful than the full-hand rolled cigar. Excellent cigars can't be contaminated in hundreds of production processes. Mechanical taste and oil stains have great influence on the aroma, taste and aftertaste of cigars. In addition, any machine can't replace the feeling of human hands, and it can't handle the range that should be adjusted because of the change of cigarette core and inner and outer foreskin.
A good cigar tastes bitter and sweet.
The taste of a good cigar is bitter with sweet, bitter first and then sweet, just right, which makes people can't tell whether it is bitter or sweet. Just like a person drinking coffee, he enjoys a rich aroma and a sweet and delicious taste from his bitterness. The bitterness and sweetness of a good cigar are combined in its mellow and full aroma and lasting and comfortable aftertaste.
A good cigar will go out automatically if you don't smoke it.
The cigarette flamed out in the burning process and was judged as unqualified. Good cigars are just the opposite. If you don't smoke, you won't burn, you won't smoke for a few minutes, then turn off the fire for three to five minutes, and you must reignite it when you smoke again. This is because superior cigars can't be added with any combustion improver in the production process, and tobacco leaves can't be puffed. In addition, the price of first-class cigars is tens or even hundreds of yuan, so it is a pity to burn them like cigarettes.
5. Good cigars don't produce phlegm after smoking.
A good cigar does not produce phlegm after smoking, but also has the function of relieving cough and resolving phlegm. So cigar smokers often don't spit everywhere, because they have nothing to spit. Good cigar tobacco leaves are not allowed to be planted with chemical fertilizers. Before rolling, tobacco leaves must undergo long-term accumulation and fermentation to remove odor and raw smoke smell. In the process of spontaneous combustion and alcoholization, harmful components are continuously decomposed, and tobacco leaves become elastic and mellow. The burning temperature of good cigars is lower than that of cigarettes 100 degrees, and the sugar content is also lower than that of other tobacco leaves, so the harmful components in smoke are far lower than those of other cigarettes.
6. A good cigar has a mellow aroma and no peculiar smell.
Excellent cigars can't absorb any artificial aroma and strange smell in the smoking process, and only pure natural tobacco leaves can produce the mellow and full aroma of cigars. This is because it is forbidden to use any chemical additives in the whole process from planting tobacco leaves to rolling cigars, and even the adhesive needed for rolling must use pure natural plants. So when you smoke a cigar, you can suck out artificial aroma and strange smell. That cigar is not a good cigar.