The different options for maintaining your cigar equipment
Humidifiers to recharge, dividers, beetle traps: looking after a humidor and its accessories calls for a few regular checks. An overview of the equipment involved.
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Humidifiers to recharge, dividers, beetle traps: looking after a humidor and its accessories calls for a few regular checks. An overview of the equipment involved.
Read moreGrowing tobacco is legal in France; drying and curing the leaves is the difficult part. Sowing, temperature, timing: the steps to follow, one after another.
Read moreA puff on an electronic cigarette has nothing in common with one on a cigarette: a longer and less intense draw, with pauses in between. The two methods explained.
Read moreSpliff box, stash box or case: these containers keep the equipment of a smoker together and out of sight. Sizes, compartments and materials reviewed.
Read moreFlax, hemp, scraps of military canvas: cigarette paper comes from unexpected materials and weighs only 12 to 25 grams per square metre. How it is made.
Read moreHose adapter, valve balls, vase: the parts of a shisha wear out and can be replaced. An inventory of the ones to watch to keep a water pipe in working order.
Read moreCan CBD flowers create dependence? The question comes up often: here is what separates CBD from THC and what the research carried out on the subject reports.
Read moreSigning a contract, writing a letter by hand: in an all-digital age, the occasions to write by hand are becoming rare. The case for keeping a luxury pen on you.
Read moreAnti-inflammatory action, interaction with the endocannabinoid system: the effects attributed to CBD flowers rest mainly on preliminary studies and on anecdotal reports.
Read moreWaiting for it to cool, taking it apart, wiping the shank and the stem with a pipe cleaner: cleaning a pipe follows a set order. What to do after each session.
Read moreHemp buds rich in cannabidiol and low in THC: what CBD flowers actually are, where they come from and what sets them apart from psychoactive products.
Read moreRolled by the hands of a torcedor or turned out by a machine, a cigar keeps the same architecture. The leaves it is built from, and what changes from one method to the other.
Read moreTHC limits, certified varieties, Swiss and Italian exceptions: the rules framing CBD vary from one country to the next. A comparison between Europe and the United States.
Read moreTaste, strength, build quality and balance: these four criteria underpin this ranking of ten Cuban cigars, which the Cohiba Behike 52 opens.
Read moreUsed by the Maya from the fifth century, then brought back from the Americas by the crew of Christopher Columbus as a medicinal plant: how tobacco spread around the world.
Read moreControl over the nicotine level, the gesture kept: the article weighs what users put to the credit of the electronic cigarette against the criticisms of its detractors.
Read moreGlass, aluminium, models with a reservoir, communal or pocket ashtrays: after the three most common families, the article also covers ashtrays made for the pipe and the cigar.
Read moreResins, wood or plants, incense is used above all to scent a room and mask smells. A look at the fragrances of the Satya brand and the long history of these materials.
Read moreGas or electric charcoal burner, natural charcoal rather than self-lighting: lighting shapes the whole shisha session. The accessories and their use reviewed.
Read moreKnown for its sports cars, Porsche also lends its name to smoking accessories. A look at Porsche Design and at the objects that the marque produces.
Read moreThe pipe tamper packs the tobacco, cleans the bowl and clears the shank. In plastic, wood or titanium, models and specialist brands span a wide range of prices.
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