When you buy cigars that you are planning on keeping for a while, you want to be sure they are stored properly. A humidor is the ideal accessory for helping maintain their flavours. Ideally, you want to keep the humidity at 65–70%, and the temperature at about 18 °C (64 °F).

This also affects the burning of the cigar. If the cigar is dried out, it will burn faster and harsher. Conversely, a damper cigar will burn unevenly and even present an acidic flavour.