Tag: Respect

• My Smoking Principles: Placing Ashes

  Detaching ashes from a Cigar: Gently place the ash on the ashtray and twist the cigar ever so slightly. Do not shake, brush or slam the ash off.

  Sila Blume

  August 7, 2015

  Cigar Culture, Cigar Etiquette, Cigars

  Aesthetic, ashes, Attention, Cigars, etiquette, Manners, Respect, Rules, Science, smoking, Tobacco

• Non-Fine-Smoking starts in the Mind

  I believe that everything we do is a crucial part of our existence. Every single thing! Every single breath we take instigates the next and every breath is unquestionably dependent on the previous one. The Zen Chef Edward Espe Brown takes it to the extent of suggesting one only peels potatoes while peeling potatoes and…

  Sila Blume

  February 10, 2015

  Cigars, Etiquette, Smoke and Minds, Smokers, Tobacco

  Cigars, etiquette, handling, Minds, Respect, Smoke, smoking