Tunneling can be caused by one of two things:
When you light up, be sure you get a good even burn at the foot working your way from outer ring toward the center. The leaf at the center, usually Ligero, burns the slowest, and if the cigar really burns nicely, you should get a nicely formed cone, or “cherry” when you tap off the ash.
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Gary Korb has been writing and editing content for CigarAdvisor.com since its debut in 2008. An avid cigar smoker for over 30 years, he has worked on the marketing side of the premium cigar business as a Sr. Copywriter, blogger, and Executive Editor of Cigar Advisor. A graduate of the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, prior to his career in the cigar business, Gary worked in the music and video industry as a marketer and a publicist.
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