Contract
Special and custom projects
Private Cigars Club
The Churchill Bar
The Wellesley Hotel
About us
Cigars Time is a division of DeART, a company that has been successfully producing interior furnishings in Italy for over 50 years for a cosmopolitan customer base.
The products made by Cigars Time are the result of thorough research and made using valuable materials; they are functional and feature innovations hard to find in other humidors. All these qualities contribute to distinguishing and characterizing our products. The artisan production, the extreme care and attention in executing each project exceed the logic of standardized products, and guarantee a high level of product customization.
At our company, we design and make humidified and refrigerated showcases and walk-ins, using systems specifically studied and conceived for this purpose. Our technical office is always ready to suggest innovative and one-of-a-kind solutions and to make its know-how and creativity available to the customers, including the most demanding ones.
Faq
Some answers to most frequently asked question about our products
Cigars Time offers a choice of three different systems to preserve your cigars
- Static / Passive system
- Dynamic system
- Cooling systems
The static/passive system works by filling a sponge with distilled water that gradually evaporates. This system requires a manual control.
The dynamic system, both electronic and/or electro-mechanical, has a filter filled with distilled water that constantly and automatically maintains the desired humidity level.
The cooling systems are the most precise and reliable for cigar preservation. By using a compressor and/or a thermoelectric cell, it constantly keeps the desired humidity and temperature. For a perfect storage cigars should never be subjected to sudden shifts of temperature or humidity.
Cigars are affected by light, temperature and humidity.
Cigars should never been exposed to ultraviolet light (especially directly).
Light will bleach the cigar wrapper, making it less elastic. Ultraviolet light also changes the molecular composition of the wrapper and causes damage to a rolled cigar. Temperature is an important factor in cigar storage as it affects humidity, this the term relative humidity (RH). Keeping the right humidity level allows the process of natural micro fermentation and helps to always maintain soft leaves.
The commonly setting values are :
Temperature : 20-22° Celsius
Relative Humidity : 65-68%.
Peltier cell is a solid state heat pump: a thin plate with free ends of two different materials where heat moves from one end to the other. The Peltier effect occurs whenever electrical current flows through two dissimilar conductors, and depending on the direction of the air flow, the junction of the two conductors will either absorb or release heat. There are several advantages arising from the use of such a system, for example:
- Compact size
- No maintenance
- Long lasting and reliable
- Reduced noise
- Temperature stabilization
Our technicians study, design and manufacture cabinets which have very particular technical specifications using our own state of the art systems. Each humidor is considered unique:
- Cooling systems are calibrated on the real required air volume
- Thermal insulated sides
- Door with triple lock system
- Silicone gaskets
- Waterproof LED lighting
- All around free air circulation
- Spanish cedar wood lining
The only available system we sell separately from our cabinets are :
- Humi-1 for small cabinets up to 0,2 Cbm
- Humi-3E for medium to large cabinets up to 2,5 Cmb
Both systems are sold with power transformer and can be used in any other showcase on the market.
Not all the furniture can be transformed into humidors but our team is ready to evaluate with you feasibility. All you have to do is to send us detailed information along with some photos. In the past we have done some extreme conversions.
Distilled water is recommended for most cigar humidor systems because it has no foreign minerals, chemical or bacteria. Foreign minerals and chemicals are not desirable as they can clog the absorbent materials and impart unwanted flavors into your cigars. While your cigars contain their own varieties of bacteria, foreign bacteria in tap water may contaminate cigars.
Agents & Distributors
Our agents, distributors and exclusive retailers
Milan retailer - Italy
La Casa del Habano - Tab. Borla
Via Anfossi, 28 - 20123 Milano
Tel. 02 59900973
Rome retailer - Italy
La Casa del Habano - Tab. Fincato
Via della Colonna Antonina, 34 - 00186 Roma
Tel. 06 6785508
Sicily retailer - Italy
Tabaccheria Decorato
97019 Vittoria (RG)
Tel: 0932 863187
France
Mr. Philip Timsit
Tel: +33 (0)1 71 97 13 28
Fax: +33 (0)1 43 21 74 55
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