Down With Tin Note!

[RudyH]

I've watched quite a few youtube pipe tobacco reviews and most of them dwell on tin note. Why? It is no indication of whether the tobacco is good for smoking. If it doesn't taste good when smoked, then who cares whether tin note is any good?

Good example: Planta Presbyterian tin note is one of the most vile stenches I've encountered, yet the smoke is very different and I enjoy it very much.

 

[OverMountain]

It’s all part of the experience.

 

[badbeard]

Quit worrying about what other people do and do what you do.

 

[woodsroad]

Sense of smell and taste is highly subjective and individualistic. I think Presbyterian smells great, and that aroma gives me some indication of what's in the blend that I'll be smoking.

For me, YouTube reviews are pretty worthless, and antithetical to why I enjoy a pipe.

 

[kcghost]

Tin note is a minor deal in smoking a pipe. Personally I love to smell a tin of good tobacco but it has nothing to do me deciding if I am going to smoke the tobacco again.

 

[cigrmaster]

The only time I smell a blend is when I first get it and then I never do it again. I cannot remember the last time I put my nose in a tin. I learned that for me tin note means nothing. It has no correlation as to how well the blend will smoke and taste.

On the other had I never load a bowl of tobacco without first checking the humidity. It is far more important to me than smelling it. If something is a bit moist I will pack it looser and leave a little extra for the flake to grow in the bowl. If it is a tad try I will pack it tighter and so far my system has worked well for me.

 

[RudyH]

The only time I smell a blend is when I first get it and then I never do it again. I cannot remember the last time I put my nose in a tin. I learned that for me tin note means nothing. It has no correlation as to how well the blend will smoke and taste.

On the other had I never load a bowl of tobacco without first checking the humidity. It is far more important to me than smelling it. If something is a bit moist I will pack it looser and leave a little extra for the flake to grow in the bowl. If it is a tad try I will pack it tighter and so far my system has worked well for me.

Quote: "On the other had I never load a bowl of tobacco without first checking the humidity."

Yes! That is a vital consideration. It makes all the difference. And usually, if I think it's dry enough, then it still should be dried more.

 

[woodsroad]

The aroma of good tobacco is as enjoyable to me as the smell of fresh baked bread, a newly mown field or the invisible clouds of wonderfulness that occasionally waft over my house from the Blommer's Chocolate plant five miles away from my house. All of these aromas make me instantly, involuntarily happy. As OverMountain says, it's all part of the experience.

 

[mso489]

With wine, they call that the "nose" of the wine. I think it is a pleasure not to be overlooked. I don't always sniff the tin or jar, but it is a pleasure when I do. Some excellent tasting blends have earthy deep barnyard smells. I find that true with Semois and others. I think giving the blend a sniff slows down the ritual and gives it another dimension. Don't overlook the little things.

 

[RudyH]

The aroma of good tobacco is as enjoyable to me as the smell of fresh baked bread, a newly mown field or the invisible clouds of wonderfulness that occasionally waft over my house from the Blommer's Chocolate plant five miles away from my house. All of these aromas make me instantly, involuntarily happy. As OverMountain says, it's all part of the experience.

There's a lot to that. Aromatherapy is a big deal in some circles and I can tell you from having been to such places that pipe tobacco generally smells much better.

 

[canucklehead]

I love the tin note of Presbyterian. I always smell the tobacco before I load a pipe, it has always been one of my favourite parts of pipe smoking, and I'd even go so far as to say it is why I use tobacco products.

When I was a little kid I had a stamp collection and I stored it in my dad's and uncle's empty tobacco tubs, the smell of old stamps and Drum or Player's tobacco mingled with the wood furnace and farm smells are a formative memory for me, and are probably why I enjoy Latakia and dark fired barnyard smelling blends and used to smoke Player's cigs (which I would always smell also, especially a freshly opened pack).

 

[RudyH]

I love the tin note of Presbyterian. I always smell the tobacco before I load a pipe, it has always been one of my favourite parts of pipe smoking, and I'd even go so far as to say it is why I use tobacco products.

When I was a little kid I had a stamp collection and I stored it in my dad's and uncle's empty tobacco tubs, the smell of old stamps and Drum or Player's tobacco mingled with the wood furnace, and farm smells are a formative memory for me, and are probably why I enjoy Latakia and dark fired barnyard smelling blends and used to smoke Player's cigs (which I would always smell also, especially a freshly opened pack).

Do you like the tin note of Presbyterian because you also like the smell of southern style barbecued meat cooked in a smoker? That's what it smells like to me, and I don't like that smell at all, or the smell of just about anything smoked, like smoked salmon or bacon.

 

[canucklehead]

Do you like the tin note of Presbyterian because you also like the smell of southern style barbecued meat cooked in a smoker? That's what it smells like to me, and I don't like that smell at all, or the smell of just about anything smoked, like smoked salmon or bacon.

Some English blends smell like my childhood on the farm, hay, leather, woodsmoke, saddle soap, manure, BO, occasional hints of creosote and diesel, all wonderful.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Why? It is no indication of whether the tobacco is good for smoking.

Tin note and flavor are the same to me.

 

[Steddy]

Pipe tobacco smells good. I count it as one of life’s simple pleasures. I enjoy smelling it. Some smells are very evocative of memories and feelings.

I don’t try to really equate tin aroma to the flavor in the pipe. I mean why would I expect something to taste like it smells after I light it on fire.

With that being said, of course some of the tin note transfers to the smoke, for me at least.

This reminds me of that Steve Miller song, “I’m a smeller, I’m a smoker, I’m a Check tool poker,”

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Do you like the tin note of Presbyterian because you also like the smell of southern style barbecued meat cooked in a smoker? That's what it smells like to me, and I don't like that smell at all, or the smell of just about anything smoked, like smoked salmon or bacon.

So what?

I guess you learned that a tin note of Southern barbecue means you’ll enjoy the tobacco - so tin note does matter.

 

[cigrmaster]

Quote: "On the other had I never load a bowl of tobacco without first checking the humidity."

Yes! That is a vital consideration. It makes all the difference. And usually, if I think it's dry enough, then it still should be dried more.

Rudy, be careful of too dry. I would rather deal with a moist bowl as I can run a fluffy pipe cleaners to the bottom to dry it out.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

For me, the tin note is just an aspect of the whole pipesmoking experience. It's important for me... but maybe not someone else.

 

[kola]

Ima' sniffer-dude. I plan to do Youtubers vids on just sniffin' all my tobaccos. Then a in-depth review just off the sniff.

 

[brian64]

invisible clouds of wonderfulness that occasionally waft over my house from the Blommer's Chocolate plant five miles away

Sounds better than the nearly visible clouds of cow shit that occasionally waft over my house from the dairy farm a few miles away.