So I have kind of gone nuts with my new affliction officially diagnosed as
Tobacco Acquisition Syndrome. (with a Minor infection of Pipe Acquisition Syndrome.. Both are incurable according to the Healthcare Professionals.
I am being told there are many afflicted with the same malady and was warned to stay away from them as it seems to be communicable through verbal as well as WRITTEN/READ discourse.
Anyway, I have accumulated quite a war chest since getting into pipe smoking. Well, Literally, it's just a chest of drawers but it's filling up quickly. I decided the other day after realizing I have accumulated enough tobacco to last me 24.97 years (Seriously, I did the math) that I should look at a more permanent and protective solution to assure the quality of these fine weeds as they march down the aging path to Nirvana.
Enter the Vacuum Sealer. I have sealed every tin in my cellar. I understand that Tobacco is not heavily, if at all, vacuum sealed when packaged at the source and they leave air in the tin presumably for aging. I have taken this into account when deciding to seal my cellar and only pulling the air out around the tin and not crushing it. My thought process is that the tin is protected from outside elements via the packaging and should age perfectly without assistance from outside air. It should only require what the blender saw fit to leave in the can. I also hear that some tins are not as reliable as others and will eventually dry out, affecting the aging process. So now I have 4 (and a half) drawers full of vacuum sealed tins and cans of tobacco.
Yet.... Something in the back of my mind keeps tugging.... Did I do the right thing? Some of the absolute BEST tobaccos in my inventory (Esoterica, Squadron Leader, most HHs, Orliks, 3Ps, Sobranie's, etc.) can be smelled THROUGH the tin and I wonder if this is intentional. If it is, then maybe I am performing a disservice to the aging process of my inventory?
I turn to you, oh GURU's with cellars measured in STONE and not ounces (if I recall my English history, a stone is 14 pounds) and with experience measured in decades and not months......
AM I DOING THE RIGHT THING?
ALL input is welcomed.
Tobacco Acquisition Syndrome. (with a Minor infection of Pipe Acquisition Syndrome.. Both are incurable according to the Healthcare Professionals.
I am being told there are many afflicted with the same malady and was warned to stay away from them as it seems to be communicable through verbal as well as WRITTEN/READ discourse.
Anyway, I have accumulated quite a war chest since getting into pipe smoking. Well, Literally, it's just a chest of drawers but it's filling up quickly. I decided the other day after realizing I have accumulated enough tobacco to last me 24.97 years (Seriously, I did the math) that I should look at a more permanent and protective solution to assure the quality of these fine weeds as they march down the aging path to Nirvana.
Enter the Vacuum Sealer. I have sealed every tin in my cellar. I understand that Tobacco is not heavily, if at all, vacuum sealed when packaged at the source and they leave air in the tin presumably for aging. I have taken this into account when deciding to seal my cellar and only pulling the air out around the tin and not crushing it. My thought process is that the tin is protected from outside elements via the packaging and should age perfectly without assistance from outside air. It should only require what the blender saw fit to leave in the can. I also hear that some tins are not as reliable as others and will eventually dry out, affecting the aging process. So now I have 4 (and a half) drawers full of vacuum sealed tins and cans of tobacco.
Yet.... Something in the back of my mind keeps tugging.... Did I do the right thing? Some of the absolute BEST tobaccos in my inventory (Esoterica, Squadron Leader, most HHs, Orliks, 3Ps, Sobranie's, etc.) can be smelled THROUGH the tin and I wonder if this is intentional. If it is, then maybe I am performing a disservice to the aging process of my inventory?
I turn to you, oh GURU's with cellars measured in STONE and not ounces (if I recall my English history, a stone is 14 pounds) and with experience measured in decades and not months......
AM I DOING THE RIGHT THING?
ALL input is welcomed.