Nice Way To Add Moisture To Your Tobacco

smooth · Apr 25, 2012

The old ways still work.
I use a 40 year old 7 ounce Prince Albert tin to hold the bulk tobacco that I smoke at my desk. A couple of weeks ago I decided that the tobacco from the tin was too dry and burning too hot, so I got a small apple, cut it in quarters, and put the apple quarters into the tin with the tobacco. I covered the apple slices with the tobacco. Within a few days, the tobacco was satisfactorily moist, and had gained a nice additional taste. The apple slices were then discarded.

markw4mms · Apr 25, 2012

Yep, it's the oldest trick in the book, and works well if you don't mind the added apple flavor.

cortezattic · Apr 25, 2012

Everything I've ever read discourages using fruit to moisten tobacco because of the risk of mold growth.

I'm glad it worked for you, and didn't ruin your tobacco.

Maybe the preservatives in P.A., if there are any, prevent that from happening.

tokerpipes · Apr 25, 2012

I found something interesting out. I wanted to smoke my last bit of a fairly dry blend. It was enough for a bowl so no need to rehydrate a lot. I being a science nut decided to experiment. I packed a bowl of this very dry bacci in a cean pipe and using the steam of my own breath blew through the packed bowl. Much like steaming up a window. After a few breaths through the bowl the tobacco was spungy again and smoked absolutly perfectly. So for future thought I figured I would try this on another bowl of a different kind of blend. Worked great again.
So I believe if you wanted to do this on any dried out tobacco it should work perfectly.

bigvan · Apr 25, 2012

My father and grandfather both tried adding apple slices or orange peels, and both told me long ago it's a great way to add mold to the blend.

yuri66 · Apr 25, 2012

I have always moistened my Baccy with an apple slice and never have I had an issue with mold or mildew, just ensure that you remove the slice after a few days. Also you may want to dribble a bit of lemon juice to the apple slice so that it stays fresh longer, but again never a problem.

judcole · Apr 25, 2012

Spread it in a pan,cover the pan with a clean cheese cloth, spray cheese cloth with water. By the time the water evaporates, the tobacco will be re-hydrated. Jar the 'baccy. Problem solved, with no added flavorings, risk of mold, and so on. : puffy

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portascat · Apr 25, 2012

Toss a slice of fresh bread in a tin of dried out cookies and it will soften them up. may do the same with tobacco. Don't know, never tried.

tokerpipes · Apr 25, 2012

The bread idea works. Just put a paper towel between the brad and the bacci. In a sealed plastic box.

lazydog · Apr 30, 2012

I always use wet paper towel, paranoid about food in baccy.

lazydog · Apr 30, 2012

I always use wet paper towel, paranoid about food in baccy.

jvandy77 · Apr 30, 2012

The wet paper towel trick works well for cigars! makes sense for pipe baccy!

hawk60ce · Jun 16, 2012

Could you explain the wet paper towel trick?

bigmike · Jun 16, 2012

My grandfather always had apple slices in his custom blend he stored in a large cookie tin.

cortezattic · Jun 16, 2012

Smear a gob of peanut butter to the inside of the lid and close it up for a few days.

It'll probably ruin your tobacco, but it'll give us something to talk about. :lol:

topd · Jun 16, 2012

HaHaaa!

msandoval858 · Jun 16, 2012

I found something interesting out. I wanted to smoke my last bit of a fairly dry blend. It was enough for a bowl so no need to rehydrate a lot. I being a science nut decided to experiment. I packed a bowl of this very dry bacci in a cean pipe and using the steam of my own breath blew through the packed bowl. Much like steaming up a window. After a few breaths through the bowl the tobacco was spungy again and smoked absolutly perfectly. So for future thought I figured I would try this on another bowl of a different kind of blend. Worked great again.

This is the method I have always used though it's not often I have to. Some blends are just too dry and they wind up smoking too hot for my liking. C&D's Purple Cow comes to mind as the most recent I've had to actually add moisture to in order to get it to burn the way I like.

checotah · Jun 16, 2012

I tried the apple thing 40 years ago but didn't like the added flavor and didn't always have an apple handy. Now, I use a paper towel dampened with distilled water. Used to use tap water but had small amounts of mold show up (on cigars, figured the same would happen with pipe tobacco).

mluyckx · Jun 16, 2012

Hawk: check the paper towel trick out here http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/out-of-the-ashes/dust-in-the-wind-a-primer-on-tobacco-moisture/

nsfisher · Jun 17, 2012

I take a sheet of paper towel, fold it in half. Place it on the open container and sprinkle water on it. Then i place the container cover on it and seal it. Leave it over night and remove in the morning. This makes it about right.

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