Strange stuff on my tobacco

trucha · Dec 9, 2014

I just cracked a new 8oz tin of c and d Sunday picnic. The flakes have a whiteish coating on them. Plus there are some strange white strings in some of the flakes. I think they are plastic as they crumble when I touch them. I had this on backorder for awhile at p&c and they finally sent me some. The manufacture date steps on the bottom of the tin is 5/2014. I've smokes some and it tastes good. I also took a pic but I don't know how to upload it here.

mcitinner1 · Dec 9, 2014

There is a sticky that explains how to load a photo to the forum posts. From your description maybe you should email a good picture to P&C and/or the C&D manufacturer.

trucha · Dec 9, 2014

Ok I emailed the pic to p and c and they are having me send it back. Thanks guys. Anyone else have ny problems with c and d?

hiplainsdrifter · Dec 10, 2014

I wonder if the 'whitish coating' is what some call bloom- it is sugar crystals forming on aging tobacco, especially flakes. It is good. Could also be mold, which would be bad. No idea on your white strings- paper mixed in?

drennan · Dec 10, 2014

Sounds like mold to me. I would guess the long white strings are hyphae from the mold.

toby67 · Dec 10, 2014

I agree that it would be mould, the batch was only mid this year so not old enought for sugar crystals is it, wouldn't that take at least a year?

cortezattic · Dec 10, 2014

I've smokes some and it tastes good.

Well, throw it away, because that stuff normally doesn't taste good. :lol:

metalheadycigarguy · Dec 10, 2014

You're not the only one I've heard of having problems with C&Ds Sunday Picnic. Check out this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4CUIMPJ-9A&list=UUTVv9c9YvjaSIrmTwdStj0w

kaboom · Dec 10, 2014

I can't play the video with sound since i'm at work but...
an ELEVEN MINUTE video to showcase a tin with mold in it? WTF?

trucha · Dec 10, 2014

It doesn't look like the guys in the video. It could be the beginnings of that though. The stuff was made in May of 2014 and I just opened it just now. The whiteish strings I think is plastic not paper since it crumbles when I touch it. P and c is giving me a complete refund.

trucha · Dec 10, 2014

Kaboom, if that wasn't enough for you then there is a 10

Minute part 2 to that video.

minfarshaw · Dec 10, 2014

I was wondering about that same thing. I had some of that white stuff in my St. James Flake. I thought it was from the machine that presses that tobacco. This is not based on anything I learned about the process. It's kind of like six year old me looking out the window and waiting for the Care Bears to come.

hiplainsdrifter · Dec 10, 2014

I agree that it would be mould, the batch was only mid this year so not old enought for sugar crystals is it, wouldn't that take at least a year?

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No, not necessarily. I have some 6 month old Stonehaven that is starting to look like rock candy. And it tastes even better.

zekest · Dec 10, 2014

It could be "Bath Salts" so if you feel the erg to eat a person's face, you will have your answer.

mephistopheles · Dec 10, 2014

Skip to 2:55 in the video to see the horror. 8O
Trucha, I hope they paid for the return shipping. That's only right.

daimyo · Dec 10, 2014

I have opened three tins of C&D in the last handfull of months that have small slivers of white paper or string in them. Honestly, I figured it was from the paper inserts. They aren't big, actually quite small. I bet there are a few still in my tin of Bow Legged Bear but I'm not sure if I can even get a picture of them.

daimyo · Dec 10, 2014

Yes, I should point out that the little flecks of paper or what have you were small enough to simply pick out and never affected my tobacco. Like I said, I figured they were from when the paper inserts get cut.

Briar Boy · Dec 11, 2014

The "white strings" are shreds of the interior tin coating when they seal the tins little slivers of the interior coating come off and fall into the tobacco, I love smoking plastic don't you? I emailed C&D about it with no response.

planetary · Dec 11, 2014

kaboom said:

I can't play the video with sound since i'm at work but... an ELEVEN MINUTE video to showcase a tin with mold in it? WTF?

That's what I thought, too.
I once had a problem with some C&D tobacco, many years ago. I emailed the company address, got a prompt reply from old Craig Tarler noting that he was aware of a problem with a batch of that tobacco, and he shipped out a replacement, no questions asked.

chris · Dec 15, 2014

The white flakes are little slivers of paper from the flake inserts. They are caused by the dye cutting of the inserts. We are working on solving this problem presently with our supplier.

Chris Tarler

Cornell and Diehl Tobacco

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