Re-Hydrating Pipe Tobacco

    July 5th, 2009

 

By Bob Tate

If you store your pipe tobacco properly, it should not dry out. But I am sure that it has happened to us all at one time or another. We open a tin, pouch, or baggie to smoke some tobacco and place it back on the shelf and forget about it being open and it dries out. Don’t throw it away because it can be saved. Pipe tobacco is not like cigars, it can be re-hydrated very easily. In this article, I will talk about some ways to re-hydrate pipe tobacco if it gets too dry to handle.

 

First let me say that you don’t have to re-hydrate and some people actually prefer their tobacco on the crispy side. There are certain tobaccos that I prefer on the really dry side. However, there are those who say that if the tobacco gets too dry, it loses some of its flavor and needs to be re-hydrated so you can taste the ‘actual’ flavor. It’s all about personal preference. Read the rest of this entry »

Pipe Tobacco Storage

    June 22nd, 2009

 

By Bob Tate

A lot of pipers wonder if and how they can store their pipe tobacco. There are ways to store your tobacco and it will last for years and if done properly, it will allow the tobacco to age and this is a good thing. Aging a tobacco allows the blend to ‘marry’ together for awhile longer sometimes creating a slightly different taste than what the blend originally started off as. But seeing as this article is not about aging, but storing, let me begin. Read the rest of this entry »