If you're worried about it then buy some mylar bags and get your iron out.
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If you are worried about long term storage I can hold onto them for you to store. I will check one or two of your tins periodically here and there to check for the proper seal.
Well, I'm sure someone has always valued aged tobacco but it seems everyone and his brother wants aged pipe tobacco these days. It has not always been this way. For decades smokers only wanted "fresh" tobacco now many smokers are learning the value of aging tobacco. There have always been guys searching for that "old" tobacco but for the original mixtures that were not produced any longer,Scottish Nuns for example but I never recall anyone buying tobacco and sitting on it for years while it aged like it is today.
Aged tobacco is a suckers game invented by the internet for the internet.
I’ve had terrific experiences with lots of old tobacco, but ultimately it’s an everybody look at me thing.
I’ve had terrific experiences with lots of old tobacco, but ultimately it’s an everybody look at me thing.
You've had three smokes from it, but the tin has been opened more than 20 times. That lid is like a whore's legs the amount it's been opened and shut. It might help explain this mysterious 'self loosening' you describe.
The obvious question that no one is asking ---
Why don't tobacco companies package their blends in quarter-inch-thick 904L stainless steel containers (with lug-nut lids, of course) after sterilizing them with gamma radiation, X-rays, and ethylene oxide?
It's not science fiction. The technology to do that has been available for several decades.
But they don't. Which can only mean that they enjoy upsetting people. Indeed, they probably monitor forums like this one and fine-tune their cruelty accordingly.
Why don't tobacco companies package their blends in quarter-inch-thick 904L stainless steel containers (with lug-nut lids, of course) after sterilizing them with gamma radiation, X-rays, and ethylene oxide?
It's not science fiction. The technology to do that has been available for several decades.
But they don't. Which can only mean that they enjoy upsetting people. Indeed, they probably monitor forums like this one and fine-tune their cruelty accordingly.
I quoted you based on the following sentence: 'I think long-term storage and aging tobacco is relatively new to the market'.
Now, you're talking about already aged tobacco. That's a different ball game.
You're absolutely right. As always. You're my bloody hero, man.
I personally just want my tobacco to stay in good condition. I'm 29 and in the market for tobacco that can be stored but I guess there's not enough of a demand to incentivize companies.
And you're not "incentivized" to do it yourself?
That’s a whole different ball of wax.
You may need to buy tobacco because it may not be available.
Buy it, then jar it or put it in Mylar.
It can be stored ,just jar it or mylar it.why should a company pander to something that you can do easily.
that's the way of the world these days,everyone want's it done for them.spoonfed.
Thinking and acting for yourself seems to have gone the way of the dodo
Not aimed at you Mez as you say you do mylar your stuff
If you're new to pipe smoking don't hesitate to ask storage questions. Mason jars and vacuum sealers work great. I have no experience with mylar. It's a new era we're in, it wasn't always this way. These days acquiring tobacco is a challenge, many hoarders, I'm guilty as well. In the days past I don't believe it was the norm to store tobacco. If you ran out of your favorite blend you went to the smoke shop, picked up a few and went on your way, if they were out, they'd order it for you and it would be in stock in a couple days or you just went to the next local shop and they'd probably have it. If you smoked codger blends you could buy that at about any drug store or grocery store in town. I remember buying Scottish Nuns and Capstan at the gift shop on the Ohio turnpike years ago. Seems today it's hard to get and folks store it because you never know the availability and smoke shops have gone the way of the Dodo.
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So true and well said. I normally didn’t buy more than a few tins at a time but a few years ago, I found myself stocking up on things I love or even crazier, buying some things I’ve never tried but am afraid will sell out or disappear. I think it’s a combo of anti-tobacco laws, B&M’s closing and manufacturers shutting down.
Exactly how I was about it till not all that long ago. Then, a couple of favorite blends vanished with no warning and I started stocking up.
Glad I did. Times change.
I was surprised. Tin wide open to the world, but goopy wet flakes that crumbled like play-doh. Must be mostly humectant! Pleasant blend still.
The ones I picked up at a B&M in Japan over a year ago were bone dry.
I came across the notion of aged tobacco when I joined a club in the early 90s. We looked for it wherever we could, but mostly in off the beaten path little tobacco shops. Then, the word on the street was that the blending houses only released the tinned tobacco after some aging on it. I don’t know how much aging nor if that was true, but that’s what was said then. As far as cellaring, I started mine then, soon after joining the club, but the purpose was to guard against disappearing blends. The apocalypse was already being foreseen.