Baccy

[colcolt]

Having just recently procured a fine meerschaum I've been enjoying, I've noticed some of the 20 r so samplers I have in 1.5 oz. and 50g tins seem to be more moist than others and makes it more difficult to smoke. I cant recall which but in picking up some it seemed it needed to cure a little or dry out before smoking. In encountering a baccy like that what would be a time frame to just let what you're going to smoke lay on the table or piece of paper before smoking...30 seconds, 20 minutes?

 

[spartan]

Depends how dry you want it.
If it's super wet check in after 20 min. Then proceed from there.
If it's aromatic goop, check it after an hour.

 

[colcolt]

Enough whereby you don't have to keep lighting it. It wasn't wet but moist enough to create the need to relight several times in what I call my "15 minute bowl".

 

[spartan]

You could leave it out for a week and try it then if you really wanted to.
Try out some different times. 30 min, 1hour, 1.5 hour, 2 hours, etc.

 

[nsfisher]

I like mine to be ALMOST but not yet crunchy. Pinch it between finger and thumb, it should not compress together.

 

[baronsamedi]

My Meers seem to work very well with flake tobaccos, decent with cubes and just OK with ribbon cut. Could be packing method too. My smaller meer will gum up if I use the 3 step, so I reduce it down to 2. It's 100°+ here so 15 minutes outside in a tupperware bowl dries out all but the goopiest for me.

 

[hobie1dog]

I was going to say the same thing...sit it outside in the 100+ degree Sun for 20 minutes should be all you need.

 

[barkar]

I like my tobacco almost dry. It's not uncommon for me to let a bowl sit out for 30 or 40 minutes before smoking it.