Maybe this is the subject of a new thread, but I think there are pros and cons with both bulk and tins. Tins are pricey, and for me anyway, there's some pressure to age them and save them, whereas even when I jar bulk blends, I feel prone to smoke them, since they are available. Opening a jar with bulk isn't the same as popping a tin and starting the clock as it were, usually after jarring the contents. On the other hand, many good blends only come in tins, and it's a shame to miss all of those just to save a buck. I really get stuck on aging and saving a tin before I open it, plus there's the fantasy that the contents are progressing from just pretty good to nirvana. I don't have a large "cellar," but I do have quite a stack of unopened tins, some of them four or five years old, a few older. And Forums members keep sending me really delicious packages of samples so I could coast for most of a year without opening anything new but these! My latest surprise as a mostly non-aro smoker, a flavored black Cavendish that I use as a flavoring tobacco in mixes. Never would have guessed that would work. I guess it makes my non-aros aromatic after all, but it adds volume and a zing.
