Bulk drying tin tobacco

[lfarrell15]

Howdy yall,

I’ve had a question rolling around that I wanted to present to y’all. I typically smoke once a day either at work or in the evening and I found I didn’t have the time to properly dry my tobacco. Or I just forgot and stuck a moisture glob in my pipe and suffered through it. I had the bright idea of bulk drying my tobacco then bringing the pre dried tobacco with me. This includes rubbing out flake/cake, cutting plug, etc. I’ve had success so far. Has anyone else had lasting success doing this? Any random issues I might not foresee doing this? I don’t want to somehow ruin a blend by pre drying it and it gets too dry. I do keep the dried tobacco in mason jars.

 

[coming to_falling too]

I've been doing it for quite some time with the tobacco I take to work. No problems here.

 

[Zamora]

I haven't done this but some blends I'll pack the day before, that's always been effective for me

 

[sablebrush52]

Quite a few people do this.

 

[proteus]

Too much work for me to time drying. I enjoy tinkering sure just not with trying to remember to prep before smoking. If I do I might dry it a bit only because I pre pack a pipe or pack it and get distracted and end up drying it out anyway. When I want to smoke I grab my tobacco of choice and a pipe and pack according to how wet I feel the tobacco is. I might pack it more loosely or tightly depending on the pipe I choose. Each of my pipe smokes differently. I just know each pipe and the tobacco by feel to pack it just right.

 

[elvishrunes]

I don’t because I like slightly moist tobacco and better storage. The only issue I could see is for long term storage like 3-10 years plus. You need moisture for fermentation, so it won’t store as well, plus it could crisp up. But for 6 months to a couple years, should be fine, maybe less in a real dry climate.

 

[Auxsender]

Yeah. I “decant” tinned C&D blends all at once. With decanting comes drying. Then it goes into the jar. I only do this with C&D because I find all their blends I’ve tried require some air time before they get smoked. I don’t feel the need to do it with other blends.