I've never thought in terms of a 50 year supply, or aging any tobacco for 50 years. Based on the very old tobaccos that I've sampled, I can't see a good reason to ever deliberately do that.
I may have a 10 to 15 year supply, more or less, based on the amount that I smoke. And tobaccos don't require a 10 to 20 year cellaring process to be worthy to smoke. They're smokable when available for sale. And, given my age, that should be a more than adequate supply, though if the family genetics are fully in force, I could be needing a 35 year supply.
The means of preserving tobaccos over longer periods of time are getting more and more examination as more people cellar for various reasons. In the process, certain prior assumptions about cellaring are being challenged as more time and experiences are gathered. One doesn't need a 50 year horizon to be concerned about square and rectangular tins providing protection. 10 years or less will do.
And really, when one stops to think about it, why would it make any sense to believe that anything held together with an uneven and slightly imperfect vacuum seal at the beginning, would ever hold up long term. They weren't designed with that intention. So we're finding tins with dried out contents at 7 years and a higher percentage as additional years are added. And we're finding out that Esoterica bags can have pinholes from folding.
So one either accepts that certain types of product packaging aren't designed or intended to be a long term storage medium and acts to deal with that or one doesn't and hopes for the best. But the exchange of information concerning problems and solutions can be a good thing.
I may have a 10 to 15 year supply, more or less, based on the amount that I smoke. And tobaccos don't require a 10 to 20 year cellaring process to be worthy to smoke. They're smokable when available for sale. And, given my age, that should be a more than adequate supply, though if the family genetics are fully in force, I could be needing a 35 year supply.
The means of preserving tobaccos over longer periods of time are getting more and more examination as more people cellar for various reasons. In the process, certain prior assumptions about cellaring are being challenged as more time and experiences are gathered. One doesn't need a 50 year horizon to be concerned about square and rectangular tins providing protection. 10 years or less will do.
And really, when one stops to think about it, why would it make any sense to believe that anything held together with an uneven and slightly imperfect vacuum seal at the beginning, would ever hold up long term. They weren't designed with that intention. So we're finding tins with dried out contents at 7 years and a higher percentage as additional years are added. And we're finding out that Esoterica bags can have pinholes from folding.
So one either accepts that certain types of product packaging aren't designed or intended to be a long term storage medium and acts to deal with that or one doesn't and hopes for the best. But the exchange of information concerning problems and solutions can be a good thing.
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