I keep G.L. Pease's Six Pence, Stonehenge and Windjammer, C&D's Mad Fiddler, and Mac Baren's HH Rustica. That's it.
Cellaring Query - What are You Cellaring Most?
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I know.Franco, This question always puzzles me.?Just cellar what you’re enjoying right now. It makes little sense to ask others what they are cellaring as they likely have different taste & opinion. If you’re really enjoying a blend now, then stock your cabinet with it. My cellaring is fairly complete & really rarely ? away anything more…possibly a one off Virginia/VaPer blend.
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I won’t be cellaring many Latakia infused blends, they aren’t my thing. I guess I was just interested in the ratio that people are cellaring their choice of “everyday smoke“ to their “once in a while smokes” - am I better off cellaring the ones I like infrequently because they might be the less popular blends and these might be the blends that vanish.
Also, I was being curious. ??
This is where I would like to be in 20 years, preferably with beautifully aged tobaccos.I cellar everything I smoke. Most all of it bought 7-10 years ago. I now have way more than I can smoke the rest of my life (I'm 63), so I don't have to be concerned about prices or my favorite blends going out of production.
I cellar anything that has given me consistently good smokes for a whole tin, or 50g, and so should you 
Talking ratios, easily 60% is Va/VaPer, 25% Lakelands, and the rest is misc, DFK blends, some Latakia.
Talking ratios, easily 60% is Va/VaPer, 25% Lakelands, and the rest is misc, DFK blends, some Latakia.
Are there any blends that absolutely can’t be cellared in your experience?
Well, seriously now. I think the most I have in tins is virginia, about 500 blue and Gold tins of capstan, among other tobaccos. Flake in Virginia and Navy /HH. Mixture Scottish Blend/Flake, I have increased mac baren quite a bit, all virginias. Condor, St.Bruno. Veermaster Hamborger. Everything else, 20% G.L Pease and C&D in latakias blend........is what I remember first......a large number of tobaccos at a good price and close to home, is also the reason for some brands. At a neighborhood shop, and another tobacconist on the coast a few kilometers from my village.
Absolutely can't be cellared? No. None of which I am aware.
Cellar because you like a particular blend and want to be sure that you have it on hand when you want to smoke it. That's my #1 reason for stocking up. Too many favorites have just disappeared over the years.
Other reasons are rising costs, falling quantities, falling quality. Aging is mostly an afterthought. Blends don't improve with age. Blends change with age, and whether that constitutes an improvement is up to the individual smoker to decide.
Cellaring is something of an act of faith.
I agree with your analysis...........
The majority of my cellar is composed of Virginias and Virginia forward blends. A couple of burley blends are well-represented, as well as selected aromatics.
Aside from a few tins here and there, I’m mostly done buying [he wrote, shortly after ordering a few tins of Edisto].
Aside from a few tins here and there, I’m mostly done buying [he wrote, shortly after ordering a few tins of Edisto].
500 tins of Capstan!?!?!? That should see you through until the Second Coming!!! ?
About the best insight to give. Each cellar is as specific to each smoker as the tobaccos they enjoy, yours will be no different. Pick five blends you really like and buy as much of each as you can afford then work out from there.
I cellared all favorites. I have 41 different flakes plugs, 2 aromatics and one rope. Anytime I thought about a blend to try, I would buy a test tin and smoke a few bowls and if i really liked it i would go deep. I have no latakia or Orientals or red Virginia in my cellar. The last time I added a good sized number of tins was the Savinelli sale of tobacco. I bought the large tins, I know they are some where around 3.5 ounces. That was around 2018 I think. I never wanted a cellar that was 200 tins deep. That can be so much work to remember and my memory is bad. I have enough variety tp keep me happy.
I am still trying out new blends and exploring. Been ordering lots of tins to try. With a newborn I don't have as much time to smoke as before, so inevitably they end up in the cellar drawer. I am expecting a delivery of Mac Baren tins, along with a new pipe ? (yes the bug has hit me bad).
A few days later when the TP C&D sale went live I ordered a few tins of various blends.
For sure I want to stock up on Engine #99, which I ordered some bulk of that.
I really want to cellar Peterson Nightcap as I have really enjoyed that as my last smoke of the day.
Honestly, what is driving me to cellar is the increasing price of tobacco.....at least's that what I tell myself when the buyer's remorse sets in....
A few days later when the TP C&D sale went live I ordered a few tins of various blends.
For sure I want to stock up on Engine #99, which I ordered some bulk of that.
I really want to cellar Peterson Nightcap as I have really enjoyed that as my last smoke of the day.
Honestly, what is driving me to cellar is the increasing price of tobacco.....at least's that what I tell myself when the buyer's remorse sets in....
Well, if you plan on enjoying a pipe & tobacco for a good while… grab all the blends you really enjoy & that you can afford. Nothing seems to be getting cheaper as we go on. ?
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My favorites are latakia blends and Kendal soaps, so that's what I've stocked up on, about 1/3 of each kind. The other 1/3 are various other blends, like Va and VaPers.
^^^ See what Sable said above and read it again.
Perhaps the newest wrinkle when it comes to cellaring is whether to go deep on some special release that sounds great, but you don’t know yet from personal experience. It’ll be gone in days, or less, so the window of consideration is narrow at best.
Perhaps the newest wrinkle when it comes to cellaring is whether to go deep on some special release that sounds great, but you don’t know yet from personal experience. It’ll be gone in days, or less, so the window of consideration is narrow at best.
I smoked cigarettes for 35 years and had to quit for my health. I'm an x-ray tech. Used to smoke at work, in the hospital in x-ray. ER docs would join us because they couldn't smoke in the ER. Used to buy a carton of cigs for less than $10. I understand the issue. I came back to pipes because I like the look of pipes, the feel in my hand and the ritual of the smoke. Currently I'm on one bowl a day. It has relaxed me. I want to keep it there. Are there any bulk containers of tobacco you buy that taste good and are less expensive that you cellar?