First post on the forum and relatively new pipe smoker. I have some From Beyond that seems very dry, almost crackly. It’s definitely not how it came out of the tin. Lately when I smoke it i get a dry mouth. Is my tobacco too dry? At what point does tobacco become so dry it’s no longer worth smoking?
Dry tobacco equal dry mouth?
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Ive yet to see very dry unsmokeable tobacco. What ive seen people refer to dry is actually very smokeable. And what people ive seen saying ok tobacco is actually wet. Dry mouth wouldnt equate much to the tobacco. More so about current levels of hydration in the body.
Like @proteus said, body hydration levels are a big factor. You can have a drink with your smoke to help. Additionally, sometimes smoking hot can make your mouth feel dry.
That's odd. I've have never noticed dry tobacco to make my mouth dry. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.
It just may be my body chemistry that doesn’t like something in the blend. Maybe it’s the perique, I don’t have trouble with blends with no perique. Ah well, looks like I’ll have to experiment, although I don’t need a reason to try new things. Thanks for the pointers.
I got that dry mouth when I started smoking a pipe. Worst was smoking Half 'n Half. Over time, the dry mouth went away. It was me, not the tobacco. Your experience may vary from my own.
I suppose that it's an individual thing. I've never experienced dry mouth from smoking dry tobacco.
A far as
When tobacco has dried out into mummy dust it loses some of its flavor. Rehydrating may restore some of that flavor, but it won't restore all of it. Almost all commercially released tobacco blends have some level of flavorings added and those don't always revive with rehydration.
I smoke Virginias and their variants, so I prefer my tobacco to be dry, but not dried out, usually just shy of bone dry, dry to the touch when squeezed while still pliant.
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I'd say when it has dried into mummy dust and/or gone stale. By stale, I mean that the tobacco's original flavors have given way to a musty sweetness of little discernible character other than musty sweetness. This often happens with superannuated vintages.
When tobacco has dried out into mummy dust it loses some of its flavor. Rehydrating may restore some of that flavor, but it won't restore all of it. Almost all commercially released tobacco blends have some level of flavorings added and those don't always revive with rehydration.
I smoke Virginias and their variants, so I prefer my tobacco to be dry, but not dried out, usually just shy of bone dry, dry to the touch when squeezed while still pliant.
Never noticed dry tobacco making my mouth dry. Some RYO tobacco I've tried did give me a dry mouth, almost like a green plum would. I suspect it just needed to age a little.
IMO tobacco should be bone dry... but like Jesse says, not dust.
IMO tobacco should be bone dry... but like Jesse says, not dust.
Dry mouth= Drink water. Easy fix. From beyond smokes great on the dry side. Sounds like your hydration needs attention. I have been there myself when working a lot and not taking care of myself. When I am properly hydrated the tobacco tends to taste better too. Win win.
Take a couple of familiar blend you smoke with ease and let a bowls worth dry out till crispy crunchy dry. When you smoke them it should help you narrow down whats going on.
The advice, opinions and experience here can all be helpful to a point, but your own body and its specific responses/reactions are the only way to get any solid answers to a question like that.
The advice, opinions and experience here can all be helpful to a point, but your own body and its specific responses/reactions are the only way to get any solid answers to a question like that.
dryness of tobacco is a small miniscule part of the party.
I just had a smoke of Half and Half, the cardboard box with metal foil pouch was purchased in 2004. I opened it originially in 2014 for a sniff, and lost it in the closet.
Bone dry, still smelled like brand new. Smoked ok, just very fast but it was a fast smoker in the day it was actually bought. Just had very wierd taste. Sort of like carter hall..
I just had a smoke of Half and Half, the cardboard box with metal foil pouch was purchased in 2004. I opened it originially in 2014 for a sniff, and lost it in the closet.
Bone dry, still smelled like brand new. Smoked ok, just very fast but it was a fast smoker in the day it was actually bought. Just had very wierd taste. Sort of like carter hall..