This is off only at a slight tangent, and I will say that I am only completely capable of folly...
I have smoked one tin of an Esoterica blend, Dunbar, around 2019 ...I smoked it sparingly, kept it with all my other dozens of jars (with a dozen pounds cellared elsewhere) -- this is the only tobacco product I've ever owned that went moldy in the jar for no good reason. It went hella moldy, too. No idea why...I handled it so carefully and kept it in a jar/climate controlled area.
I put Esoterica out of my radar quite a while ago, glad I did to be honest -- I am sorry to see you have noticed a depreciation in quality.
I have smoked one tin of an Esoterica blend, Dunbar, around 2019 ...I smoked it sparingly, kept it with all my other dozens of jars (with a dozen pounds cellared elsewhere) -- this is the only tobacco product I've ever owned that went moldy in the jar for no good reason. It went hella moldy, too. No idea why...I handled it so carefully and kept it in a jar/climate controlled area.
I put Esoterica out of my radar quite a while ago, glad I did to be honest -- I am sorry to see you have noticed a depreciation in quality.