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shade91

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Aug 10, 2017
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Good day!
I've been pipe smoking for about a year now and I notice a bit of an issue when I get near the end of a tin (approx. 25% remaining): it tastes burnt, flavor is gone, perhaps burns too hot. Really just completely unsmokable. Huge contrast, doesn't make sense to me.
I suspect the tobacco is getting dry at this point, but while it has less moisture to the touch, it doesn't feel THAT bad. I simply don't understand why the first half of my tin, which I usually smoke within two weeks, is beautifully flavorful, without any nasty charred notes at all, and then that happens, usually a month after opening the tin.
I should note that I've tried storing in a mason jar, as well as keeping it in the tin and putting that in a Ziploc bag. No difference -- when I get to the end of the tin, it's unsmokable.
I should also point out that I have a very delicate cadence -- I can't imagine I'm over-puffing.

 

bassbug

Lifer
Dec 29, 2016
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Question for you.
Are you smoking that one tin exclusively or do you have a tobacco rotation?
I find that if I smoke a particular blend exclusively for too long I almost lose my taste for it.

 

shade91

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Aug 10, 2017
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I only smoke one tin at a time.
EDIT: I can sometimes go a week without smoking though. This was the case yesterday: I hadn't smoked in a week, pulled out my tin and it tasted disgusting!

 

bassbug

Lifer
Dec 29, 2016
1,189
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Try a rotation between a couple of blends that are not too similar. I find it almost cleanses the palate.

 

ignaciojn

Starting to Get Obsessed
Aug 19, 2016
204
1
Maybe you're smoking the best strands at first, and gravity and your own hand picking are leaving the "dust" at the end?

25% sounds like too much, but the end of the tin is never as good as the beginning to me.

Sometimes I use a tea strainer for those last loads.

 

shade91

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Aug 10, 2017
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I think it's probably a combination of the 'dust' as you put it, and drying over time as well as drying faster because its not compressed in the tin with the rest of the tobacco. I just don't understand why it happens at ~25%, and why it's such a huge contrast. I should try smoking a tin very quickly to see if time has anything to do it ;)

 

seanv

Lifer
Mar 22, 2018
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Canada
Jar it once open and at preferred level of dryness. As stated above you should have a rotation. Keep it interesting.

 
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