That's not bad at all. Nice score!
Esoterica Drop
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That's not bad at all. Nice score!
Looks like all the Germain-produced blends have round tins now. It's not as elegant looking as the old square tins but solves other problems they were having. It will certainly make it easy to date the square Germain tins as being pre 2020.
That's about what I paid for the Germain tins I got and the Kingfisher was a few dollars more. But if you add in the crazy high Chicago tobacco tax they were over $20 a tin.
The round tins are better for aging. My square tins definitely don't hold moisture.
I don’t remember exactly how much, but I remember thinking it was expensive. And it sells out quickly.
Jesse, you’re beginning to sound like one of those stereotypical boomers that brags about how well they did. “Back in the 80s I bought this house for $100,000! Now it’s worth over $1,000,000! I did so well for myself.“ Haha
After talking to a retailer today, this drop has seemed to be pretty big. The places I picked up from had inventory available for a full day without complications. I was genuinely surprised to actually get calls from old wait lists I joined.
Of course, she's not my mommy. Thank God I don't live in West Virginia. No offense to West Virginia members! Everything is relative!Grown married men in here talking about hiding your baccy from your wivesShe's not your mommy, you're "allowed" to indulge yourself a little bit.
Have you tried Amphora VA? Not a flake but more like a partially rubbed out flake but I find it to be extremely underrated... looks like SPC is a having a 15% off sale on Amphora too!Thanks for the thought. I love LNF and it's s a regular in my rotation, but I'm looking for more of a straight Virginia or at least a Virginia-forward blend, rather than a spicy Va/Per like LNF.
EDIT: and I realize this is an Esoterica thread, and basically the opposite of "readily available" but even so, I'm all ears for VA Flake recommendations, please pardon my off topic posts
That’s interesting. I haven’t found that but the seals are much more reliable on screw top tins. I had 2 tins of Kingfisher pop their seals (rectangle tin) without me realizing. Other than that, any square tins I’ve open have had standard moisture levels.
Then others can stare at it like Cameron from Ferris Bueller.Donate it to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. They'll hang it on a wall.
Did anybody actually buy a Pelican tin this release? I wouldn't mind tracking some down if it has made a confirmed appearance. I have several from a few years ago but I wouldn't mind having a few more.
I called two of the B&M's that I know who carry Esoterica and neither of them knew that the drop had occurred. Both telephoned their distributors and have some on the way...I'm on the call list for both so fingers crossed.
Yes, I read earlier in the thread that some people have.
The only evidence of it I can find online is this fellow who stated he saw a Pelican tin. If it was a circular tin it would tell us with fair certainty that it was a re-release of Pelican. @logs was the tin circular?
I have not, though I've heard Amphora blends mentioned more lately. I'm not in any way stuck on flakes... I rub the flakes out before smoking so they're like a ribbon cut anyhow. I will keep Amphora VA in mind. Thanks for the recommendation.
it's like a semi-ready rubbed.. it's a good VA. Especially for the price.
They're good for perhaps 7 years and then watch out. With a round tin, the seal pressure can be equalized all along it's circumference, but with square and rectangular tins, no way. It's strongest at the corners.
Most of these tins are slowly leaking from the get go. Here's a simple way to prove this. Take a number of your square and rectangular tins and place them in a tupperware container with a tight sealing top and leave them for a few weeks. Put the Virginias together in one container and English/Orientals in a different one. Then pop the top and take a sniff. You'll smell the tobaccos. They're leaking out of the "sealed" tins.
Over time the pressure equalizes and the seal fails. That's one reason that I don't spend money on vintage tobaccos that come in rectangular tins that are older than 10 years. The percentage of failures goes up.
Greg Pease wrote about this and no longer advocates leaving tobaccos to age in these tins, bur recommends immediate transfer to jars for long term aging. He found too many failures in his own cellar.
I can agree.. I have some Sam Gawith Christmas blend (2 tins) and it ghosts everything around it with cinnamon
I had a couple of shelves of tobacco tins in a closet that otherwise held linens. The smell from those "sealed" square and rectangular tins permeated all of the linens and I had to launder all of it and relocate the tins.I can agree.. I have some Sam Gawith Christmas blend (2 tins) and it ghosts everything around it with cinnamon
I have seen some seal the edge with tape.. either electrical or the metal HVAC tape. I wonder if that would help?