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sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings
Jun 15, 2013
22,961
58,330
Southern Oregon
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My best piece of advice for Esoterica is find a good brick and mortar shop near you, and be a decent customer. When the drops happen you’ll know and won’t have any issue getting any.
BINGO! That’s how I acquired mine. Online stores are a long shot. With the exception of Iwan Ries, adding some blend to a wish list is a complete and utter waste of time.

I was a good customer of a couple of B&Ms, got what I wanted and only paid retail. But, being a legit good customer with a B&M is essential. They ignore phone calls for Esoterica if you’re not a customer.
 
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Peter Turbo

Lifer
Oct 18, 2021
1,847
15,393
CT, USA
Why is that funny? A friend who smokes pipes shared some Peacehaven with me and I loved it. I know it’s hard to get, but of all the blends I’ve been trying, that one stood out a lot to me.
because every time someone new to the forum comes this is something they enquire about and i just have a good laugh every time. nothing personal, of course. have fun chasing it!
 

Pipe_Guard

Might Stick Around
Jul 30, 2025
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because every time someone new to the forum comes this is something they enquire about and i just have a good laugh every time. nothing personal, of course. have fun chasing it!
its also the fact that most people asking this question can easily be hoping to find some one willing to share some.

read an announcement somewhere that germains was supposedly going to actual MAKE a limited batch of select esoterica and germains blends this year. maybe in august and release in october or november.
 

warren99

Lifer
Aug 16, 2010
2,859
34,823
California
BINGO! That’s how I acquired mine. Online stores are a long shot. With the exception of Iwan Ries, adding some blend to a wish list is a complete and utter waste of time.

I was a good customer of a couple of B&Ms, got what I wanted and only paid retail. But, being a legit good customer with a B&M is essential. They ignore phone calls for Esoterica if you’re not a customer.
Iwan Ries used to email me in the morning when half-pound bags of Penzance came in, however, other than on one occasion, by the time I woke up on the west coast and read my email, all of it was sold.
 

sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings
Jun 15, 2013
22,961
58,330
Southern Oregon
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Iwan Ries used to email me in the morning when half-pound bags of Penzance came in, however, other than on one occasion, by the time I woke up on the west coast and read my email, all of it was sold.
Perhaps their policy has changed, but my experience, seven years ago, was that I received a notice from them that the bag of Penzance I had placed on my wishlist was being held for me for three days. I was to sign in through the link included with the notice. When I did that my bag was waiting for me to purchase. Moreover, I was able to buy more through that portal, so I bought bags of Stonehaven, Dunbar, Dorchester and Tilbury. No issues. The bags were shipped to me.
Nobody else was doing that, nobody.
 

woodsroad

Lifer
Oct 10, 2013
14,323
28,404
SE PA USA
I haven’t received a notification from Iwan Reis in a very long time. I’d always buy more than just what they were notifying me about, and was careful to sign up again after purchasing. I’ll have to check their site and see what’s up.

I wonder if they’ve got their drop of Dorchbroke? Nobody seems to have it anymore!

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I never spell it right.
 

warren99

Lifer
Aug 16, 2010
2,859
34,823
California
Perhaps their policy has changed, but my experience, seven years ago, was that I received a notice from them that the bag of Penzance I had placed on my wishlist was being held for me for three days. I was to sign in through the link included with the notice. When I did that my bag was waiting for me to purchase. Moreover, I was able to buy more through that portal, so I bought bags of Stonehaven, Dunbar, Dorchester and Tilbury. No issues. The bags were shipped to me.
Nobody else was doing that, nobody.
I’m going back seven years or more. You were obviously a more valued customer than yours truly. Sadly, they never held anything three days for me.
 
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sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings
Jun 15, 2013
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58,330
Southern Oregon
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I’m going back seven years or more. You were obviously a more valued customer than yours truly. Sadly, they never held anything three days for me.
It was a few years between when I’d added the Penzance to my wish list and IR fulfilled it. It took that long to reach my place in the queue. It wasn’t just me, there were plenty of others.
I don’t know why your wishlist didn’t get fulfilled.
Every system screws up from time to time.

Generally speaking, notifications are a complete waste of effort. I don’t know why people bother.
 
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Pipe_Guard

Might Stick Around
Jul 30, 2025
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61
I dont know, at this piont its like at work in our molding department.

They have a series of presses that make 1 box of molded parts per HOUR. The operators run 1 or 2 presses per shift.

The waiting list is "10 years working in molding to get ONTO the list. The list wait can be 10-15 years alone". We had one woman who hit her 25th year in molding before she got one of those spots.
 
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