Honest Answers Only: How Long Do You Leave a Tin Open?
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I've never jarred after opening, but I tend to smoke just one tin until it's finished, so usually about 20 days (for a 1.75 oz/50 g tin). There's some though that I rarely smoke and they've been open for over a year (like my tin of SPC Plum Pudding Special Reserve). I have some others open for a while though, like months, usually virginias will be open for half a year before I finally finish them.
I do usually put open tins in a gasketed food container though. It's not perfectly air tight like a vacuum sealed bag or vacuum sealed jar though. Not always though, depends.
They all do stay in a cabinet though. It depends on the blend. I've been smoking through Kopp YotD and that just sits in the cabinet, not one of the bins, and it's been open for almost 2 months now, but it's also almost finished.
I do usually put open tins in a gasketed food container though. It's not perfectly air tight like a vacuum sealed bag or vacuum sealed jar though. Not always though, depends.
They all do stay in a cabinet though. It depends on the blend. I've been smoking through Kopp YotD and that just sits in the cabinet, not one of the bins, and it's been open for almost 2 months now, but it's also almost finished.
Ohhhhh dang, I just saw the "honest answers only" in the thread title.
In that case.....way too long usually.
I still have a bowls worth of Abingdon in a tin that I opened last October. I also just found a tin of Jack Knife Plug with a dice sized chunk from....um....before my 7 years off from smoking. Its hard....Im pretty sure I could take a deer with it in a black powder rifle.
In that case.....way too long usually.
I still have a bowls worth of Abingdon in a tin that I opened last October. I also just found a tin of Jack Knife Plug with a dice sized chunk from....um....before my 7 years off from smoking. Its hard....Im pretty sure I could take a deer with it in a black powder rifle.
Some blends are jarred as soon as I open them, I also have tins that have been open for several years.
If I open a tin and it suits so long, it gets too dry to finish, I throw it away. If I didn't like it enough to smoke it now, not likely I'll like it any better in the future.
I only leave it open if I plan to smoke it straight through. Which means at least five smokes a week. If it's more of a sometimes smoke I jar it. If it's the cardboard type tin I find I can leave it in there if I smoke it less frequently. Generally don't jar tins too often. But if I am not smoking it regularly I like jarring it.
Caveat I like dry tobacco. In fact I'll crack open a tin about a week before smoking it too.
I don’t worry as much as I used to. Even just recently I rediscovered and have been going at a tin of CRF 2024 opened nine months ago. It’s still great to me. That being said, I’m sure a freshly opened tin’ll likely be nicer once I pop one.
Overall though, I have found that it can be up to the blend. A tin of baccy here and there have had a habit of losing their charm sooner than others.
Overall though, I have found that it can be up to the blend. A tin of baccy here and there have had a habit of losing their charm sooner than others.
Ten days plus or minus. I open a tin intending to smoke it within a week.
Depends. If it's a square metal tin i usually just jar it up. If it's a round tin it'll stay open until i finish it off (usually within a couple weeks.
At the most, 3 to 4 months. I don't collect a bunch of open stuff.
I don’t waste the time effort or space on jarring 50 gram tins.
I crack open what I feel like smoking and work on it until it’s finished or I’m tired with it and move on. I have a shelf for those tins and I work from that selection until it dwindles down. It never seems too though As I have about 30 open from a few days up to a few years.
8oz tins get jarred after opening though.
I crack open what I feel like smoking and work on it until it’s finished or I’m tired with it and move on. I have a shelf for those tins and I work from that selection until it dwindles down. It never seems too though As I have about 30 open from a few days up to a few years.
8oz tins get jarred after opening though.
Tobacco in my neck of the woods has gotten much more expensive and rare and precious recently due to government import beatings and punishment, so I jar everything immediately now. Jars are cheap in comparison, even dollar store ones. I also know what I like anyhow finally and think long term anyways.
Edit, I use the tins to transport what I’m smoking currently tho, I save all tins.
Edit, I use the tins to transport what I’m smoking currently tho, I save all tins.
I once cracked open a tin of balkan flake that I thought was 5 years sealed, turns out it was more like probably 3 years open with only 4 flakes left in it, they were pretty much 'dust dry' and the best smoking I have had from that balkan flake by far.
Didn’t the same thing happen to you with a tin of Irish flake, just before I traded for it
I always plan to jar immediately.
(But sometimes I procrastinate a few days if I need to hunt down a jar or a sharpie.)
The idea of working through a tin within a month is foreign to me. I smoke three or four bowls a week, usually rotating among several tobaccos.
(But sometimes I procrastinate a few days if I need to hunt down a jar or a sharpie.)
The idea of working through a tin within a month is foreign to me. I smoke three or four bowls a week, usually rotating among several tobaccos.
A tin can last me 20-30 bowls. So that could take a month to several months. I also try to smoke them straight through.
Most people do not know this but with C&D tins specifically, they include those paper style inserts for you to rehydrated the tobacco. Leave it in the tin. Simply put a few drops of water on a paper puck and put the lid in. The evaporation will rehydrate the tobacco if it has dried out after being in an opened tin for so long.
Most people do not know this but with C&D tins specifically, they include those paper style inserts for you to rehydrated the tobacco. Leave it in the tin. Simply put a few drops of water on a paper puck and put the lid in. The evaporation will rehydrate the tobacco if it has dried out after being in an opened tin for so long.
Never heard of this but it makes so much sense. I'll have to try it next time.
(Although I rarely find a tobacco truly TOO DRY to smoke. I even like my virginias on the crispier side)
Could be years.
The most extreme example is a tin of Boston 1776 from 1993 that I opened about 7 years ago. I just finished the last bowl this spring. Not going to lie, it was quite dry!
The most extreme example is a tin of Boston 1776 from 1993 that I opened about 7 years ago. I just finished the last bowl this spring. Not going to lie, it was quite dry!