I got a package from P&C tonight, 40 oz of Match Edgeworth. However I did not get home until late and it has been sitting in my mailbox freezing. I would say the tobacco is damn near frozen. How will this affect the tovacco?
How Does Freezing Weather Affect Tobacco
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Let the shipment come to room temperature and check. I doubt there is any damage. Properly packed, if shipped at room temperature, cargo jet, heated truck, etc. I doubt highly that your tobacco suffered injury. I keep an unopened pouch in my truck for emergencies. It can sit overnight at below zero or slightly above temps for weeks before opened and used., never experience any noticeable change in taste or performance. And, it has been thawed, frozen, thawed, frozen . . . well, you get the idea.
While storing tobacco in the freezer is not a great idea, mostly because the air in the freezer is very dry, it is doubtful that freezing had done any damage. Lots of us get deliveries that sit on the porch all day. I'm sure that some of my deliveries have frozen. Someone gets home before I do and brings in the mail and any packages. Hours later, I get home, open the box and have never noticed a problem.
Sometimes Irish Twist can get a little tricky to cut up if its been in my over coat pocket on a very cold day but I don't believe I have ever experienced frozen tobacco. I used to stick my unopened boxes of cigars in the freezer years ago but then I wound up getting a humidor and then I stopped smoking cigars and then gave the humidor to a friend of mine. So in essence I don't think any long term harm will befall frozen tobacco.
I also leave tobacco in my truck with no ill affects. But wildly swinging temperatures will play hell on your pipe, especially the bit to tang connection on a brier.
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