I am wondering if I need to reset my cap of the Top200 for my Cellar. I take the recent traumatic lifting of the Swiss Franc cap to the Euro as an omen. So many delicious new blends keep coming out, so much so that I have passed the 1300 mark for blends on hand, although admittedly, several hundred are on deck yet to be sampled. The criterion for inclusion in the Top200 Cellar is the blend has to rank high enough in its genre (Latakia; Virginia and VAPer [including nominal amounts of burley therein]; Orientals) to justify stocking 1+pounds. I have had limited success demoting a few blends, though not before I stashed 1-5 pounds each, in order to make room for more worthy representatives.
I am starting to worry about the possibility that my older Lats will diminish before I polish them off. My rate of puffing averages 3 smallish bowls a day. But I do get some help from the members of the several pipe clubs I hang with.
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