Fairly new pipe smoker and I got up to 12 that I was sampling through. The regular rotation is at 6 now.
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This. My palate requires variation. I have just about everything in jars to the point where is becomes a struggle to figure out what to smoke.
6 to 8 at any time. 3 or 4 of the favorites also opened, breathing and drying, waiting their turn.
Typically, 3 blends going at one time: a VA (or VA/Per), an English, and a burley. Sometimes a fourth, usually a Lakeland.
Eight: Bayou Morning, Bayou Night, Bold Kentucky, Old Dark Fired, Nightcap, Quiet Night, Brebbia Balkan, Old Joe Krantz are in my normal rotation. I smoke other blends as well, but just a few times a year. Although my most smoked tobacco is Bayou Morning, I can't get enough of it. Before it was only my Summer (or warm weather) blend, but it has grown on me.
I only have jars/tins that are not open because they are back up inventory to what I already have an open jar of. I don’t faff about with buying and hoarding tobacco to age. I’m new enough I’ve only got a couple/few dozen blends but all are “available”. Inventory increases on blends I find I like, as a function of “stocking up” on what gets used more (or blends I know I like that have more limited availability).
For me it’s not complex, pretty much like anyone’s kitchen pantry-there’s more of what gets used more and less of things that don’t.
As for true “rotation”, that’s more like my work week. I carry four smaller repurposed Snus tins in my lunchbox that get stuffed with an ounce or so each of a variety of what I’m into at the moment on Sunday night. I’ve got masking tape labels with a tab folded over on one end that get peeled off side of jar or back of tobak cabinet door and stuck on tin. Unsmoked tobacco will get dumped back in its jar to rebalance its hydration, except straight VA flakes-any scraps of those at the end of the work week get all dumped together into an ongoing tin labeled “flake shake” that gets grabbed from often, and has become a favorite to grab from because it’s always interesting and never bad.
For me it’s not complex, pretty much like anyone’s kitchen pantry-there’s more of what gets used more and less of things that don’t.
As for true “rotation”, that’s more like my work week. I carry four smaller repurposed Snus tins in my lunchbox that get stuffed with an ounce or so each of a variety of what I’m into at the moment on Sunday night. I’ve got masking tape labels with a tab folded over on one end that get peeled off side of jar or back of tobak cabinet door and stuck on tin. Unsmoked tobacco will get dumped back in its jar to rebalance its hydration, except straight VA flakes-any scraps of those at the end of the work week get all dumped together into an ongoing tin labeled “flake shake” that gets grabbed from often, and has become a favorite to grab from because it’s always interesting and never bad.
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Eight to ten at the ready but so many jars available. Just so many jars. Jeez.
I have countless jars that I can dip into to revisit something I’ve tried and didn’t love but really only half a dozen that are smoked regularly and refilled when emptied.
Same number as the last 15 threads that asked this exact question.
Checking my spreadsheet (ya rly), I've got 15 jars of blends in progress, but only 10 on the tray I keep next to my pipes. Eventually, I'd love to pare it down like @Wet Dottle has.
If we eliminated all the duplicate threads, this place would be a ghost town with occasional posts about near-dead celebrities and small-batch whining!
I think the best setup for ME would be:
4 English/balkan/oriental
2 standbys and 2 rotating - heavy and light of each.
1 VaPer
1 Virginia
1 Aro
1 codger
1 KDF
2-3 new to try.
So ideally about 12 at any time is what I'm going to try and aim for.
4 English/balkan/oriental
2 standbys and 2 rotating - heavy and light of each.
1 VaPer
1 Virginia
1 Aro
1 codger
1 KDF
2-3 new to try.
So ideally about 12 at any time is what I'm going to try and aim for.
3 on a regular basis: a VA, VA aromatic, and a burley blend that changes summer to winter. Then a few others for a change of pace, maybe half a dozen. Then some old ones I never reach for I've been meaning to toss, but haven't been able to, they just may come in handy some time.
I don't smoke a lot of one particular blend. I like variety. In general, I will only have 2 ounces of any particular blend open at a time.
I have about 40 jars in my cellar that I will dip into. I have a lot more blends in the backlog waiting for their turn in the jar.
I like that number. It's a wide enough variety that I have a lot of options, but it forces me to go back to those jars until they are empty. That way, I feel like I can really dive into a particular blend and get to know it. By the end of the jar, I'll know if I want to re-up or not. And if I think it's a dud, I'll pass it on to make room in the cellar to open a new tin.
I have about 40 jars in my cellar that I will dip into. I have a lot more blends in the backlog waiting for their turn in the jar.
I like that number. It's a wide enough variety that I have a lot of options, but it forces me to go back to those jars until they are empty. That way, I feel like I can really dive into a particular blend and get to know it. By the end of the jar, I'll know if I want to re-up or not. And if I think it's a dud, I'll pass it on to make room in the cellar to open a new tin.
