How Many Open Blends?
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I'm not certain that I can count that high!
Whenever I get a new tin in the mail the first thing I do is crack it open and transfer the tobacco into a Ball jar with a label on it, so at the moment I have... 60'ish open tins? I'm only in my second year of pipe smoking though and still figuring out what I like best, so I never have more than 1 tin worth of any particular blend and haven't started deep cellaring anything yet.
I figure in another year or so I should have a pretty solid idea of what my one or two dozen favorite blends are, then I can start deep cellaring those in sealed tins and sell off all the others currently in the jars that didn't resonate with me.
I figure in another year or so I should have a pretty solid idea of what my one or two dozen favorite blends are, then I can start deep cellaring those in sealed tins and sell off all the others currently in the jars that didn't resonate with me.
I use larger jars for bulk (or multiple tins of) blends that are tried and true, smaller jars for newer "to try" blends (so they are readily available for sampling in several pipes when in the mood for that), also small jars for favorite blends that have stacks of back up tins in the cellar and then there's the sealed cellar stash. However, I have very few sealed tins in the cellar that don't have some kind of jarred - available now - counterpart on the smoking shelf.
Pop it, jar it, smoke it at will. If it's amazing, buy a few more and put em away. When the jar is empty and you're jonesing for it again, pop another from the cellar and refill jar.
Pop it, jar it, smoke it at will. If it's amazing, buy a few more and put em away. When the jar is empty and you're jonesing for it again, pop another from the cellar and refill jar.
If I could count that high, I'd have a real job.
I have ~80 open tins in jars. These are separate from what’s in my cellar, either as sealed tins or jars with bulk. I keep a fastidious record of my cellar, but none at all of my open stuff. Life’s too short to worry about an open tin, so open it! I thoroughly enjoy rifling through my open jars if I want a bowl but don’t have a specific preference. I always run across something I forgot about.
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I'm at either 0 or like 80, depending on how you count it.
Fairly new, and still finding my groove.
I don’t feel like counting…
The only unopened tobacco are the tins and one SG box on the bookshelf-a few to try but getting to be backups of what I’ve found I like.
The cabinet is what I smoke from routinely and most jars on bookshelf are either jarred bulk I like or other blends I’m not swooning over.
Last year, I’d have thought this was a lot but now only the wife thinks that
I don’t feel like counting…
The only unopened tobacco are the tins and one SG box on the bookshelf-a few to try but getting to be backups of what I’ve found I like.
The cabinet is what I smoke from routinely and most jars on bookshelf are either jarred bulk I like or other blends I’m not swooning over.
Last year, I’d have thought this was a lot but now only the wife thinks that
I think if you’re in the “I want to try everything” phase you should just commit and anticipate going a little nuts with a lot of open tins. I am in the tail end of this phase and it lasted over two years. I realized it was a phase that I had to go through before I could feel settled with my choices. It was/is a little crazy having all these open tins jarred up but it is better than not trying enough and wondering about what I’m missing out on.
As far as how many open tins I have jarred up, I don’t know, 60 to 120? Good luck and enjoy the process!
As far as how many open tins I have jarred up, I don’t know, 60 to 120? Good luck and enjoy the process!
Don't think me awful but I have well over 400 different blends in my cellar, some jarred, some tinned. I would guess that all combined between large jars and small ones, at least 300 I am thinking open? Too many yes, I know but I do like trying different ones. My daily regulars are just a couple per genre, however.
I used to have four or five some years ago. But life put in my way mason jars and a friend that is always urging me to try something new. God bless them both. I now have about 20-25 and rising. But I'd really like to get down to eight or ten.
This is soooo encouraging! I thought I was getting out of hand with 15 or so tins opened and jarred.
lol looks like I’m way behind the game with mine…lol
I only have 5 1oz baggies
All of them are Boswell’s shop blends
I only have 5 1oz baggies
All of them are Boswell’s shop blends
I very seldom buy tins. I usually buy bulk by the lb. An lb. equates to 8 C&D tins. I've been buying Sutliff tobaccos lately. Very happy with everything I've received from them. Math: avg price per lb. $32, = $4 per 2oz. tin equivalent. It adds up!