How Many Tobaccos Do You Have Open and Smoking at Once?
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Out of over 200 pounds in my closet, I have no set rotation. No rhyme or reason, just whatever suits my mood. Well over 70 blends to pick and choose from.
Currently working on 5 tins, one jar and two 1-pound bags. Oh, and that pouch of Carter Hall.
I TRY to keep it down to one open from each "family" of blends, but it varies,
I TRY to keep it down to one open from each "family" of blends, but it varies,
I only have 2 open at the moment stored in jars, partly because of space issues, partly because of time issues. I have them in the "flip and clamp" style jars with no drying out issues *yet*.
14 mason jars and a tub of Chatham Manor are open although if I get a hankering for something else I will dig it out and open it. Life is short smoke what you want!
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Your question about Mason jars implicates a number of underlying issues. Some smokers cellar their tobacco in Mason jars that they keep sealed until they are ready to consume all of the contents; the reason for this is a belief that aging will improve the tobacco, and knowledge that opening the jar interrupts the aging process and changes the leaf, so that an opened jar when re-opened may not deliver the maximum tobacco experience. Others just keep stuff in Mason jars and enjoy it when they can.
I cannot equal the Cosmic record, but my problem tends to be that if something strikes me as delicious, I smoke it all up. Then again, I do not require high variety in anything, only a high degree of internal complexity (no OGS or LTF here). However, I also have a small army of little jars full of stuff that I intend to try, but they get pre-empted when a tin of Royal Yacht -- and when I say tobacco, this is what I am talking about -- walks right into my office and pops its own lid, shrieking SMOKE ME in an adorable pixie voice. Look, there goes another. I'll get to them all eventually, I hope.
Your question about Mason jars implicates a number of underlying issues. Some smokers cellar their tobacco in Mason jars that they keep sealed until they are ready to consume all of the contents; the reason for this is a belief that aging will improve the tobacco, and knowledge that opening the jar interrupts the aging process and changes the leaf, so that an opened jar when re-opened may not deliver the maximum tobacco experience. Others just keep stuff in Mason jars and enjoy it when they can.
I cannot equal the Cosmic record, but my problem tends to be that if something strikes me as delicious, I smoke it all up. Then again, I do not require high variety in anything, only a high degree of internal complexity (no OGS or LTF here). However, I also have a small army of little jars full of stuff that I intend to try, but they get pre-empted when a tin of Royal Yacht -- and when I say tobacco, this is what I am talking about -- walks right into my office and pops its own lid, shrieking SMOKE ME in an adorable pixie voice. Look, there goes another. I'll get to them all eventually, I hope.
I break up a pound into four, four ounce jars. I will use up one jar before proceeding to the next, but it takes me awhile to do that. A pound generally lasts me around 5 to 6 months.
I have about 24 blends in plastic tubs that I rotate between. I use the metal humidifier disks to keep them from drying out.
I am inferring from your earlier posts that this is in rotation with other blends.
The classic formula seemed to be five bowls a day, of 3-5g each, which means 105-175g per week, or 4-7 ounces. The 14 oz tub seems to reflect that (1-2 per month for light and heavy smokers respectively).
It wouldn't surprise me if some of the maniacs here went through a pound a month minimum, especially the people who are fortunate enough to require little sleep. A pipe is a great companion to a nighthawk.
I have the same philosophy as Chasingembers. My five drawer dresser is completely full of jars that I am up for opening anytime I get a taste for something. That’s the part I love so much about pipe smoking, I love the variety. I’ve tried to narrow down my rotation but then I thought, why? I have hundreds of more jars and tins and bags in my closet (cellar) that are basically just my back up due to obscurity and rising prices. I’ll also get into those anytime I have a hankering. Life is too short to worry about having too many tins/jars open at once.
27 sitting next to me, jarred up; the jars are in a 3-tier drawer unit -- 3 x 3 jars per 3 drawers. The top drawer contains my Virginia rotation; the middle my Latakia; and the bottom is a mix of OTC, Lakeland, Deer tongue, and so on. Depending on the time of year, and my mood, I'm usually smoking primarily from the top or middle drawers.
I have another 30(ish) jars, crammed in my wife's side-table and hallway bookshelf, that contain treats. These aren't counting the larger jars that I have cellaring 8-16 oz of my favorite bulk options.
I keep a spreadsheet on the lot (as well as my humble cellar tins); I swear, it's not as crazy as it sounds.
I have another 30(ish) jars, crammed in my wife's side-table and hallway bookshelf, that contain treats. These aren't counting the larger jars that I have cellaring 8-16 oz of my favorite bulk options.
I keep a spreadsheet on the lot (as well as my humble cellar tins); I swear, it's not as crazy as it sounds.
No set rotation, but I still have jars from pounds bought years ago. Total of a pound consumed in 5 to 6 months, not necessarily all from the same blend.
A 1.5 inch deep chamber lasts me around two hours if I smoke it with no interruption, and I generally only smoke 2 bowls per day.
In the neighborhood of 15 to 20. When a jar gets below 20 grams, I concentrate on those first (9 currently).
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