I have like 20-30 jars of tobacco from tins that I opened to sample and didn't particularly care for at the time that are sitting in storage with my "cellar" and I have 12-13 blends that are my rotation, for lack of a better term. Some get smoked more than others, but they are my go to smokes. I don't have a ton of room at my place so I had to make a conscious decision to only have that many blends on hand.
How Many Tobaccos in Active Rotation?
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It varies. At the moment I'm on a 2 blend only kick.
Sometimes it's 3 or 4.
I have 10 different blends in my cellar.
Too much chopping and changing about can play havoc with my taste buds.
Less is more.
Sometimes it's 3 or 4.
I have 10 different blends in my cellar.
Too much chopping and changing about can play havoc with my taste buds.
Less is more.
I have 34 open tins that are in jars. I smoke whichever calls to me. My tendency has shifted over time. I tend to stick with a pipe and blend for a while now. A while being a variable amount of time, sometimes two weeks, sometimes two bowls. Initially, it was nothing but variety, different pipe, different tobacco every bowl. Now, I am actively trying to reduce the number of open tins. I think I will get more out of being more focussed.
I have eight, and I can make nine, with a blend of two of them. I am most likely done buying new tobaccos till the end of me.
I too am learning what I do and don’t like. My routine: (as suggested here frequently) I buy 1 oz amounts (2 oz here n there) and then -converting to grams - I use a small scale- put half of that amount into small Mylar bags. The bags I purchased for shorter term use so got 100 bags for cheap on amazon). I then try what is now approx 14 grams of a blend. If I like it great! If not I keep the other 14 grams to store and try again in 6-9 months. systematically I am going thru “straight” tobacco/ blends and aromatics. Not being concerned that I spent to much on a tobacco I won’t re-visit. It is working for me. Plus I find it fun to measure it out and bag it up! Rather relaxing…Kind of a rookie question, but since I only picked up a pipe back in September, what’s a fair number of tobaccos to have in active rotation, esp. while I’m figuring out what I like? I’ve been reluctant to open more than 5-6 for some reason, I guess so as not to have a dozen more unsealed before I’m ready to get to ‘em. ?
Currently 18. I was up to 28 but trying to whittle it down to around 6. With around 140 blends in the cellar to choose from I have to maintain some sort of discipline.
What have I been smoking lately…
Haunted Bookshop
Orlik Golden Sliced
Dunhill DNR
HU Edward G
Pegasus
Rich Dark Flake
1792
MacBaren Vanilla Roll Cake
Other than a few one offs that’s pretty much what I’ve been smoking for the past couple months.?
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Haunted Bookshop
Orlik Golden Sliced
Dunhill DNR
HU Edward G
Pegasus
Rich Dark Flake
1792
MacBaren Vanilla Roll Cake
Other than a few one offs that’s pretty much what I’ve been smoking for the past couple months.?
️I don't really have a "rotation", but I carry 6 blends in my truck and move about in them as the mood strikes me. Less loved ones in the house get sampled from time to time until
I know I don't want them and then I give them away.
I know I don't want them and then I give them away.
If a 2 or or more cycle for any particular blend qualifies as a "rotation," 117. (For some blends, the cycle is shorter). ?
For me, I don’t have a bunch of open tins. I have a bunch of available samples.
Always interesting to see how people manage their habit/hobby. It’s what makes it great - there is no right way, maybe just best or common practices. Enjoy it as you want, and don’t base Your enjoyment off others’ rules.
Always interesting to see how people manage their habit/hobby. It’s what makes it great - there is no right way, maybe just best or common practices. Enjoy it as you want, and don’t base Your enjoyment off others’ rules.
I hate clutter in the antique desk which holds my active pipes and tobacco. So, no more than 5 or six tins at once. If a tin goes too long without use i might rehydrate it but, more often, out it goes.
With our prices on tobacco in europe,and regulations on import I avoid making shots in the dark'so I'm relying on dependable ones and will keep no more than 3 to (max)4 open at time
I used to keep 6 - 8 jars in my rotation, but I found that I get more enjoyment out of smoking through a tin of something and getting to know it well. So now I only keep two jars in my rotation. A straight Virginia (my primary smoke) and a second jar of something I will occasionally dip into. Right now, I have John Cotton's Double Pressed Virginia as my primary, and Arango Balkan Supreme in my secondary jar. Everything else (jars, tins, and mylar bags) stay in my cellar until I finish my current jars. I have enough tobacco at this point to last out my life, so I have to really resist TAD when it happens.
Two, I prefer keeping a narrow focus so I can find out as much as possible of the nuances of the blend in different pipes. It also means that my cellar ages longer, I currently have a four year old 1792 flake and a five year old Star of the East flake on the go.
As I only smoke a few of bowls a week having any more open tins would worry me, even opening my jars more than I need too makes me anxious.
As I only smoke a few of bowls a week having any more open tins would worry me, even opening my jars more than I need too makes me anxious.
As a new pipe smoker I’m going through the “I want to try everything phase”. That means about 30 tins opened and then jarred. I’m enjoying the variety and enjoyment is the point for me.
That's about what I have going, but there's no one number for all.Kind of a rookie question, but since I only picked up a pipe back in September, what’s a fair number of tobaccos to have in active rotation, esp. while I’m figuring out what I like? I’ve been reluctant to open more than 5-6 for some reason, I guess so as not to have a dozen more unsealed before I’m ready to get to ‘em. ?
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I am fairly new myself and smoke one bowl a day usually, so figured I'd have a rotation of 3 or 4, changing each day, and then swapping them all out every month. This way I feel like I am giving each tobacco a chance untill I find what I really like. If something isn't doing it for me after a few tries, I just swap that one out for another a bit sooner.
The other thing I am trying is to keep the 3 or 4 in active service different types of blends (an English, a Virginia/Kentucky etc) to narrow down the sort of tobacco I enjoy the most, and also to keep variety.
So far I am starting to find which blends I look forward to or miss when they are out of action, so it seems to be working for me.
The other thing I am trying is to keep the 3 or 4 in active service different types of blends (an English, a Virginia/Kentucky etc) to narrow down the sort of tobacco I enjoy the most, and also to keep variety.
So far I am starting to find which blends I look forward to or miss when they are out of action, so it seems to be working for me.