How much tobacco do you keep around, put away to cellar?
How Much Cellar Tobacco is Too Much?......or Is It?
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I’ve got around 225 to 250 pounds. That’s probably well more than I’ll need but I’d rather die having dozens of pounds left over than live and run out.
For about five years, I purchased $300 a month, and that was back when prices were cheaper. It was easy just to buy 5lbs of bulk. 1 lb if I wasn’t sure about the tobacco. When I hit 200 lbs, I backed off. I have about 400 lbs now, with half that being homegrown. I still buy, with all of these ltd editions and such.
I probably won’t smoke it all, but whatever I want, has age on it. And, I’ve thrown away stuff when the mood hits.
Is it too much? I am not needing the room, nor is it in anyone’s way. What is too much, only you can answer.
I probably won’t smoke it all, but whatever I want, has age on it. And, I’ve thrown away stuff when the mood hits.
Is it too much? I am not needing the room, nor is it in anyone’s way. What is too much, only you can answer.
It comes down to how much do you smoke. Figure 3 to 4 grams a bowl and multiply that by how many bowls you smoke a month, then multiply by 12.
I aimed for a ten year supply of my favorite blends and pretty much stopped buying about 5 years ago. Since then I've bought maybe 5 pounds of new releases that I wanted to try. My consumption must have gone down considerably because I still have way more than I'm likely to live long enough to smoke.
It's not so much that we want to have X years of supply as that we want to have X years supply of our favorite smokes. The other poundage doesn't count.
I aimed for a ten year supply of my favorite blends and pretty much stopped buying about 5 years ago. Since then I've bought maybe 5 pounds of new releases that I wanted to try. My consumption must have gone down considerably because I still have way more than I'm likely to live long enough to smoke.
It's not so much that we want to have X years of supply as that we want to have X years supply of our favorite smokes. The other poundage doesn't count.
I really did not know what to expect but the hundreds of pounds both surprises and inspires me. A man needs goals.
Coincidentally, I just did a cursory inventory last week. Bulk and tins came in at just shy of 20 pounds, jars perhaps another 10 or so. Obviously puny compared to the lunatics above (not making a differentiation here, as I count myself a lunatic as well, though for slightly different reasons I shall not discuss here), but enough to last me the rest of my life, even if I tripled my current consumption (0-5 bowls per week).
I would normally say that I draw the line at hoarding past the point of what one would reasonably smoke in a lifetime. But if I did that, these lunatics (again, the other ones, not myself) would beat the shit out of me, and steal my cellar, gram by gram. Small price to pay for a forum that, as of three seconds ago, has no initiation ritual(s).
I would normally say that I draw the line at hoarding past the point of what one would reasonably smoke in a lifetime. But if I did that, these lunatics (again, the other ones, not myself) would beat the shit out of me, and steal my cellar, gram by gram. Small price to pay for a forum that, as of three seconds ago, has no initiation ritual(s).
There's a level of insanity involved with most of it. You're betting on living to a ripe old age with a bunch of choices still around when you fall off the twig.
The nice thing about having “too much” is that if I want to show up to a pipe club or gathering, I can toss out some tins that I’ve grown cold towards and enjoy seeing folks get all happy. Or, share a bunch of burley twists that I grew, and show off a tad.
I will still have enough left over to fuel my pyre when the day comes.
I will still have enough left over to fuel my pyre when the day comes.
I new to pipe smoking, but have around 20lbs, will be around 24lbs later this week if USPS comes though on time. I am embracing the insanity.
Haven’t been doing this long enough to compete with some here. I have about twenty pounds total. About half of that spread over four blends that I really, really like. The other half made up of a dozen or so ‘dead end blends’. So called because, though I will smoke them, they are blends that I probably won’t buy again. I don’t know when I will reach the ’thats enough‘ level. Not there yet for sure.
Home grown twists, that is impressive. Family grew small amount of "baccor" in Western NC when I was growing up. Believe they mostly chewed it
I thought I was comfy, but then the Sutliff disaster happened. I can't do shit about it, but it made me feel inadequate in my cellaring.
I’ve been buying for about 3 years now. I’ve got around 70-75 pounds stashed. I plan to keep buying a bit each month, but nothing like I did in 2022-23.
I didn't cellar for aging, I did it to have tobacco when I could no longer justify the cost. All of my tobacco is fair game for smoking.
We all do. It works well enough, until the insanity files a restraining order against us. This is why we are all here.
Too much tobacco is like too much money. No such thing.
I try to buy twice what I smoke. Doesn't always work out, but that's my goal.
I try to buy twice what I smoke. Doesn't always work out, but that's my goal.
Ironically, I grew the burley in Western NC, just outside Hot Springs. We spent a summer in our cabin there and I befriended a tobacco farmer, and learned what I could about burley. It was a lot if fun, hard work, but I have no plans to grow anymore… but, I’ve said that before, ha ha.
I’ve around 375 50g tins in my cellar, and maybe a little less than 10 pounds jarred up, so probably around 50 pounds, give or take. Being on the younger side of things, I try not to worry about not having enough too much, as worrying isn’t gonna do jack.
Although I don't know an exact number, I probably have stashed close to the hundred pound mark or more. still adding to that.
What's too much? Like others have said, that will depend on you and your specific situation.
What's too much? Like others have said, that will depend on you and your specific situation.