How much tobacco in Esoterica 8oz bag?

[ben88]

Out curiosity I put a sealed bag of Dunbar on the scale - 8.5oz.

Somehow I think that heavy foiled bag weighs more than .5oz

 

[danielplainview]

Penzance has an additional plastic tray inside to add to weight. I weighed it out of the bag and tray. It was under 6oz.
Has anyone else weighed Penzance before and after?

 

[3rdguy]

Magic adds 2%?

 

[haparnold]

Come to think of it, "8 oz" of Penzance fits into less Mason jars than other blends I buy of similar cut...
Meaning the price is even more exorbitant.

 

[bluto]

Add 2 oz of water , problem solved

 

[sablebrush52]

They should weigh in a slightly more than 8oz. General practice is to put slightly more in than the given weight. 6oz Penznace? Wow! Is there a hole in the bag that would allow it to dry out?
I just weighed several bags and they all came out at 8.57 oz.
Volume as a measurement of weight is not accurate. The same weight of different cuts can occupy different volumes.

 

[bluto]

The same weight of different cuts can occupy different volumes.

I am wondering , when you guys comment on how wet a tobacco can be in a fresh tin
.. is that the actual 50 grams weight of tobacco and water in the tin ?
If so , upon drying , you end up with considerablely less than the 50 grams you paid for when it’s dried

 

[JimInks]

There was someone on this forum who dried out a tin of FVF, and discovered without all the moisture, it was 50 grams.

 

[snowyowl]

For this discussion, I just opened an 8oz bag of Penzance:

The tobacco and plastic tray, weighed 8.1oz. on my Taylor brand digital scale.

The tray, after tranferring the tobacco to a Ball jar, weighed 0.1oz
So exactly 8oz of Esoterica Penzance tobacco!

 

[bluto]

Is that 8oz in metric ?

 

[ben88]

227g

 

[jpmcwjr]

Just a note from the only guy who seems to have checked the actual moisture on a variety of tobaccos: Esotericas, at least Margate and Penzance, generally have about 90% RH, the highest of any I have measured.
Dave- Was the tobacco dried out perchance? Two ounces short- whoa.....

 

[danielplainview]

@jpm
The tobacco was a little dryer than other batches I’ve had. It was also about 4 years old too. Not dry at all by most standards, but it was for Esoterica. I normally have to dry any esoterica blend before smoking. As for the pinhole theory, it had to be microscopic. I squeezed the charmin before opening it. It seemed to be air tight.
I’ve never bothered to weigh an unopened bag before. I only discovered this because I was splitting a bag with a friend. We both get 2.5 ounces. Ouch!
Yet another reason i jar and seal the bags upon delivery.
@snowyowl

Thanks for breaking the seal in the name of science.

 

[unkleyoda]

I am wondering , when you guys comment on how wet a tobacco can be in a fresh tin
.. is that the actual 50 grams weight of tobacco and water in the tin ?
If so , upon drying , you end up with considerablely less than the 50 grams you paid for when it’s dried

Isn't that the thought behind Tobac Manil and Daughters And Ryan? I saw a video where someone asked Mister Ryan why his tobacco is so dry. He said, "I don't charge you for the water".

 

[jpmcwjr]

There was someone on this forum who dried out a tin of FVF, and discovered without all the moisture, it was 50 grams.

Sounds about right. Surely someone can answer how much H20 is in a 50 gram tin. I'd be surprised if it were more than a gram, even at 80% RH.

 

[danielplainview]

Mystery solved. I must be going senile. I jarred the 8oz bag in 3, not 2 jars. After weighing all of it, it came out to be 7.9 Oz.

 

[newbroom]

Isn't that the thought behind Tobac Manil and Daughters And Ryan? I saw a video where someone asked Mister Ryan why his tobacco is so dry. He said, "I don't charge you for the water".

I think too, that Mark Ryan uses less mold inhibitor because of his dry products.

 

[artvandelay007]

The SG boxes say 250g at time of packaging. Some weight will be lost due to evaporation. This is how everyone does it.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Well, yes, but can no one quantify it?