There's a year code, but no month or day part to it, so that 021 doesn't equate to Feb 1st. All you get is the year, and that advanced sometime last fall, likely in September, based on past tracking. The date code works just fine.
I never dated Esoterica, I was always after her sister Erotica!
Okay I guess I get it, still a little confusing lol! Yeah I probably won't open Margate for a little while and I have no Baseline, so if I like it I guess that's all that matters anyway! They did have a bag of Stonehaven, and I'm not a big Burly fan, but I was willing to give it a try based on all the love that was given to that blend. After reading the revised reviews on here by you who are in the know on how some of these blends have changed, and not for the better, I think I'll pass on that one. Would love to hear some revised reviews on Margate and Penzance from Jiminks and others who have smoked past iterations!
That’s a different Esoterica, the stuff made in Burlington, New Jersey on Burlington Island (one of the Jersey Isles, along with Long Beach Island, Peck’s Island, Sedge Island, Ellis Island, Tocks Island and a dozen or more other islands).
I think your tin shows that the A=2016, B=2017, C=2018, etc. theory is unsound. Or that it was true for only a few years.
Covid seemed to throw a wrench in the system, but generally followed this pattern. As someone who has bought from retailers at release for the last 5 years, this is the pattern I saw from Esoterica and Germain...
