I don’t really remember people drying tobacco 12+ years ago when I first got into the hobby either
Is The Air Too Humid For The Flake To Dry?
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It can be.
There have been times when the humidity was so high here that I couldn't get it right.
Try putting a couple of bowls in the microwave for 20 or 30 seconds... When the tobacco is cool it should be drier.
Put the tobacco on a paper towel on top of a small plate, for the microwave.
Edited:
Sorry, I see that you don't have a microwave.
Yep. An oven or hot light will work.
There have been times when the humidity was so high here that I couldn't get it right.
Try putting a couple of bowls in the microwave for 20 or 30 seconds... When the tobacco is cool it should be drier.
Put the tobacco on a paper towel on top of a small plate, for the microwave.
Edited:
Sorry, I see that you don't have a microwave.
Yep. An oven or hot light will work.
Probably in the 1890's too.
I have a couple of antique drying trays that might be 100 years old.
More than likely, "rolling" trays.
Hey man.. you wanna smoke soggy tobacco have at it.
I just disagree that it was always done like that in the past, by everyone.
I'll post a picture later. I ain't talking about the big things that look like a lunch tray. Those are rolling trays.
I'm thinking we need a drying tobacco thread, so we can get to the bottom of this.
If the RH is 90%, how would you expect it to dry by leaving it out in that? Do you not have air conditioning? Nuking it works but it does affect the flavor slightly. Best to let it sit for awhile in an air conditioned environment and dry naturally.
A coffee warmer sounds like a very nice idea
I've never seen a story where Sher!ock was getting ready to solve a case and said "I must first dry my tobacco, then the case will be solved" , never heard CS Lewis mention it in Narnia and Bilbo never once mentions it. I came from the school, if it's dried out, throw it out
Well hell... If Bilbo Baggins didn't dry his tobacco then that proves it.
Maybe it's more common today, but it's certainly not something new. There are records in 19th-century literature of people drying tobacco. In one of the Sherlock Holmes stories, for example, Watson writes that Holmes liked to leave his tobacco drying overnight to smoke it the next morning. For Arthur Conan Doyle to have written that, it's clear that this habit already existed in his time.
Gee thanks for blowing my well researched theory. I stand corrected, but won't believe it myself until I read it written in cursive.
IF you don't have microwave or air-conditioned space, one thought is to put it rubbed out on a plate in the refrigerator. The humidity in the fridge is lower. Check it after 15 or 30 minutes.
Oh great, now we'll have to start "chilling" our tobacco to a perfect 36.5 degrees before smoking.
It's from The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb.
That's portuguese, but the translation is:
Sherlock Holmes was, as I expected, resting in his sitting room, dressed in a bathrobe and reading the personal ads from the Times, while smoking his pre-breakfast pipe, with the leftover tobacco from the previous day, dry and piled up in a corner of the mantelpiece.
As I said, maybe it wasn't as common in the past as it is today, but it's certainly not something 100% new.
For those drying in a microwave... I suggest that you never nuke the tobacco more than 9 seconds, and then leave it in the microwave after it has stopped for a few minutes. You do not want to "cook" the tobacco, but the heated inside of the microwave is all that you need to push the water out.
