Bengal Slices from 2018. Does that look like mold?
Mold?
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That`s one of the worst cases of mold I have ever seen in a tin.
Is the white residue fuzzy or crystalline? If it’s fuzzy it’s mold, if it’s crystalline it’s probably malate salt.
One side looks like it. If it smells awful, then it is mold. It's unmistakable.
That looks to me like plume. Some value this expression. It's said to be crystalized sugar, as I recall.
I was once gifted some old flakes with similar attributes and it was very tasty.
I would look at it under a scope of some sort to see if it was fibrous or crystalline.
I was once gifted some old flakes with similar attributes and it was very tasty.
I would look at it under a scope of some sort to see if it was fibrous or crystalline.
We've jokingly called them Fungal Slices over the years for a reason.
The so-called plume IS mold. It has been demonstrated by cigar smokers for the Friends of habanos forum. If it is crystalline, it is not plume. But whatever the name, if it is crystalline smoke it, if it is not don't! And it honestly looks fluffy=> trash
Just wondering to myself how many people have tossed perfectly fine tobacco due to Sutliffs using of black paper inserts with their casing style. Smoke on!
Well yea, and double extra convinced since you say there is no foul smell. You could always jar it for a few months and see if it spreads, which mold would but this is not. Whatever it is it will not hinder your enjoyment or give you cooties, so why wait.
There’s more of the white stuff on the paper than the tobacco, anyone have thoughts on this?
The fuzz on the paper look a lot more suspect than the white stuff on the tobacco.
Strangely to my eye the stuff on the paper look like mold but the white stuff on the tobacco kind of looks fine...
Life is too short to potentially compromise your health for a tin of tobacco. Plenty of tobacco out there. Toss it!
I agree.
Without a clear closeup of the tobacco “stuff” I’d say mold based on the appearance of the first pic especially.
That’s a good sign, but ultimately it’s your lungs not anyone else’s…