New St. James Flake Box is Full of Plume

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hakchuma

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Jan 13, 2014
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Thought it odd but its definitely plume, not mold.
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simong

Lifer
Oct 13, 2015
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15,280
UK
Not wanting to come across as biased but, I've never had mold on any English/Irish tobacco. Even aged/vintage tobacco. St. James flake aplomb with plume, you lucky man!

 

josephcross

Part of the Furniture Now
Dec 30, 2015
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I just got a couple of boxes of St James Flake earlier this month, and they were full of plume. Delicious stuff.

 

hakchuma

Part of the Furniture Now
Jan 13, 2014
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Crash, no date as I bought the 250g box and there are no digits or stampings on the box of any kind. Would be interesting to know the date though.

 

drennan

Can't Leave
Mar 30, 2014
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Normandy
I've found SG flakes develop plume quicker than most, I wonder if it something to do with their moisture content?

 

josephcross

Part of the Furniture Now
Dec 30, 2015
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Out of the two that I got, one had more plume than the other. The one that didnt have as much was quite a bit drier. I got a tin of SJF about a year ago that had a ton of plume, but the flakes were nearly soggy in comparison to the boxes.

 
Apr 26, 2012
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Washington State
I always love it when I place a tobacco order and the tobacco that shows up has an old tin date on it. Nothing like getting aged tobacco, especially those that have plume on them. The nice thing about the 250g boxes from Samuel Gawith is that they sit around longer than the 50g tins, so there's always a good chance those will have a bit of age on them when they arrive.

 

4noggins

Starting to Get Obsessed
Feb 11, 2013
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Hagley,
Bloom or Plume...either term works. Plume is synonymous with Bloom.

 

mawnansmiff

Lifer
Oct 14, 2015
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Sunny Cornwall, UK.
"Plume is synonymous with Bloom."
I would be interested to know which dictionary makes this reference. Plume and bloom are not synonymous. The word the OP should have used was bloom as Hagley correctly points out.
Regards,
Jay.

 

saltedplug

Lifer
Aug 20, 2013
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I could be wrong, but I don't believe Rich was referencing a dictionary but instead the words as used by those in the tobacco trade.
Also, though SG flake can be moist, SJ is often very moist. I've read on the forums that it smokes better that way, and though I love it, my palate is unable to discern such differences.

 
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