Opening the Jar

[Douglas]

Bottom line for me: enjoy yourself and take what works for you and use it, keep an open yet practical mind, and realize that what you like/do now will probably be different down the road a ways.

Me too.

 

[mr_future]

Thank you all for the advice - this forum is phenomenal. As a result of your answers, I will distribute two ounces of Balkan Supreme into two 4 oz jars, since I don’t want to commit to smoking all of it in the same period of time.

 

[Hutch Piper]

I think some overthink it. There seem to be all sorts of differing opinions about this topic. At the end of the day it is tobacco we are talking about and the intended use is to smoke it.

 

[mr_future]

Ok, take home lesson is to smoke the tobacco. On a side note, with the Balkan Supreme all I could smell at first was the campfire. But after emptying the bigger jar, there was a spectacular scent left behind. Like leather, chocolate, and flowers or something but better. Really looking forward to trying that out.

 

[chumleeroy]

If I smoke a blend after it’s been sealed for 5 years it’s 5 years old. If I open the jar again in 7 days to smoke it it’s not a 1week old blend.

I don’t see how the time would stop with a fresh gust of air when you open it. It’ll age differently than if it were sealed the whole time, but I can’t imagine it’s a huge difference for the average smoker.

I agree with this, also so.e blenders don't put their tins under vacuum when tinning it up

 

[Snook]

Whatever process that was going on stops once the lid is opened and new air gets in. Therefore at that point, aging stops. No, that doesn't mean it will go back to seed before being planted.

You're telling me that every time I open a jar to sniff it, I've just been sabotaging myself?

 

[bullet08]

You're telling me that every time I open a jar to sniff it, I've just been sabotaging myself?

Yes. But it won't kill the tobacco.

 

[RPK]

So, if I understand this correctly, each day I wake up and go outside and take in some fresh air I'm not aging ?

Thanks, that made my day !

 

[Pipke]

You're telling me that every time I open a jar to sniff it, I've just been sabotaging myself?

No you haven't. The aging process stops because you let the mystical modern pipe smoker genie out of the bottle. Of course, it starts back up again after you close the lid. Lot's of faulty logic and myth surrounding aging tobacco in a mason jar - learn more myth on You Tube.