Confirmed by pipesandcigars and the creator of the blend, Joe Lankford, that the blends will no longer be available in bulk. Regarding the tobacco coming in kakes, most of my mississippi river was in very small chunks and broken up kake, but no solid, well-formed kakes. Plum pudding came in nice slices given it's a hard tobacco. I'm assuming the shipping had something to do with it. I ordered 8oz tins of both.