Storage Question

[rdoss16]

Ok so you order a tin of a blend youve never tried. Open it up, have a bowl, transfer the contents into a mason jar. You realize you love this blend and order say 3 more tins. When these tins arrive do you open them and put them into a big mason jar w your already opened tin? or just keep those 3 new tins un opened and on the shelf?
my ultimate question - to open and put in a mason jar, or keep in their individually sealed tins?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Me? I leave them in the tins, but many other members will jar them up, especially if they are in square tins. It really depends on a couple of factors; how long you intend to keep them stored, and how much you trust tins.

 

[Bowie]

Keep the tins unopened on the shelf. The unopened tins can continue to age as you gradually work your way through them. I trust the tins.

I don't even mix bulk tobacco of the same blend purchased at different times. But maybe that's odd.

 

[olkofri]

A jar per tin, even if of the same blend.

 

[logs]

One big jar makes storage easy and if that works best for you, it's probably fine; however you do run the small risk of mold ruining everything you have. Also if aging is a goal, then separate jars or tins is better, since oxygen deprival is the name of that game.

In the end, it mainly depends on how fussy you want to get and what kind of tobacco you're talking about. If it's a tub of Carter Hall or Captain Black, I wouldn't over-think it (although I've seen people jar that stuff too).

 

[scloyd]

my ultimate question - to open and put in a mason jar, or keep in their individually sealed tins?

I keep them in the tins.

 

[spartacus]

I leave mine in the tins. Open them as needed.

 

[Sonorisis]

Keep them in the tins.

-More portable.
-Less weight
-Not fragile
-good for a trade down the line

 

[mingc]

Pop top tins I store as is. Screw top tins and Esoterica bags go unopened into sealed mylar bags. Bulk goes into mason jars or mylar bags.

Stuff in rotation are removed from their original container and kept in mason jars. Exceptions are PPG soaked blends that stay moist through the decades.

 

[bullet08]

i leave'em in tin.

 

[BROBS]

I leave them in the tin.
however some I am starting to think I should jar.
MacBaren VA #1 has transformed into a delicious beast after 2 years in a jar.

 

[Rebub24]

It's all about personal preference and how you want to age your tobacco. Personally I leave sealed tins alone until it is ready to open them. When you transfer tobacco from a sealed tin to a mason jar, you introduce oxygen back to the aging process. When this happens the tobacco will go through Aerobic fermentation until the oxygen has been depleted and goes back into anaerobic fermentation. If you leave the tobacco in the sealed tin then there is no re-introduction of oxygen and the tobacco stays in anaerobic fermentation.

 

[Drew72]

I am sure this has been answered, but upon my search could not find anything--but why are ziplock bags not satisfactory options for storing tobacco? I am new and still learning.

cheers
Drew

 

[BROBS]

A) not airtight
B) will introduce chemicals from the plastic into the tobacco

 

[Bowie]

I am sure this has been answered, but upon my search could not find anything--but why are ziplock bags not satisfactory options for storing tobacco? I am new and still learning.

cheers
Drew

As noted by @BROBS, they are not airtight. Fill a ziplock back with tobacco and leave it in a small closed room overnight. You'll notice how much aroma has leaked out the next morning. Multiply that by weeks of storage and you can imagine the change. But the room will smell nice.

 

[Drew72]

seems like mylar resealable bags are a reasonable compromise between ziplocks and jars. thanks

 

[Elric]

Leave them in the tin if the seal is intact. There is a lot of voodoo going on in that little ecosystem and some of the magic escapes once it's popped.

 

[mso489]

Leaving blends in tins has always worked for me. If I had failures where the blends went powdery or stale, I'd jar them.

 

[Sonorisis]

If you're truly concerned about the integrity of the tins, do what I do, which is to seal the tins in mylar bags. Best of both worlds.