Because I'm disabled and can't drive. I don't smoke enough to get my money's worth renting a PO box anyway.
Thriving in the Upcoming Tobacco Apocalypse
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I get my bulks at Cigar Daddies, so far I've only ever gotten tins at Cargo Hold but next time I might check out the bulks. However most likely I'll be buying the stuff STG axed that I want to try.
This is super astute and basically (sadly) the conclusion I've come to as well. It's a weird market too because with all the variety that's pushed you think it's larger than it really is/growing when it's actually probably just a smaller niche of guys growing their spending enough to basically maintain the size in the end. Between that and the cellaring craze I think we've had an "Ersatz Renaissance" or a dead-cat bounce of the market over the last 5-10 years that's about to come due.
I started piping about 15 years ago and basically I noticed coming into it with still a bunch of good old brands, then McClelland. They were the big story but there was also the lane and middleton acquisitions/downsizing too. Then we had a bit of a bounce.. but it was really just the few firms left flooding the market with tons of new mixes of old things (the shit-ton of sutliff and C&D limited/seasonals).
Now we're again only seeing yet another big domino fall in that inevitable chain. It's the same thing with the rest of the economy. Between the inflation, demographic and cultural changes, etc... we truly are perched atop an ever faster melting ice flow, I'm afraid.
Or 82nd Ave Tobacco and Pipes
400 SE 82nd Ave, Portland, OR 97216
I'm sorry to hear you can't drive. A friend in Oregon is the way to go, though.
) If I'd had to pay those prices.
It's still open but but with traffic it can take a long time to get there, I'm seldom in the Tacoma area.
Yep I'm visiting those two and House of Calabash next time I'm in Portland whenever that may be.
Rest on my laurels, never worry about running out of tobacco to smoke and chew, wish I could be around to see and smell the memorial bonfire after my passing.
I started with the Captain and if I end with the Captain so be it
Haha, very poetic
For me it was my Grandpa's Middleton Cherry but thanks to the forces that be, after it's discontinuation, I lucked into purchasing the last 34 pouches P&C found in the corner of their warehouses.. delivered to me on the anniversary of what would have been his 90th birthday. A sign from above imo, so thanks to his guiding hand I'm blessed to say the same
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I've never had the aro but I definitely need to some time. I'm not a big aro smoker because I find them frustrating (and just prefer the natural taste of tobacco) but I do intend to revisit them down the road as my smoking technique is more honed.His fine aromatic was my 2nd love as well
Def do when you're able. It's essentially just the original but with a very distinct liqueur top-note. Like any burley forward aromatic it can come in hot but if you find the right pipe/technique to tame it you'll be rewarded with a unique treat like no other.
People can say what they want about the codger blends but the aromatics were damn unique. I can tell SWRA, Half and Half, and Mixture 79 from each other blindfolded. Not to mention from any of the other 5789 aromatics out there that all start to blur together.
I still have three pouches. It’s a fun treat every once in awhile for me.Haha, very poetic
For me it was my Grandpa's Middleton Cherry but thanks to the forces that be, after it's discontinuation, I lucked into purchasing the last 34 pouches P&C found in the corner of their warehouses.. delivered to me on the anniversary of what would have been his 90th birthday. A sign from above imo, so thanks to his guiding hand I'm blessed to say the same
It was stupid-cheap when I got into it, undervalued I’d say. I wasn’t going broke cellar-building. My cellar was built because of the recognized value. Nowadays I’m not so sure I’d go so hard, and just let the cards fall where they may.
When i amassed the majority of mine, most blends were less than $40/pound and two ounce tins were still under $10. I couldn't do it with today's prices.
My cellar is decent. If we couldn’t buy tobacco today I’d be okay for a few decades. But God willing I’ve got another 40 years ahead of me. So I did get a few pounds of both rc1-515 and 507c. Just to help pad it a bit more.
And for anyone who doesn't you can still buy the cigars which is nice, it is still the same tobacco. I love them for when I'm out and about esp. in the woods, but I'm also a dirty pleb who enjoys Black & Mild Original Wood Tips too, so...
But even if you have something against the wrapper you can still field strip them and fill a bowl... not as cost effective but still an option.