I've always been one to only buy enough tobacco at a time to last about 6 weeks of smoking and then bought more. Therefore, always left it in the bags it came in without issue. However, am contemplating soon buying another 2 pounds which, combined with the 2 pounds I recently bought, would give me roughly an 8 month supply. So, wondering if the longer term storage that implies would necessitate jarring it up or whether it would fare OK remaining in the bags.I'd prefer not to jar if unnecessary. Thanks for your input.
Tobacco Storage Question
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I'd say that it depends on how wet the tobacco is. Some stay moist and fresh for a long time outside of the jars.
Since there's no information at all on this subject, good question. Jar it. Why do anything different? Or 7 mm mylar bags that you heat seal, not vacuum seal.
Just jar it. Would be a shame to buy tobacco for down the road and once you get to it the tobacco sucks or has lost most of its wonderful flavors.
When you are talking pounds of leaf, I'd expect to jar it. In that quantity, it could easily get sidetracked by something else you've decided to try. Unopened tins I just stack in my stash and they usually do fine.
Did find a number of screw top glass jars laying about the house and so packed the 2 pounds I recently bought but not dipped into yet in them 2 of them were quite large, perhaps 16+ fluid ounces. I recall someone on here claiming a pound would fit into an 8 ounce Ball jar. However, could only get about 3/4 pound in 1 of the large jars. If I do lay in another 2 pounds, will pick up some more screw top glass storage jars.
Mason jars. Tobacco I jarred over two years ago is still moist.
Must be a tight pack embers. I probably only get about 4- 6 oz in that size jar.
Packing it that tight helps with keeping the moisture level for a long time.
And helps the marriage of flavors over time.
Usually thumbs. If my arthritis is giving me grief, I break out the calk gun.?
Will have to try and see how much i can manhandle into the jar on my next order. Not sure my thumbs are strong enough though. My hats off to you embers
Been at it for three decades. I've turned it into either a game of Jenga or Tetris.?
Holy smokes. I had to press like hell just to get 3/4 pound into the large jars I used.
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