Tobacco Taste in Short Term Storing

[Jonas T Perrin]

So I bought cobblestone hunting about six weeks ago and fell in love with it. To me, it has one of the best lemon citrus Tangy elements to a blend. But what I’m asking is I only smoke it about once or twice a week and then put it back into the mason jar. I packed a bowl and smoked it today and it completely tastes different. The tang is gone and now it taste more like a dark fired. Is there something that I’m doing wrong storing my tobacco or is this normal?

 

[Piping Abe]

Everytime you pack a bowl, the components are distributed differently. You may get more chunks of burley in one bowl and then more virginia the next. Also the shape of the bowl will make that blend smoke differently. I usually find a pipe that works best for each blend and stick to that.

 

[Jonas T Perrin]

Everytime you pack a bowl, the components are distributed differently. You may get more chunks of burley in one bowl and then more virginia the next. Also the shape of the bowl will make that blend smoke differently. I usually find a pipe that works best for each blend and stick to tha

Everytime you pack a bowl, the components are distributed differently. You may get more chunks of burley in one bowl and then more virginia the next. Also the shape of the bowl will make that blend smoke differently. I usually find a pipe that works best for each blend and stick to that.

roger that! Yeah that last part I need to get better about. I think I always have too much fun looking at my collection and picking stuff out like I’m in a store etc

 

[FLDRD]

Happens all the time to a greater or lesser degree...
Your own body chemistry (food, drink) varies enough to create some of the differences that alter flavors...
also the humidity
also the temp
and a whole lot of mystery variables
So, normal: and you will learn what some of them are, what you can control, and when to grab a different blend when it's not tickling your fancy.

 

[Jonas T Perrin]

Happens all the time to a greater or lesser degree...
Your own body chemistry (food, drink) varies enough to create some of the differences that alter flavors...
also the humidity
also the temp
and a whole lot of mystery variables
So, normal: and you will learn what some of them are, what you can control, and when to grab a different blend when it's not tickling your fancy.

So my thing that happened was. I was tabling with the hobby then I got really serious and bout about 100 blends in a couple months and have about 55 mason jars with just under 2 ounces or an ounce left and I smoke a different blend almost everyday. I’m feeling like I shouldn’t have so many daily use jars at a time?

 

[Grangerous]

It’s perfectly normal. The tobacco likely hasn’t changed and as others have said, its the variables.

It’s not the same as enjoying your favorite cigar. Pipe smoking is very strange in that regard.

I reach for Granger 80 percent of the time and although I know what to expect, I always have it in the back of my mind that it’ll be one of those flavor rich sessions that keep us smiling and coming back.

More often than not, it’s just plain good. But when the stars and planets align, ahhh those hours are simply the best.

On edit: If I may make a suggestion - allow a time when you can relax completely and don’t try to find flavor. Just make the pipe a background to your reading or writing or just thinking. It’s those times that the flavor finds me.

 

[kcghost]

The problem with leaving a pipe tobacco in a container that you smoke out of over a lengthy period of time is an annoying habit tobacco sometimes has is the loas of the original flavor.

 

[bullet08]

Shape of the chamber, not the bowl. Mix the blend well before smoking, but there will always be some difference. But not to a degree that you would think it's completely different. If it was topping, it might have lessen while in the jar. A month or two in a jar can improve a blend. Some Va/Per will really bring out dark fruit in that time.

 

[Jonas T Perrin]

It’s perfectly normal. The tobacco likely hasn’t changed and as others have said, its the variables.

It’s not the same as enjoying your favorite cigar. Pipe smoking is very strange in that regard.

I reach for Granger 80 percent of the time and although I know what to expect, I always have it in the back of my mind that it’ll be one of those flavor rich sessions that keep us smiling and coming back.

More often than not, it’s just plain good. But when the stars and planets align, ahhh those hours are simply the best.

On edit: If I may make a suggestion - allow a time when you can relax completely and don’t try to find flavor. Just make the pipe a background to your reading or writing or just thinking. It’s those times that the flavor finds me.

I like this a lot. To that last part. I do not have to many options expect when I’m in the car I suppose. It most has to be planned out due to living in an apartment. But I get what you mean. Also took some advice and changed the pipe up a could different times then went back to the original pipe I was smoking it in and that made a huge difference

 

[Jonas T Perrin]

The problem with leaving a pipe tobacco in a container that you smoke out of over a lengthy period of time is an annoying habit tobacco sometimes has is the loas of the original flavor.

Yeah I felt this part a lot. It has happened to me with some PS navy Flake where it lost a lot cuz I had an 8oz jar I was grabbing from. This time felt different

 

[Jonas T Perrin]

Shape of the chamber, not the bowl. Mix the blend well before smoking, but there will always be some difference. But not to a degree that you would think it's completely different. If it was topping, it might have lessen while in the jar. A month or two in a jar can improve a blend. Some Va/Per will really bring out dark fruit in that time.

Seems like the pipe I switch it up on had something to do with it. I’m back to the original pipe and is more like before but not all the way so makes me think it was the shape of the pipe and also the tobacco taking a breath for the month purhaps

 

[lukasstrifeson]

Looks to be a pretty new offering by Sutliff.

Assuming its an aromatic, I'm guessing it's also possible the topping is just dissipating a bit after cracking the tin/jarring it.

 

[Jonas T Perrin]

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Looks to be a pretty new offering by Sutliff.

Assuming it’s an aromatic, I'm guessing it's also possible the topping is just dissipating a bit after cracking the tin/jarring it.

It a VA/Per/Bur with that VA/Per citrus tang going on. I had gotten a suggestion about pipe shape and that ended up helping but also like what you said the initial flavor just Settled a bit

 

[bullet08]

Seems like the pipe I switch it up on had something to do with it. I’m back to the original pipe and is more like before but not all the way so makes me think it was the shape of the pipe and also the tobacco taking a breath for the month purhaps

The shape has nothing to do with it. The tobacco is contained with cylinder shaped chamber within the stummel. Outer shape is just the cosmetic. Of course, some chambers are cone shaped. You will have to remember, the different dimensions of that chamber will give off different characters. Some notice, some don't. Also the material being used for the pipe stummel is natural material, none will be exactly identical. Also drilling will not be identical from one pipe to another. This results in possibly perceptible difference in smoking characteristics between pipes.

 

[elvishrunes]

I’ve been smoking over a decade, and just noticed that this spring…. I had noticed years ago whiskey tastes different almost everyday and that’s more about taste buds, because it’s the same stuff from the same bottle with the same age, different day.. However oxygen changes a bottle over time, hence “let it breathe”.

But I got some nightcap and first smoke was 60% sweet 40% bitter Smokey, the next bowl 60% bitter Smoke, 40% sweet, and ever since about 50/50. So as mentioned above it is a different proportion in the blend that day, and your tastes that change the experience…. I’ve since started noticing that difference in other blends too.

 

[jpmcwjr]

So I bought cobblestone hunting about six weeks ago and fell in love with it. To me, it has one of the best lemon citrus Tangy elements to a blend. But what I’m asking is I only smoke it about once or twice a week and then put it back into the mason jar. I packed a bowl and smoked it today and it completely tastes different. The tang is gone and now it taste more like a dark fired. Is there something that I’m doing wrong storing my tobacco or is this normal?

Keeping a pipe where it can't get fresh air is a no-no.

 

[PipeIT]

Let’s not forget ‘Drying Time’.

Straight from tin, dried a little or a lot, etc., it can all vary slightly too.

Also packing, and how much you lit the tobacco, torched it in a big glowing ember, or barely lit, and how you puffed, slow fast, big little sips, etc...