Where to Draw the Line on Cellar Size?
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Can never have too much. I have 100+ tins, almost all different with almost no duplicates, and another maybe 75-80 in my wishlist that I haven't even bought yet. Eventually I'll get around to trying them, and I won't like them all, or some will be very similar to others that I like better. I can toss or attempt trade what I don't like.
Regardless, I don't have enough to last 50-60+ more years. What if there's a catastrophe? What if a "Waterworld" happens, what then? Me and them boys, coming to take your tobacco:
Regardless, I don't have enough to last 50-60+ more years. What if there's a catastrophe? What if a "Waterworld" happens, what then? Me and them boys, coming to take your tobacco:
Originally I planned on twice my body weight. Ended up at five times it.
I try and keep from opening a new tin until I have emptied one of my jars.
That being said, the last month or so has been popped tins and nothing from the cellar jars.
THAT being said, I've been hammering those tins that I popped and put into jars.
Soon I shall once again pop tins without guilt.
I am saying all this to say that my rate of consumption varies. Since I have tins of every blend in production that I have had and tried and liked and tins of four or five times of those that I have not tried, I only buy a tin or two a month.
That should last me long enough and like some others have said, I can always sell some.
I'm a bowl a day smoker.
That being said, the last month or so has been popped tins and nothing from the cellar jars.
THAT being said, I've been hammering those tins that I popped and put into jars.
Soon I shall once again pop tins without guilt.
I am saying all this to say that my rate of consumption varies. Since I have tins of every blend in production that I have had and tried and liked and tins of four or five times of those that I have not tried, I only buy a tin or two a month.
That should last me long enough and like some others have said, I can always sell some.
I'm a bowl a day smoker.
I've done some fairly shoddy arithmetic and I've got 15 or so years worth of tobacco stashed away, given my current amount of smoking. Not sure how long I'm gonna live, so it may not be a lifetime supply. I've taken a break from buying for the past couple years, but I think in the next year or two I'll probably make a couple fairly decent sized purchases of my regular smokes and be mostly done with it.
Oh and if you hit something that really jives with your palette, give it a little jar time and or smoke a couple tins of it. If after all that test, it still hits, it's time to cellar that one deep.
I bought what I think will be enough for my lifetime. Relatively speaking, that’s not that much because I only smoke 3 or 4 times a week. I stocked up to avoid any issues with state law changes that could affect online ordering. I still try new blends and limited releases, but I buy a couple of tins now, not 10.
I only draw lines on paper or canvas. When it comes to the cellar, the sky is the limit. In tobacco and pipes, terms like enough, too much, downsizing, and/or excessive, do not exist in my vocabulary.
I do not live in my car, nor a small closet. I live in an actual home, so there is always room for more. Besides, tins and pipes are small things. Just to fill a room, it would take thousands and thousands of pipes. Why would I get rid of any of it?
I do not live in my car, nor a small closet. I live in an actual home, so there is always room for more. Besides, tins and pipes are small things. Just to fill a room, it would take thousands and thousands of pipes. Why would I get rid of any of it?
Draw the Line on Cellar Size...NEVER! If I just sold off my MC stock ( prices are insane-o out there per 4oz tin ) I could retire early and dedicate myself to exploring the rest of the vast cellar 
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Where to Draw the Line on Cellar Size?
I’ll let you know, when I find out.
It's easy to have enough pipes. It's hard to have enough tobacco.
I'd say estimate how much you smoke in a year, multiply that by the number of years you think that you might have left (a bit morbid, I know), and then buy some extra just in case your intake increases.
I'd say estimate how much you smoke in a year, multiply that by the number of years you think that you might have left (a bit morbid, I know), and then buy some extra just in case your intake increases.
Some people have astonishing amounts of tobacco cellared. I've got enough to see me through to the end.
Continue to make purchases within your budget, enjoy the variety, and if things change you'll have more command over how you wish to proceed. Seems like well stored tins retain their desirability.
All thoughtful replies. I feel validated in my cellar. I'm sure some would call it excessive, and others a good start.
The math for is irrelevant for most of the people reading this forum. It’s about desire, not need.
Need was a long time ago. As in my first pipe and tin.
I'm 71 years old. About six months ago I did an inventory of my "cellar" and it was approximately 12 lbs. of tobacco in tins and jars. Considering that I smoke on average two bowls a day, I have more than enough to pass on to my two sons when I leave this mortal world.
That being said, I decided to practice restraint and not buy any new tobacco. A resolution which I broke by purchasing a tin of SPC Plum Pudding Christmas Spirit 2023 and two tins of Esoterica Pembroke a couple of weeks ago.
That being said, I decided to practice restraint and not buy any new tobacco. A resolution which I broke by purchasing a tin of SPC Plum Pudding Christmas Spirit 2023 and two tins of Esoterica Pembroke a couple of weeks ago.
I have enough tobacco. I've decided to hurry up and smoke as much as I can. It's a race against the clock, who will turn to dust first, me or my fantastic tobacco.