Why Did D&R Stop Selling Picayune?

[dog_park_piper]

Never heard anything but praise for that one.

Right.

Three Sails get A LOT of praise, for which it should.

 

[North of the Border Piper]

Uh, that one was too heavy for me back then.

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

I just looked up Picayune to find the old thread and was ecstatic to see 1 available 16oz bag on TP. Score.

 

[Jeremiah Johnson]

I just looked up Picayune to find the old thread and was ecstatic to see 1 available 16oz bag on TP. Score.

You lucky bastid!

 

[bobs]

It's all because of the new FTC regulations about tobacco products registration which costs thousands an has an absurd cost because of legal reiterations of title. Each, of which must be registered Another form of government harassment of tobacco smoking taxpayers.

 

[pappymac]

It was claimed pretty fast after my post. After 5 years, It got all crystalized, which was unusual to me, because it was a ribbon, not a flake. Same thing happened to my Stonehenge. But, the Blackpool Fresh is a very nice licorice aromatic. I really liked it fresh. But, with age and the crystals, I expected it to be sweeter, but it lost all flavor, except for a slight sour wet rag taste. I didn't enjoy it.

Also, Tillsbury after five years tastes like dirt, no sweetness, just an earthy "beet-like" flavor. I didn't set back but one tin of this.

I recall a letter from the guy who owns or manages Esoterica that was posted here, where he tells us that we shouldn't age Esoterica. They were not designed for that. Seems like he called people who cellar some funny European word, a slur... tufters? Poofers? I can't remember what it was. Seems like Sable has reposted it, maybe he will chime in.

But, any Esoterica I buy in the future, I will smoke them right away. I do love fresh Penzance, but age does nothing positive to them, IMO. But, you guys setting back bags of this and you guys buying it up... enjoy!! ha ha. YMMV

So, I should take the Penzance I've had in the cellar since 2015 and ship it to Pipestud so he can sell it for an exorbitant price?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

So, I should take the Penzance I've had in the cellar since 2015 and ship it to Pipestud so he can sell it for an exorbitant price?

…or you could send it to me, and I can dispose of it for you properly.

 

[pappymac]

…or you could send it to me, and I can dispose of it for you properly.

But you don't like Esoterica! I couldn't be so mean as to send you something so unsmokeable.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

But you don't like Esoterica! I couldn't be so mean as to send you something so unsmokeable.

No, I don’t like Stonehaven, but my cellar is balls deep in some Penzance and about a half dozen other Esos. Ha ha.

 

[pappymac]

So you’re the one who keeps buying it all!

 

[anotherbob]

It's all because of the new FTC regulations about tobacco products registration which costs thousands an has an absurd cost because of legal reiterations of title. Each, of which must be registered Another form of government harassment of tobacco smoking taxpayers.

FDA not federal trade commission. And if you look at the cost compared to all the other associated costs it's frankly negligible compared to at least the basic and typical market factors. And honestly with Daughters and Ryan they're biggest cost cutting was really more hands on the guy who owned the company was. He supposedly worked directly with farmers cutting out middle men when possible. Which is a lot of work and not something ironically a larger company is going to invest in when they have other blends that have a larger profit margin.
Nasal snuff was already hit with frankly far wider and restrictive registration costs (not per blend but per package too) all that while having a much smaller market (you think there aren't a lot of pipe smokers, way easier to find then snuff takers). I am not saying it couldn't be a factor but for one that blend got cut before any of those costs would have come up. In this case it's more a larger company isn't going to have the same passion for the hobby as a single individual can.

 

[sablebrush52]

Again, the answer to the OP's question is simple. Picayune wasn't a big seller, according to the one person who would know.

 

[anotherbob]

Again, the answer to the OP's question is simple. Picayune wasn't a big seller, according to the one person who would know.

which makes the name apropos.