How does everybody store pipe tobacco? Do you keep it in a separate humidor only for pipe tobacco?
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Storing pipe tobacco
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Jar it all up using ball mason jars. Pretty sure most of us pipers do this now.
Although, I'm guilty of keeping samplers in their respective baggies until I make the bigger purchases of baccy.
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Although, I'm guilty of keeping samplers in their respective baggies until I make the bigger purchases of baccy.
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Good idea with the mason jars but what about keeping the right humidity?
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AFAIK, it's ok to leave it in the tin until you're ready to smoke it. I would be brutally murdered by my loving wife if I jarred all of my tobacco. Personally, I only jar the ones that come in baggies OR tins that I've opened. Hope that makes sense. Drinking a little beer right now.
Most closed tins are probably fine for years. I have some baggies and open tins in tupperware type containers. If you think some is getting dry, there are small "puck" type humidifiers, you submerge in distilled water, then put with the tobacco. Jars are probably the best way for most opened or bought in bulk. I don't think you want it kept at the same humidity as your cigars. There are several schools of thought on humidity levels.
In my opinion, which is vastly limited, pipe tobacco is stored at far too high of a humidity to smoke.
When I smoked a pipe, I would always leave a small amount of tobacco exposed to air for ten to thirty minutes to make it burn better.
Then again, I never did get the hang of packing
When I smoked a pipe, I would always leave a small amount of tobacco exposed to air for ten to thirty minutes to make it burn better.
Then again, I never did get the hang of packing
+1!!!
Must be. You should see the way my uncle likes his tobacco, nearly bone dry
So I have some pipe tobacco kept in a Baggie inside a cigar box. Smells and feels fresh. Tastes good. Just worried about tobacco bugs. Is this an issue?
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Not sure, I feel like it depends how the tobacco is cured.
Flue-cured is cured with heat so I imagine that would kill any eggs, but im not sure what temperature kills eggs
In the many years I've been dabbling in pipe tobacco, I've never seen any.
8ball
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Yeah, are beetles/bugs even an issue? I never did any research, but have never heard this.
Crack the tin and jar it. I've opened jars from years ago and as moist as I first put it in. Kinda nice to not have to worry about any maintenance.
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Been doing jars for awhile now. I have read mixed reviews on just filling them and keeping them tight - vs - going through the trouble of heating in hot water to create the true seal. I imagine this is only beneficial if you are not planning to open the jar for 5+ years?
8ball
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I've never done the true seal thing, but although I've been piping for 6 years or so, I don't come close to some of these guys in the amount I smoke. I'm lucky to smoke one a day, so I've never long term aged anything. In fact, I think two ounces is the most I've ever purchased of one particular blend. I've jarred some stuff and came back to it a couple of years only to find out that the moisture content is pretty much the same as when I put it in there. Again, I still consider myself a newbie, so I'm not sure on these things.
So what makes pipe tobacco different from The tobacco in cigars? Why would beetles be a problem for cigars and not for pipe tobacco?
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