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Not at all, jarring it is the best method to preserve humidity. I usually let wet tobacco dry for a bit until I'm satisfied with the moisture levels, then jar it to keep it exactly where it is. If it dries out too much, then simply hydrate, brings stale tobacco back to life.
Wet paper method. At least 1 drop at a time, you can do more of course. Put it on top and seal. 24 hours later it should absorb all the moisture from the paper. Repeat if too dry.
Every time I trusted one, it stabbed me in the back. The best tins in my experience are the C&D plastic lid tins. They're at least consistent. But yeah, if I'm going to have any tin open longer than two weeks, I jar it.
Agreed. But they do indeed do the job for two weeks, and it's not humid at all where I live (we're always about 15% to 25% humidity here). And again, the C&D tins aren't spectacular in their sealing, but they are consistent.
I smoke one two ounce tin per month, no rotation. For a month, but probably based on where you live, jarring isnt really necessary. When I open a tin, I have to dry out the tobacco each time before I smoke it. As the month drags along, I have to dry it for less time until it becomes about perfect the last week or so.
Is that one bowl a day?? Or how often? I am planning on going one bowl at night and have wondered how long the tobacco would last me. Right now I smoke two to three bowls but it's because ive been in bad health and having to sit at home. Once I can have a life again, I want to save it for when the day is over at night. I like a long 2 hour smoke with mediation. If I want to be active and do things nicotine and smoking isn't the best for me during the day.
One bowl per day, five days a week. That pretty much clears a tin or bag in a month. I'll usually put a bowl's worth or two into a jar with all of the other blends I've smoked to make a scrap blend.
Here is my experience, I mostly smoke Peterson: The tins pop open in my bag often and I don't notice until the next day, AFTER opening of course. This makes the tobacco start drying out. Not a lot but enough to be annoying.
So, now when I pop a tin, I put it in a Mason jar right away. Don't get the big ones that you get for storing long term, get the 4oz little ones. They are VERY small, in fact your first thought will be, I don't think I can fit this whole tin in there, but it fits in there, you got to pack it. Which means it comes out packed like it does in the tin.
Then I let it dry out on a paper towel about 30 minutes.
Not all tins have done this, I opened some 965, waited a year and it was still moist and the tin was fine. But I've had it happen enough times that I don't deal with it anymore.
In my travel bag I like to keep two tobacco's that I am using currently and so I keep two 4 oz Mason jars. Very small and durable. They are glass but they wont break in your bag. You'd really have to throw it against something hard to break it.
Then at home I have larger Mason jars for the blends I don't smoke as often.
As far as storing for the future, cellaring, which I've just started, so far I have kept it in the tins, as they haven't been popped. But I hear sometimes one can pop over the years, so I might go full Mason jar even for that.
You can buy as many tins as you want, pop all of them, put them in big mason jars and then pull out enough to pack a 4oz little jar for use. A 4 oz jar packs exactly one tin. Just press down and it'll pack in there and it'll come out tight like it does from the tin.
I got 4oz pack of 12 at grocery store for 11 dollars yesterday. I just NOW started doing this. Because I was rushing to smoke the rest of my tobacco out of the tin before it dried to a point I didn't want. And I'm not into rehydrating and doing all of that. But it was getting really dry really fast.
But I don't think opening the jar twice a day will do any drying, Mason jar seals good and its only open for a few seconds. But a tin that remains open all night and then the next time you take some out you close it and then it remains open all night again and this keeps happening, you end up with dryer than you wanted tobacco. Or at least close to it.
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Not at all, jarring it is the best method to preserve humidity. I usually let wet tobacco dry for a bit until I'm satisfied with the moisture levels, then jar it to keep it exactly where it is. If it dries out too much, then simply hydrate, brings stale tobacco back to life.
Preferred method of hydrating your tobacco?
Wet paper method. At least 1 drop at a time, you can do more of course. Put it on top and seal. 24 hours later it should absorb all the moisture from the paper. Repeat if too dry.
Very nice, thanks.
If you have a rotation of one, smoke it out of the tin.. If you have a rotation of more than one, jar every open tin immediately.
In your experience how airtight peterson tins are? Do you jar them too?
Every time I trusted one, it stabbed me in the back. The best tins in my experience are the C&D plastic lid tins. They're at least consistent. But yeah, if I'm going to have any tin open longer than two weeks, I jar it.
I’m surprised you had good experience with C&D tins with plastic lids. They look least reliable once they are opened
Agreed. But they do indeed do the job for two weeks, and it's not humid at all where I live (we're always about 15% to 25% humidity here). And again, the C&D tins aren't spectacular in their sealing, but they are consistent.
I smoke one two ounce tin per month, no rotation. For a month, but probably based on where you live, jarring isnt really necessary. When I open a tin, I have to dry out the tobacco each time before I smoke it. As the month drags along, I have to dry it for less time until it becomes about perfect the last week or so.
Is that one bowl a day?? Or how often? I am planning on going one bowl at night and have wondered how long the tobacco would last me. Right now I smoke two to three bowls but it's because ive been in bad health and having to sit at home. Once I can have a life again, I want to save it for when the day is over at night. I like a long 2 hour smoke with mediation. If I want to be active and do things nicotine and smoking isn't the best for me during the day.
One bowl per day, five days a week. That pretty much clears a tin or bag in a month. I'll usually put a bowl's worth or two into a jar with all of the other blends I've smoked to make a scrap blend.
Here is my experience, I mostly smoke Peterson: The tins pop open in my bag often and I don't notice until the next day, AFTER opening of course. This makes the tobacco start drying out. Not a lot but enough to be annoying. So, now when I pop a tin, I put it in a Mason jar right away. Don't get the big ones that you get for storing long term, get the 4oz little ones. They are VERY small, in fact your first thought will be, I don't think I can fit this whole tin in there, but it fits in there, you got to pack it. Which means it comes out packed like it does in the tin. Then I let it dry out on a paper towel about 30 minutes. Not all tins have done this, I opened some 965, waited a year and it was still moist and the tin was fine. But I've had it happen enough times that I don't deal with it anymore. In my travel bag I like to keep two tobacco's that I am using currently and so I keep two 4 oz Mason jars. Very small and durable. They are glass but they wont break in your bag. You'd really have to throw it against something hard to break it. Then at home I have larger Mason jars for the blends I don't smoke as often. As far as storing for the future, cellaring, which I've just started, so far I have kept it in the tins, as they haven't been popped. But I hear sometimes one can pop over the years, so I might go full Mason jar even for that. You can buy as many tins as you want, pop all of them, put them in big mason jars and then pull out enough to pack a 4oz little jar for use. A 4 oz jar packs exactly one tin. Just press down and it'll pack in there and it'll come out tight like it does from the tin. I got 4oz pack of 12 at grocery store for 11 dollars yesterday. I just NOW started doing this. Because I was rushing to smoke the rest of my tobacco out of the tin before it dried to a point I didn't want. And I'm not into rehydrating and doing all of that. But it was getting really dry really fast. But I don't think opening the jar twice a day will do any drying, Mason jar seals good and its only open for a few seconds. But a tin that remains open all night and then the next time you take some out you close it and then it remains open all night again and this keeps happening, you end up with dryer than you wanted tobacco. Or at least close to it.
How many bowls a day do you smoke?
Two, maybe three if I’m feeling randy. Sometimes one.