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JohnnyCashFan
09-27-2005, 11:25 PM
I have never smoked a pipe in my life, but reading this forum has piqued my curiosity, and just out of that, I was wondering, how does one store pipe tobacco? In a humidor? In a jar?
Sorry. I know absolutely nothing about pipes.
Interested, though.
croatan
09-27-2005, 11:30 PM
It doesn't require the same attention that cigars do. You can store it in ziplocks for quite a while. Also, if it ever dries out, it's really easy to rehumidify--just add a little distilled water. I keep some in ziplocks inside of tupperware containers, some tins inside tupperware, some in ziplocks and tins inside of a humidor, and some just lying randomly around my living room. Long term aging takes a little more thought but, in my experience, the tobacco will stay good for quite a few years with pretty much no effort on your part.
JohnnyCashFan
09-27-2005, 11:33 PM
Is it like the tobacco in cigars that gets better with age? Or does this not apply because it is loose tobacco? Are aged blends particularly sought after, or is it a non-issue with pipe tobacco?
croatan
09-27-2005, 11:48 PM
There are some aged blends that are sought after (Balkan Sobranie comes to mind) but I don't think that, generally, people focus on it like they do in relation to cigars.
Going off of the aged tobaccos I've smoked, I would say that they definitely improve with age--the flavors "meld" and tend to be smoother, imo. I've heard that certain tobaccos have different shelf lives--I believe that I was told that a latakia blend will not last as long as a Virginia, for example (of course, we're talking about 25 years versus 40 years, so take it for what you will).
madurofan
09-28-2005, 12:04 AM
I usually store mine in Ball (mason) jars. IMHO, some blends do mature nicely, usually those that contain a large amount of "spice" tobaccos (perique, orientals, latakia). The better quality tobaccos usually don't have any PG and will dry out if left open. Croatan's right about re-humidifying , couple of drops of water and your done.
EnyafanJT
09-28-2005, 12:48 AM
it is a well known fact that straight virginias have a high sugar content and therefore do get better with age. i remember the old mccranies red ribbon actually had sugar crystals on the tobacco and it was straight tobacco. so yes some tobaccos do age very well.
call-of-the-weird
06-06-2008, 04:34 PM
This is what I store my tobacco in:
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Blaylock
06-06-2008, 05:40 PM
... Check out Ebay for competitive prices!
Good containers but I don't think it'll help the OP, Johnnycashfan.
His last visit here was April 2006. :D
Good to see new pipe forum members going back and reading old posts though! That's what I like to do.
call-of-the-weird
06-06-2008, 05:44 PM
Good containers but I don't think it'll help the OP, Johnnycashfan.
His last visit here was April 2006. :D
Good to see new pipe forum members going back and reading old posts though! That's what I like to do.
LOL! Didnt realise the post was THAT old.
Still learning... :D
Blaylock
06-06-2008, 05:53 PM
No problem brother. You pulled up some threads from '05 and when I looked at the OPs' names , I said to myself "damn, who are these guys?"
I didn't recognize the names and I'm on here everyday! :)