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Hi all,
Newbie question with regards to storage:
I bought a number of tins 3 years ago and opened straight away for a whiff (criminal I know!).
Unfortunately I have only had a few bowls out of each and didn't bother putting them in mason jars straight away. (My thinking was: see what I like and only jar those ones).
Anyway life happened and due to various reasons, I have only been able to have a few bowls from each tin over the 3 year period.
Is it case that tobacco has no shelf life and I should just check them over/rehydrate and carry on smoking them/Jar them now.
or
Should I throw them away?
Cheers
If you'd like to smoke them, I think rehydrate and if you get a satisfying smoke, jar it up.
So long as they don't show signs of mold or anything, they haven't gone "bad" per se. My understanding is that tobacco that's stored unsealed has two drying stages in a sense. There's the moisture we can really feel in our hands, and then there're the oils. The oils are where you get flavor from, and when the leaf dries up, that's when those oils are vulnerable and dissipate, and those can't be brought back from rehydration. So, tobacco aged in a non-airtight container can lose flavor, even with rehydration. That said, there are so many factors around how long its been and the particular blend in question and so on, I would say rehydrate it, and if you enjoy smoking it, keep enjoying. I've rehydrated tobacco that's been dried out for a while and I don't think it was significantly dulled, and if it was, apparently I didn't have the palate to notice anyway, and at the end of the day, you gotta just trust your experience. Only matters that you're enjoying.
Appreciate the response! Glad to hear that I don't need to just chuck them. Will try rehydrating and see what happens.
I am blessed with a pretty un-sophisticated palate so hopefully wont notice too much 🙂
You got a solid answer, and hopefully will have learned a lesson for the future. No great loss.
If you open a tin and don't smoke it all in a brief time period (I have found about a month) put it in Mason jar(s).
I have blends that have kept a good moisture level for years.
If your going to constantly open the jar break it up into smaller Mason jars so you can smoke through those without the complete dry up.
Just my two cents but it has worked for me for a long time.
