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Buying and % of tobacco you smoke and put down to age.
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<blockquote data-quote="alfredo_buscatti" data-source="post: 186939" data-attributes="member: 36"><p>The adage is buy one tin to smoke and one to age. Any blend with a 1/3 VA or more can benefit from age. I've read that while burley and latakia don't age, VA and orientals do. In the first two years of aging VA makes its biggest improvement, but 5 years constitutes a complete aging cycle. After that the pace of aging slows, and although VA can improve for decades, it does so slowly.</p><p></p><p>You can stock your cellar with the intent to age or simply accumulate blends that you know you love. I just added up my store of Dark Plug in my cellar-2100g. Does Dark Plug age-no. But it has been a favorite for many years, and a) I don't know when Mike Rutt won't be able to get it anymore b) I don't know if Gawith-Hoggarth will stop making it or c) if I won't able to afford it.</p><p></p><p>I buy pipe tobacco by the pound and cigars by the box, most often, whether or not I've smoked it. My average of getting tobacco that I like is about 90%. Tin prices are high and pounds, comparatively, are cheap. For cigars I need to smoke at least five to get an idea of what they're like; that's $40-$50, which is 1/4-1/3 of box. If I had the money I'd smoke a tin or 5 cigars before making the bigger purchase.</p><p></p><p>Thus it makes no sense to me to buy 150g from 3 tins when for the same price I can buy 264g or 8 oz.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alfredo_buscatti, post: 186939, member: 36"] The adage is buy one tin to smoke and one to age. Any blend with a 1/3 VA or more can benefit from age. I've read that while burley and latakia don't age, VA and orientals do. In the first two years of aging VA makes its biggest improvement, but 5 years constitutes a complete aging cycle. After that the pace of aging slows, and although VA can improve for decades, it does so slowly. You can stock your cellar with the intent to age or simply accumulate blends that you know you love. I just added up my store of Dark Plug in my cellar-2100g. Does Dark Plug age-no. But it has been a favorite for many years, and a) I don't know when Mike Rutt won't be able to get it anymore b) I don't know if Gawith-Hoggarth will stop making it or c) if I won't able to afford it. I buy pipe tobacco by the pound and cigars by the box, most often, whether or not I've smoked it. My average of getting tobacco that I like is about 90%. Tin prices are high and pounds, comparatively, are cheap. For cigars I need to smoke at least five to get an idea of what they're like; that's $40-$50, which is 1/4-1/3 of box. If I had the money I'd smoke a tin or 5 cigars before making the bigger purchase. Thus it makes no sense to me to buy 150g from 3 tins when for the same price I can buy 264g or 8 oz. [/QUOTE]
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