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<blockquote data-quote="KevinM" data-source="post: 436390" data-attributes="member: 2318"><p>What you're doing To hydrate your desiccated stash is fine, but an alternative I use is as follows -- get one of those "spritzer" bottles, some distilled water, and borrow a colander from the kitchen. Put the dry tobacco n the colander, set the spritzer on the lightest setting and spritz a very small amount in a "fog cloud" over the tobacco, allowing the fog to settle on it like dew. Do not spritz the tobacco directly; you don't want to even come close to saturating any part of it. Before tucking the tobacco into a Mason jar, toss it a bit, like a salad, to sort it out evenly. Then let it sit in the jar for a few weeks. I've found the flavor and smoothness of overly dry tobacco can be recovered with this method. For short-term rehydration of small quantities, the Atmos disks have worked well for me. To rehydrate a pipeful of tobacco, just breathe into the full bowl before lighting, though this should only be done privately, since it can cause friends to display their sixth grade sense of wit. I have a suspicion that the aversion to using tap water may only apply to long-term storage. My understanding is that tobacco should not be hydrated if it is going to be aged, though others may disagree. My experience with hydrating aged tins is that the spritzer method works fine and allows more control than the alternatives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KevinM, post: 436390, member: 2318"] What you're doing To hydrate your desiccated stash is fine, but an alternative I use is as follows -- get one of those "spritzer" bottles, some distilled water, and borrow a colander from the kitchen. Put the dry tobacco n the colander, set the spritzer on the lightest setting and spritz a very small amount in a "fog cloud" over the tobacco, allowing the fog to settle on it like dew. Do not spritz the tobacco directly; you don't want to even come close to saturating any part of it. Before tucking the tobacco into a Mason jar, toss it a bit, like a salad, to sort it out evenly. Then let it sit in the jar for a few weeks. I've found the flavor and smoothness of overly dry tobacco can be recovered with this method. For short-term rehydration of small quantities, the Atmos disks have worked well for me. To rehydrate a pipeful of tobacco, just breathe into the full bowl before lighting, though this should only be done privately, since it can cause friends to display their sixth grade sense of wit. I have a suspicion that the aversion to using tap water may only apply to long-term storage. My understanding is that tobacco should not be hydrated if it is going to be aged, though others may disagree. My experience with hydrating aged tins is that the spritzer method works fine and allows more control than the alternatives. [/QUOTE]
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