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IHT · 11-09-2009, 10:51 AM

thx for the info.

commonsenseman · 11-10-2009, 01:59 PM

So, I recently tried Irish Flake for the first time. I hated it. I had two tins in the cellar, so I offered one up for trade. The guy who traded me for it also hated it (vrbas). I though wow this stuff really sucks, but I figured I better keep trying it. A few bowls later, after deciding it smoked better folded than rubbed out, I started to like it a little. Now I want some more of it. Luckily vrbas still hates it & I'm trading him back for it.

I just find it funny how sometimes I have to "grow into" a tobacco before I really enjoy it. Sometimes I grow out of tobaccos, Kajun Kake for example. Don't really enjoy it anymore. I'm gonna be smarter this time though & keep a tin in my cellar, hoping I'll like it better next year.

Just though I'd share.

Mad Hatter · 11-10-2009, 02:12 PM

Yeah, one of the best things to do with a tin you don't like is to put it on the shelf and revisit from time to time. You never know what might happen.

MarkC · 11-10-2009, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by commonsenseman

I just find it funny how sometimes I have to "grow into" a tobacco before I really enjoy it. Sometimes I grow out of tobaccos, Kajun Kake for example. Don't really enjoy it anymore. I'm gonna be smarter this time though & keep a tin in my cellar, hoping I'll like it better next year.

This is pretty much every Virginia I try for me. I just popped a tin of BBF and smoked a bowl. I think I"m going to like this one; the first bowl was only mildly unpleasant rather than horrendously hideous the way Opening Night and FVF were.

On the other hand, every English blend I try is the greatest tobacco in the world for about a bowl and a half. I keep trying, because I love the smell of the stuff, but I"m beginning to think maybe I just don"t like it.

commonsenseman · 11-10-2009, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by MarkC

This is pretty much every Virginia I try for me. I just popped a tin of BBF and smoked a bowl. I think I"m going to like this one; the first bowl was only mildly unpleasant rather than horrendously hideous the way Opening Night and FVF were.

On the other hand, every English blend I try is the greatest tobacco in the world for about a bowl and a half. I keep trying, because I love the smell of the stuff, but I"m beginning to think maybe I just don"t like it.

I agree about the English blends, I used to think they were the greatest thing ever, now I tend to only smoke them once a week or less.

FVF may need a little time to "air-out", I just popped a new tin last night & it had a somewhat strange smell to it, I'm gonna give it a week or so before I smoke some.

Still haven't tried BBF but I have a tin I've been itching to dig into, I may just have to try some tonight

IHT · 11-10-2009, 02:41 PM

yep, there are some tins that are pretty lame when freshly opened.
i have a tin of Bayou Morning Flake that i opened about 3 months ago. sucked for the first 2 months, but i could gradually see it opening up in flavor as the tobacco dried out. now, it tastes pretty darn good, the flavors aren't muted anymore. just like an overhumidified cigar, the flavors will be muted. exposure to fresher air over time, the flavors will change. <--- don't know if that's what happened to you or not, but i've noticed it in every tin i've opened recently.

juni · 11-11-2009, 02:56 AM

So the other night I decided to re-visit Squadron Leader and this time it was actually pretty good. However, after that I smoked some Marlin Flake and it tasted like nothing at all! Weird...

MarkC · 11-11-2009, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by IHT

just like an overhumidified cigar, the flavors will be muted. exposure to fresher air over time, the flavors will change. <--- don't know if that's what happened to you or not, but i've noticed it in every tin i've opened recently.

I'll bet it is. I'm still too new (read 'impatient') at this sometimes, and I'd probably be better off letting the stuff dry a bit more when first opened. I've got to the point that I roll my eyes when I see a tobaccoreview entry that says "it was a bit damper than I like when I pull it out of the tin", but I still forget in real life, I guess!

Hawnted · 11-11-2009, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Mad Hatter

Yeah, one of the best things to do with a tin you don't like is to put it on the shelf and revisit from time to time. You never know what might happen.

Is it better to jar it or just keep it in the original tin?