I’ve been digging around on here for several weeks now and found so many helpful tips, hints, and tricks of which I’m thankful and indebted to all of you that have been so kind as to have contributed. I know this has been covered before but just enthuse me and answer again please. I have several 10 gram WoS tins that have dried out on me and although I am fairly confident as to re-hydration methods, I want to know some ways to help keep this from happening again. I feel silly decanting 5-10 gram tins into baby food jars as it seems like a waste of space. My 25 gram tins are already decanted, which seems more natural. Can I put them in zip-lock baggies? And how long will they keep like that? I have a poschl and Bernard tap box that I keep in baggies if I’m not carrying them. I don’t keep toasts in anything as they are bone dry anyhow, and F&T and Toque lids seem to seal pretty good without keeping them in anything (correct me if I’m wrong). But the question is, how long will they keep in this manner?
Electrical tape the lids and put them in separate ziplocs. Keep them out of direct sunlight
I would pick two. Leave the rest alone. Rehydrate the two an then snuff until nearly empty. Have two more rehydrating and ready to use as soon as you finish the first two. Before you are finished the lot, reorder. But only reorder as many tins as you can handle without rehydration. Order some favorites in bulk and keep airtight. Remember, tins are for sampling or short term use. Bulk is for long tern snuffing. I know there are a lot of snuffs to sample, just use restraint when ordering.
Great advice @ Xander . Sounds like it’s coming from someone that has been there before.
I have over year old 25gr tin toque quit and there still fresh ammonia. I have kept it only in desk drawer without any jar or bag. In WoS tins and others i use elctrical tape. I tried once to use jar and noticed that my cafe eleven and few others got moldy. Sorry my bad finnish rally-england
WoS always recommend their snuffs are kept in the refrigerator. English snuff is now going to such a wide variety of destinations - as opposed to mostly the UK pre-internet (which is one giant fridge anyway) - that I think every opened can of whatever brand should be refrigerated and sealed as tightly as possible.
I find myself decanting my snuff’s out of the tins into air tight jars, however, I rarely decant scotches. The jars then go into small 6 pack sized insulated coolers by snuff variety (one for medicated/menthols/mint, one for florals, one for scotches/toasts/good ol’ tobbacy flavor). Think I picked up the cooler idea from one of Chefdaniel’s posts when I was simply a lurker on the forum. They do a good job at keeping consistent temp, light out, and are handy if I am on the go for an extended time (few days+)… just grab the snuff cooler by the handle and go. If something needs rehydrating, the bottle cap filled with water method set in the jar/tin overnight or a day works fine for me the few times I’ve had to.
And don’t keep snuff longer as 2 years. Like with vegtables, the nicotine wanders into nitrosamines that are dangerous for you.
One thing to consider regarding refrigerating snuff; Glass and metal will produce condensation the minute you take such materials from the fridge to room temperature and may apply unwanted moisture to your snuff. Plastic seems to produce much less condensation, for this reason I use small tupperware boxes for the fridge.
And don’t keep snuff longer as 2 years. Like with vegtables, the nicotine wanders into nitrosamines that are dangerous for you.
Unless you have a good source for this, I cannot take it seriously.
There is a long tradition, going back to the 18th century at least, of laying snuff down like wine and keeping it for decades. It can be kept indefinitely if it is stored in such a way as to stop it from drying out or being contaminated. There was even a commercial blend made for Frederck Tranter by Wilsons that was aged for five years before it was sold - I had some of that myself and kept it for over thirty years before giving it to Roderick Lawrie who reported that it was excellent. I still have several snuffs that are over thirty years old and are perfectly good. Lots of snuff bought ‘new’ will be near or over two years old anyway given that it get’s made, matured, shipped, warehoused, stored and then hangs around waiting to be sold. Apart from anything else, all serious collectors have snuff older than two years and use it without any problems.
I’m sure someone quoted a line out of a movie where a Georgian era gentleman talked about inheriting a hundredweight of snuff from his father. I doubt he kept it in the fridge, either. Maybe a cool cellar.
I’m sure someone quoted a line out of a movie where a Georgian era gentleman talked about inheriting a hundredweight of snuff from his father. I doubt he kept it in the fridge, either. Maybe a cool cellar.
It was the film Waterloo. Linky.
I think @Salmiak may referring to snuss which is non-carcinogenic unless unrefrigerated then it can last up to 2ish years before carcinogens become present; considering the fact that snuff in (American)English can mean nasal snuff or oral use dips, there might be a translation glitch, perhaps?
@havregryn @Ivan I read it on the internet some years ago, can’t track exactly where that part of the tobacco wanders into nitrosamines. Think it was a Pubmed article. Vegetables ánd tobacco have this property. Speaking for myself, I enjoy nasal snuff preferably fresh so I don’t keep a lot on stock at home.