Does anyone have a foolproof method of keeping tobacco moist in a tin?
Tom Blackshaw, Lytham St.Anne's Lancs
- It has been several years since I bought tobacco in a tin (pouches are cheaper ), but the last tin I bought was lined with a polythene bag instead of paper. Folded over after use this kept the tobacco moist. After it eventually disintegrated with repeated use I tried replacing it with ordinary polythene bags but they were no good, not having a flat rectangular base.
S Whibley, Ryton Tyne & Wear
- Many people put a slice of potato in the tin... It certainly works for around a week. A piece of apple tends to do the same but with a slightly more palatable result.
Adrian Clarke, Malvern, Worcestershire UK
- Put a lid on it.
Lee Wright, Nottingham UK
- Wrap a piece of apple in tinfoil, fill it full of pinholes and drop it in your tin.
j owens, london uk
- A piece of apple or failing that potato, the size dependent on the quantity of Tobacco in the tin !?!?!?!
John de Villiers, London UK
- soak your apple piece in rum overnight to give your tobacco a nice flavour.
j owens, london uk
- Don't know about 'tins', but I recall my father saying that a slice of raw potato did the necessary for tobacco 'jars'.
Ronnie Mcmillan, Glasgow Scotland
- Put a little piece of apple, potato or carrot in the tin... apple and carrot also give a nice flavour to the tobacco.
dsutherland, Wick, Scotland
- A small, square centimetre in size, piece of fruit peel (it's up to individual taste whether lemon is preferred over, say, apple) will keep your tobacco moist in a tin. It will even revive desiccated tobacco. Beware, however: the peel will continue its work after optimum moistness has been achieved, and will create the opposite, yet equally undesirable problem of rendering the tobacco too moist. The peel therefore has to be introduced, and removed, at judicious intervals.
Eric Wilson, Bath, UK
- How well it works or not objectively I am unable to say, but a method I remember being used to keep tobacco moist in pouches (which are only floppy tins in principle) was to put either a piece of potato or a piece of apple in with the tobacco.The theory was that the moisture in the potato would gradually be absorbed by the tobacco over time. After a week or so, the potato was certainly somewhat dehydrated - and very grubby.Using a piece of apple was supposed to impart a fruity flavour to the smoke as well as keep it moist. I'm not sure whether the potato moistened the tobacco directly by contact or kept the air within the pouch saturated. I also remember humidors, sealed jars for storing tobacco, which had compartments in the top in which a sponge soaked in water could be placed. That would indicate that saturation of the air rather than direct contact was the method. I remember as a lad watching fascinated as old men would use a pocket knife to slice an apple for eating: false teeth were the norm and couldn't cope with the crunch. At some point, they would solemnly remove the old piece of apple from their pouch and replace it with a new piece - like some solemn libation.
Robbie Langton, Derby, UK
- The traditional method is a piece of orange peel, although I find that knocking my Guinness over does the same trick.
Bryan Simpkins, Hackney UK
- Add a slice of potato peel (always use the outer peel rather than a slice of the inner potato). This will keep the tobacco fresh for about 7 days, and will also re-moisten dried out tobacco.
Glen, Amsterdam Netherlands
- This is one of those mysteries that smokers the world over have been trying to solve. I tried everything going - A tot of whiskey, slices of potato, bits of apple, you name it. Cherry leaves are quite nice, as they flavour your tobacco a bit as well as keeping it moist for a while. It never really works, though, and your tobacco invariably dries out before it can be smoked. The only solution I discovered that is truly foolproof, is to put the lid firmly on the tin, and never open it again.
Mary Hinge, Bewdley UK
- I just tried this to dried tobacco and it worked great. I placed the tobacco on a damp paper towel and folded it over the towel over the tobacco for a few mins before rolling and it revived the tobacco just fine.
Linda, Grass Valley USA
- lettuce leaf
debra, fort wayne usa
- I fine a chlothespin works just soak it first and then add it to your jar of tobacco. I buy three sails... It is the best tobacco ever!
Cathy, Cocoa Beach USA
- I was nervous about how to keep my bulk tobacco moist, or when to dry get it moist again so i could roll it better. The answer is and worked great... The wet paper towel.. I use the tear to size kind then tear the 1/2 sheet in half, wet towel, squeeze so not dipping then but tobacoo in small freezer or storage bags, quart size, pack bag 3/4 full, slide wet towel on one side over tobacco, push out all air, then when done with smaller bags, put all them in a larger freezer bag, push all air out... Leave overnight, then next day towel is dry, remove it, then fluff the tobacco to mix it in its bag, then reseal, removing all air, and return them to the larger bag, they stay moist, not to moist, and ready for use just like fresh ordered..... And most of all remove towel so it doesn't start to dry out again, and I have never yet had it get to wet to cause molding or bad taste.... Amount of wetness on the towel is dependent on how dry tobacco is, but less is best to start and go from there... good luck.. I settled on Four Aces tobacco, I use the full flavor and the gold package and blend them, then roll them in a Mikromatic hand crack machine using gambler red tubes, 100's, works great and smokes great... good luck
Kirk, Coon Rapids, MN USA
