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This advice article provides you with solutions for properly humidifying and storing your tobacco. You will discover the best storage methods and techniques for rehumidifying tobacco that has become too dry.
Whether through carelessness or lack of knowledge, the damage is unfortunately already done: your tobacco is clearly suffering from dryness, and you do not yet have all the gear of the experienced smoker on hand. Fortunately, there are some simple remedies within everyone's reach that will restore all of its vitality toyour precious tobacco:
Smoking accessories, proper gestures, or grandmother's recipes: all good habits to adopt to always keep the pleasure of smoking perfectly fresh tobacco intact!
All smokers know it: dry tobacco is not only difficult to roll, but it also produces rather unpleasant cigarettes to smoke, which burn too quickly and tend to irritate the throat. It also tends to lose the flavor that gives it all its uniqueness, presenting a more or less altered taste.
How many of us have already wasted and thrown away the bottom of packs thinking that the tobacco had become unsmokable?
Tobacco leaves or cut tobacco are extremely fragile.They fear all environmental factors: heat, humidity, air, and light.
Air that is too dry will quickly evaporate the water contained in the tobacco; therefore, a good relative humidity must be maintained.
Conversely, too much humidity will also harm it. It is therefore necessary to adopt conservation methods and appropriate measures that will maintain an ideal degree of humidity in the long term and allow you to always enjoy the pleasure of flavorful tobacco with perfect texture!
Too dry tobacco is often the dread of smokers of rolled, tube, or pipe cigarettes. How can you properly store your tobacco on a daily basis to prevent it from drying out? Here are several tips that will be useful to help prevent this problem.
First imperative: provide the tobacco with optimal storage conditions from the moment of purchase, so that it retains its freshness from the first days for as long as possible.In this field, the tobacco pouch is a very effective solution against drying out and external aggressions.
Depending on the chosen model, it can also offer a very practical storage space for carrying additional accessories (rolling paper, cigarette filter, lighter...). Functional, it is intended for both rolled cigarette enthusiasts and pipe smokers.
It comes in various models that meet all tastes and all needs:
So many storage options that should of course not be forgotten to close carefully after each use. It is also recommended not to open them too often to limit drying air intake. The most meticulous can double their tobacco package with a small airtight plastic bag with a zip closure. Long-lasting freshness guaranteed!
The humidor for tobacco joke remains the most practical and easy-to-use accessory to keep tobacco always fresh or to rehumidify dried-out tobacco.
It can come in the form of small balls filled with a layer of absorbent foam. You dip the ball in demineralized water for 10 to 60 seconds depending on the desired level of humidity and the amount of tobacco, drain it, and place it in the pack or jar.Equipped with a surface perforated with small holes, the ball will allow a slow and even diffusion of moisture, ensuring long-term preservation.
Other models of humidifiers exist: ceramic stones or small boxes filled with beads designed on the same principle of preservation and gradual diffusion of moisture.
Discreet, ultra-light accessories, reusable and often offered at a very low price!
To professionally complete your perfect smoker's kit, you can also invest in a probe thermo-hygrometer, which will allow you to accurately check the humidity level present in your pack or jar of tobacco. A very useful accessory if you use a piston rolling machine, which requires a very precise tobacco moisture level.
