What's your storage method

[Bruck]

Bruce-
Out of curiosity, how do you store your leaves prior to rolling?

In plastic bags inside a big filing cabinet. Check it out:



Some leaves:


Some more leaves:


Yet more leaves:


Well now, this is getting ridiculous:


And here's some jars of condiment blending components - cavendish, latakia, etc.;


And because they're in the vicinity, my rolling supplies and implements:


The leaves get a little dried out in the plastic bags, so I always have to rehydrate before rolling or blending/pressing. I should figure out a better way to store them. I could probably put some big tupperdors in the filing cabinet drawers.

Anyway, more than you asked for, but there it is, Bruck's Tobacco Library

[jhedrick83]

In plastic bags inside a big filing cabinet. Check it out:



Some leaves:


Some more leaves:


Yet more leaves:


Well now, this is getting ridiculous:


And here's some jars of condiment blending components - cavendish, latakia, etc.;


And because they're in the vicinity, my rolling supplies and implements:


The leaves get a little dried out in the plastic bags, so I always have to rehydrate before rolling or blending/pressing. I should figure out a better way to store them. I could probably put some big tupperdors in the filing cabinet drawers.

Anyway, more than you asked for, but there it is, Bruck's Tobacco Library

That's awesome! Filing cabinets usually aren't that fun. Like a tobacco playground.

[Cardinal]

In plastic bags inside a big filing cabinet. Check it out:



Some leaves:


Some more leaves:


Yet more leaves:


Well now, this is getting ridiculous:


And here's some jars of condiment blending components - cavendish, latakia, etc.;


And because they're in the vicinity, my rolling supplies and implements:


The leaves get a little dried out in the plastic bags, so I always have to rehydrate before rolling or blending/pressing. I should figure out a better way to store them. I could probably put some big tupperdors in the filing cabinet drawers.

Anyway, more than you asked for, but there it is, Bruck's Tobacco Library

What's your estimate on the number of cigars that leaf will turn into? Say in a toro on average.

Man, I want to try that someday. Too many hobbies, not enough time.

[Bruck]

What's your estimate on the number of cigars that leaf will turn into? Say in a toro on average.

Man, I want to try that someday. Too many hobbies, not enough time.

Not as many as you'd think, really. I did a calculation the other day and found that I get on the average about 17 or 18 cigars per pound of tobacco. Now mind you, that's a broad average, as there are 3 main categories of leaf - wrapper, binder, and filler - and you use varying quantities of each. Also, rolling produces a lot of scrap, which I don't recycle into cigars.

Also, most of the leaves in my library are more suited to pipe tobacco production, which is also where I recycle my scrap into. For pipe tobacco I usually make little bricks of pressed flake.

So to answer your question, I've only got a few pounds of cigar tobacco on hand, so approx. 50 to 60 cigars could be extruded from current stocks. But for making bricks of flake (4"x4"x0.5-0.75"), I could only guess, but probably on the order of a couple dozen.

...which is why I don't buy a lot of cigars or finished tobacco. Who am I trying to kid? Yes I do

[Skillett]

Never cease to be amazed at how simple successful storage can be Amazing I think. Thanks for sharing.