Hydrating Tobacco

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Originally Posted by hammondc

Do you guys keep your pipe tobacco in your humidors?

No, too humid for the tins. When I started I did, then I realized the tins started to rust. Then one day a little bird landed on my should and says hey stupid, why don't you use those jelly jars that are sitting there empty???!!!

I use quart & pint jars. Quarts for long term bulk storage & pints for the every day stuff or long term storage for a few select aged tins I opened. I think you can find single jars at big box stores, but cases are cheap enough IMHO. If you really don't want to go that route, just put plastic wrap over the tin before you put the lid back on.

Sometimes I'll take and plop one of those humidity discs in a tin too until I get around to jarring up the tobacco.

For re-hydrating, I'm a big fan or the wet towel over the bowl idea. I only use distilled water, though I don't know if it makes a difference in this case or not. It is just beat in my head to use it from all the years of cigar storage.