Me on my 12th relight: "Interesting."

I bought my first tin of Plum Pudding the other day. At first, I was frustrated because I couldn't get it to stay lit but then I let it air dry for a 2 or 3 hours after I rubbed it out (it comes in flakes) and it burned perfectly. And man, I was blown away. I went from only smoking Carter Hall (which is just dry enough out of the pack) to smoking Plum Pudding. And wow. I am in awe. That was incredible. My pipe smoking hobby just went from a maybe to a lifetime pastime for sure.

sitting here with bad tongue bite nodding along with everything you said.

I didn't realize I've been smoking my tobacco so wet until you've pointed this out! The large amount of condensation building up at the bottom of my pipes was getting absurd! But now that I think of it... I remember smoking a few bowls from some older tobacco I got a few weeks back that sat in the tin till recently, I gotta say the flavor was more intense! lately I've been buying all sorts of blends and transferring them directly to jars after trying them once and most were soo wet I thought I was sucking to hard or something because I have been getting tongue bite after tongue bite... I'm gonna try to dry some more and see what they taste like. I feel like I've wasted or dumped out way to many bowls.. lol I'm such a noob! but I look forward to iron out all my kinks lol thanks Muttnchop Piper!!!! This hobby has helped me kick cigs to the curb! :)

Hello MCP, very informative video. Pipe smoking is truly an art, with seemingly infinite variables, tobacco moisture, type of tobacco, packing, tamping, lighting, bowl size and shape, etc. I smoke aromatics at high altitude. (7100'). Too moist and I have all the problems you mention. Too dry and the tobacco loses a lot of it's flavor. I buy bulk tobacco and air it out till it's slightly moist. Then I take a small amount and dry it thoroughly. Use dry tobacco to pack the bottom third of the bowl, then finish packing with the moister tobacco. Great taste and nice burn. The small bit of moisture created seeps down and hydrates the dry tobacco at the bottom of the bowl. Makes a great smoke top to bottom!

I built a dryer for my tobacco. It has two screens, like window screen. I lay out the tobacco thinly on the screens or screen and close it up. I have two small computer fans in it and I turn them on and with 10 to 12 hours I can dry it just right for me about 8 to 16 ounces. I have done this for years. I dry it so it feels dry but it doesn't act dry. Thats hard to explain as well. Very good video and very helpful to your pipe smokers.

I always enjoy watching and learning. It seems like every time I have a pipe smoking problem, I just watch Muttnchop piper and get the answer. Thanks again.

You sir are a treasure!! I haven't smoked cigarettes in 2 months and picked up my grandfather's pipe 4 months ago ! And now I smoke about 2 bowls a day and everything that made my experience pleasurable is from you . You guided me to do it right and now I look forward to getting home and pick up my tobacco I dried the night before .. finish all my chores put my kid to bed and I sit back with a cup of tea and 40 minutes of peace with my pipe and your videos. Sorry for the long ramble !! Wana say thank you for all you do .. and for making me discover something I didnt know I would love and enjoy this much .. cheers!

Man you are my hero in my pipe smoking journey. You talk simple so juicy and humble.

Q: "What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?" A: A dishcloth.

I have watched many of your videos and learn something every time but, this without a doubt is one of your best. Thanks.

thanks for all your help! i now know why I didn't stay with the pipe all those years ago. i will be doing so experimenting with my new pipes and blends! THANK YOU for this info!!👍👍👍

I have great respect for you sir, as a new pipe smoker. I have shared your videos with others who are just starting as well.

I love your videos! I am new to pipe smoking and constantly find myself watching them!

I am so sad to see your less involved on KZfaq. I am a very new pipe smoker, as I find myself working through problems and coming up with questions your videos always come up on top if not first. Your greatly needed sir. Please think about a return to the community. The info in your videos has been indispensable along with the comment section where you seem to have a large community of knowledgeable smokers. Thanks for all you have done and I hope you are still enjoying the leaf.

This was extremely helpful! I had no idea you had to dry out the tobacco; i'm used to using my humidor for my cigars so I was delighted to see how moist the Borkum Riff packaged tobacco was. Along with that moistness came the "tongue bite issue" so I followed what you said with both the Breath method which I tried tonight with some tobacco I put on a paper plate and dried in my garage for a few hours. Your kind sharing of this made all the difference! Thanks so much!

Another excellent vid as always Chris. Congrats. I liked it so much. Thanks a lot.

A towel! This video was dried to the perfect viewing conditions which gives it a full body educational experience rich in wisdom. Sweet and "dry" smokes my friend! Hope you have a good week!

A towel! I have enjoyed your videos for a short while but have not commented before now. I would like to thank you for the quality content as well as educating me on the way of the briar.

Answering the riddle behind you ... a towel! Thank you for this. I'm a new pipe smoker and am suffering from tongue bite. Thanks for the advice.

Love your channel, great advice, and love some of the comments also. Thank you.

Sir, You're just the best . Thank you for your knowledge . Greetings from Poland.

this is also a dough scraper to the best of my knowledge, very handy, thanks for sharing!

New pipe smoker here. Tried smoking some SG FVF last night straight out of the tin, what a struggle. This video was perfect! Thanks!

Thank you for the information, helped me out greatly appreciate it. May God Bless.

I never stop learning with you, Muttnchop. Thank you very much. This helped me a lot.

Loved the video, MCP. Informative and well done, like the others. One thing though, in terms of the times, it woulda helped to know what was the relative humidity in your place when you dried the tobacco. The RH really impacts the drying times.

I tried the pipe thing back in the late 80s when I got married and now that I'm almost mid 50s I have a huge interest in it again and the last two weeks I have watched Alot of vids and I have to say I like yours the best so thanks for taking the time to reach me a little something I have a long way to go and Alot more of your vids to watch

This is exactly what I’ve been struggling with as a new smoker. The ribbon tobacco from the pipe store is moist for storage but too moist to smoke. I’m so excited to try this!

I've smoked cigarettes for going on 20 years now and switched to a pipe a few weeks ago, and every single time I have a question, and Google it, I wind up back here. This single video has answered the main question I've had since I started this experiment, with the perfect amount of "why" as well as how to remedy this situation if it should come back up. Thank you, brother!

Im trying a new method today. I got some sample pouches (of english and aromatic blends) and am trying this: 1. Preheat over 170 or lowest possible setting. 2. Arrange tobacco on cookie sheet and spread out. 3. Turn oven OFF!!! (You just want a warm environment and not bake the stuff) 4. Put tray in for 3-4 mins. 5. After 3-4mins Take out of oven and stir around to make sure all the trimmings will dry. 6. Put back in oven for another 4 mins or to desired dryness. Thanks for always being there as a wise pipe smoker!! You are awesome!

Thanks again Chris. Hope to see u back soon

Good video! I don't go to such an extent to dry out my baccy. While I haven't be a piper all that long, ( less than a year ). I have been a cigar smoker for over twenty years so I understand about moisture content. What I usually do is I'll remove enough for a bowl and place on a tray I use to prepare my pipe. Depending on how moist the blend is I'll let it sit. Very moist at least an hour, less moist less time air drying. I'll only jar up blends that are just right or close to it. Well that's my two cents worth. Thank for the videos. I do enjoy them!👍🏻

Thank you for explaining this. I have some cobblestone creme bruele that is super wet when you open the tin and havent gotten it to that perfect dryness level yet. Super wet always leaves bottom of bowl un smokable due to a puddle of juice at the bottom.

This video is a great explanation for new pipe smokers on how to deal with tobacco that is too moist to smoke. I like aromatics and my favorite blend which is stokkebye's optimum blend is a fine example. It always ships too wet to smoke and has to be dried out prior to smoking. You new smokers take heed to his warning about the moisture level if you don't want to suffer the dreaded "Tongue Bite" misery! Thanks Muttonchop piper, a job well done here.

Thanks for the video. Very good and useful information here.

I'm a recent convert to pipe smoking and have had a few wonderful smokes and a few nasty tongue biting smokes too! Now it makes sense why, thank you, Rob (UK).

Thank you you are a real source of great info and knowledge for beginners and experienced alike.

Thanks for your dedication and passion! I love your videos and I love you! You seem like you have some scars in your past but you have overcome.

Thanks Chris.... yet another great video.

_Boveda._ Not to knock anyone's ritual, _do whatever works for you,_ but the resistance to two-way humidification in the pipe community is frankly bizarre to me. You still have people recommending apple slices, potato skins, damp paper towels, etc. to increase RH vs. drying racks, hair dryers, ovens, fans, sunlight, etc. to decrease. These techniques are merely aiming to accomplish the same thing a Boveda pack (or Heartfelt beads) does, but less efficiently and with way more room for error; I can't see the benefit over throwing a Boveda in a jar and calling it a day.

I like your passion man. Made me purchase my first pipe today

Chris, thanks for the info. much appreciated. Man, I almost pulled the trigger on the blends that are on your shelf. And I still might. Safe Travels.

Something I've done that has made a huge difference. I learned this from my papa. Hairdryer on cool, 5 minutes on a pan. It's perfect everytime, give it a try

You are great very informative and helpful.

Very good information! One interesting note is cigars at a perfect humidity are nowhere near as wet as most pipe tobaccos out of the tin. Your humidity level would save many pipe enjoyers frustration and help with their enjoyment of a pipe.

This video is SPOT ON! Too much Moisture is a taste killer and a nightmare if trying to enjoy pipe smoking. This topic is rarely covered but a critical component of harnessing getting the most of the experience. I dry out my tobacco evertime I smoke to avoid this pitfall. I would like to see more videos cover this topic

Great topic. I dump about a 50 gram tin on a paper plate. I gently tumble the tobacco using my hands moving the tobacco on the bottom with the tobacco on the top. Once I get it to the dryness level I like I put it in back in the tin only if it has a plastic lid or a jar if it's in a tin. I dry it until it doesn't clump but doesn't break apart either.

I learned for sure sir. Thanks a lot, I am a complete rookie and loving my learning process, is not easy to get good Tabacco where I live, I got to buy a pouch of captain black and been blaming myself and my technique because it constantly went off and off and as you just said I just kept smoking faster and faster...I am trying right now with less moisture and see if I manage to use less than 20 matches jijiji. Thanks a lot for your helpful video

Great video. When ever I feel like my tobacco is too moist to smoke, I pour a little into the top of the lid of the mason jar that stores the mixture I'm smoking if it's day time I leave it in the sun for around 30 minutes pinching the tobacco between my fingers and seeing if it sticks to me if it sticks to me it's too moist. I also watch to see how it falls apart after pinching it if it doesn't sick together and fall into a clump but immediately begins to separate then it is ready to smoke. I have been experimenting with drying out my tobacco but this has always been very easy to gauge at least for me. I only dry out a pipe full at a time

Again a class act video. I,like others, have tried unsuccessfully to smoke Virginias without tongue bite. Petersons university flake would leave me on the verge of tears and I would return to my typical Balkan blends which I still dearly enjoy. Last night I was smoking McClellands Blackwoods and unlike previous attempts, I had one of those perfect smoke moments and realized it had been 6 months since I'd opened the tin. I think the same thing happened before with McBaren mixture modern. Now I'm going to try this with more blends by just opening the tin and replacing the plastic lids and setting a future dat for smoking. Maybe this is the "lazy mans" approach for others to try.

I’m glad I found this video. I finally convinced my wife to try pipe smoking, but the Setliff Creme Brûlée tobacco she got (which is very good) was too wet and she got frustrated trying to keep her pipe lit the first time we smoked together. I’ll try to dry that out now before our next outing this weekend! :)

I live in a high humidity state, and sometimes it can be difficult to dry my tobacco in a reasonable period of time. If I am indoors, I sometimes use a small fan, and if I am inside a vehicle, I will place a Tupperware container on the dash in direct sunlight for a few minutes. Both techniques will accelerate the drying process. This is one area of the hobby, that can be tricky, because different blends hold moisture differently. An experienced pipeman will instinctively know the different drying requirements of Sam Gawith FVF, versus drying Rattray's 7 Reserve ribbon cut. This is yet another aspect of the hobby that is very gratifying, once a pipeman begins to learn to get it right.

Great advise Mutnchop Piper! What I tend to do if the tobacco is too wet, I will set up the toaster oven to 400 degrees, once it reaches 400, I will shut it off, then put a layer of tin foil on the pan, then lay the tobacco on the pan. let it sit in the toaster oven. i would then check it for moister. SO what the toaster oven does is accelerate the evaporation of moister. This does the trick for me. This method only applies to the SG brand. for the other brands, I would just pop the tin and let it air out.

I pulled out some Mac Baren Bold Kentucky and thought I would be able to smoke it within reason. Then you said "hours" to dry and I just reached for a cigar as I don't wanna wait that long lol. Seriously though, to do this in bulk when your tins/bags arrive is best then it will be ready to smoke out the jar instead of having to dry it every dang time. Usually I just put it on a dry paper towel and let it sit out if I though ahead a day in advance and it is almost crunchy. Thanks for the informative video.

Well I have tried over time to like the pipe smoking and the first tobacco I found that I was liking was causing these problems. I wanted to smoke now even after seeing your video so I accelerated the process by spreading some tobacco out on a pan and evenly heating the bottom while I watched the steam come off it I was carful not to burn it just dry it. About 5 minutes later here I am smoking and it’s already better and staying lit much better all around I’m still not switching from cigars but I’m now balancing both but leaning more towards cigars

Chris, I was waiting to see if you were going to comment on this. Wet pipe tobacco was a major problem for me for years! When I sold pipes in Omaha in the 70's I was told to tell people to pinch the tobacco in your fingers and, it it stuck in a ball, it was too wet, but if it expanded it was ready. Well, that is still too wet in my opinion. As a result I had tongue bite problems for years and my enjoyment of smoking suffered. Heck, I used to store pipe tobacco in a cigar humidor at 70% moisture. I started reading what Russ Oulette and others started posting in the last few years and learned that it should be drier, closer to 25% - and your description of tobacco being just short of dried leaves is probably the most accurate one I know of. Hopefully smokers will listen and not suffer like I did. Thanks!

I had this problem with some bulk Altadis vanilla and honey I got a couple weeks ago. I'll definitely be drying this stuff out before I attempt to smoke again. :) Thanks for the video!

Older video but very good. I just switched over to pipes from cigars. I was surprised how wet bulk tobacco arrives, Half its sale weight is moisture. I have to dry it out then store airtight jars with a Boveda pack as @miles Corporosus says. I'm not positive but it just seems a safer way to keep your tobacco. Wouldn't wet tobacco have a larger chance to mold? I'm new to tobacco storing so am still learning.

Love your videos. I’m a new smoker, got my first order today been watching your vids for about a week, I’ve learned so much. Tobacco is very interesting. To bad big tobacco gave it such a bad name.

Hi to all just wanted to say thanks for all the help in what pipe tobacco's to buy as well what do's and don'ts , it has helped a lot. As well a big thanks to Muttnchop piper for sharing all the info of your years of pipeing , all the info was most helpful..and to all thanks for the info as well...Looking forward to reading more..happy pipeing to all.😀

Thank you! Hoping to get my relight count down from 10 to just a few.

Awesome info! I have been smoking too wet. Thanks!

I take a bowl full or two and rub or otherwise prep it to the size pieces I want to smoke and put it on a small plate or in a small bowl. About one to two hours usually gets most tobacco to the perfect moisture for me. Of course this method is quick, especially in the winter. If I'm drying a whole tin down a little I just leave the lid halfway off overnight for a day or two and this usually gets it in the zone. There are also a few tricks I use to add moisture back into a tin if it was to become too dry. As an experienced pipe smoker of 20+ years I think this video offers very useful info and I totally agree about the moisture content you recommend. I say crispy but not crunchy is the best way I can describe it. I definitely want my tobacco to feel a little dry when I go to pack it up.

Yep...my tobacco is wet though my brother complained that it's dry. Had to relit my pipe several times to finish a bowl. Kinda get that breathing method you showed, though my brother is smoking his pipe like smoking a cigarette....to each their own way of enjoying it. For me, I found that drinking coffee while smoking makes the coffee taste heavenly. On my next pipe sitting I'll be ready with a pot of coffee instead of a small mug. Happy piping everyone.

great advices! always wondering how dry is good. now i got the picture. 😉 thank you!

Thanks from a new pipe smoker 🎉

Hear me out… I’ve watched several of your vids, and at first, I was impatient and hoping you’d just get to the point. However, you do have great information and it isn’t difficult to skip 10 secs here and there for the pertinent information. In other words, keep doing you. I appreciate your knowledge sharing.

This was a wonderfully constructed video and very thought provoking. I was always wondering if using my wife's hair blower was appropriate to dry my tobacco if wet. I sometimes use magnifying glasses to crisp the tobacco in a pinch... have you ever tried this method? Also, does the size of the pipe really matter when smoking a specific blend? This could be a great topic for a future video. I usually smoke a 4 inch billiard for my arros and a 3.5 inch poker for my flakes. Is this ok to do? Hopefully you can address this. Keep on trucken!

Was wondering that myself, hi muttnchops, I ordered awhile back 6 onz of Cornell & Diehl Black Cherry, when I got it gave me horrible tongue bite, and wouldn't keep lite. Did what you suggested, went thru two changes of paper towels, and I'm finally letting it air dry, hopefully it dries out nice and good so I can enjoy it. Keep up the good work my friend.

Firstly, thanks a lot for your work and effort that you put into these videos! You’re really making our pipes more enjoyable. However, I can’t entirely agree with your view on this point. I smoke Peterson Wild Atlantic now. When I just opened the package, it was of a nice moisture level, still much wetter than the optimal level you describe. After some time, it became drier, as you said, on the verge of complete dryness. Now my pipe gets too hot when I smoke it. In addition, I smoked some aromatics which were a lot wetter, but gave a cooler, more pleasant smoke. I guess, like most things, it’s quite individual and depends on various factors: pipe, climate, temperature and most importantly, the tobacco itself. By the way, what’s your favourite tobacco?

I tried using silica gel packets (desiccant). I just drop one in the top of the half pint jar. Within a few days if it isnt dry enough I swap it out for a mew one. In a couple days its usually perfect. 👌

Very informative man . Thank you

I have a leather tray. I put my tobacco in that and set it on my pellet stove for a short time, seems to work well.

That's a nice video, thank you! Well, I dry my tobacco quite like this. I just use kleenex-like towel instead, I found out that kleenex is a bit more sensitive in holding moisture and in the end of the process you can acctually feel the moist in the paper. Ah, it is important that kleenex comes with smell sometimes, like balsam or so, but it is easy to find the ones without it. Have a nice pipe day ;)

I have noticed that the cut of tobacco affects how moist tobacco shall be, shag and thin ribbon can be smoked quite moist but it can be bitey, ready rubbed,flakes,coins,twist, coarse...open tin for awile then pack the pipe with Gawith blends just open the tin, close lid and leave like that for a week or take out a flake and let it stand on the table,when the egdes of flake starts to get crispy and dry it is ready to use. Have a great week Chris and as always have cool smokes mate.

Heyyy Muttnchop Piper Chris how you doing my friend I love this video very informative I myself take my tobacco and sit it out on a plate before filling my bowl and let it dry for a while then I fill my pipe and smoke it that usually work for me I dry mine bowl buy bowl as I smoke it your method is very gd to as well Chris Happy smoking my friend☺☺☺☺💨💨💨💨👍👍👍👍 best regards Peter

Hello. I am.curious about whether different types of cut & presentation have this issue to a similar extent. I am just about to start with flake and broken flake, but I also have some plug tobacco which is very solid. Would it not be the case that the plug is already at about the right moisture level to cut, rub out and smoke, or do you have any moisture control experiences of these other styles? Thank you.

One of my favorite 'evening' pipes is my Scotte bent (ebony)...(rather like a Grabow Savoy bent). Now, it's considered a low-end pipe, but it fits well, feels quality, takes a Dr Perl Jr 9-mm filter, and as I like 'bent' pipes better than others, find that for a 'bent', it smokes a really wet aromatic VERY WELL. I use the 'Father-Mother-Child' pack method, and have used the 'breathe' smoking method for years...so cool bowl throughout, good air flow, and normally, unless I lose track (while reading, writing, etc.) and stop maintaining air flow, I only need my two lights (charring and final)...it will keep a 'wet bowl' fired for over an hour, easy...my one problem is my Dr. Perl Jr filters...I have to change filters after EVERY BOWL...the stuff I smoke is just that wet! There's nothing I can really do about it...when you pull the stem, and your filter feels like a cotton ball pulled from a pool strainer, well...it's time for a new filter. I don't have this issue with your drier (aka English or traditional) blends...but my love is aromatics (Backwoods Buttered Rum is AMAZING!)...and I guess I'm out a filter-per-bowl as a result of my 'flavored aromatic passions'...oh, well...house smells NICE...

I have found optimal drying to be the complete key to maximal flavor. This helps a lot as I had wondered if I was drying my leaf too much. This “a little crispy” threshold seems about where I find it best. I have to emphasize that keeping an eye on the relative humidity is VERY important. A room dehumidifier is key when your natural humidity is above 75%. The month of August turns Italy where I live into one big natural humidor. Thankfully, like clockwork, as the equinox passes, old boreas come gusting in and the humidity drops to 30% at mid-day, making life much more pleasant and drying easier.

Do you recommend Bobeda packs for pipe tobacco? They help to properly regulate humidity. Any thoughts?

is there an issue with my 5 minute method muttnchop piper? is the uv rays from the sun damaging to the flavour or fermentation ? if only left in the sun just enough to dry without roasting it

Thanks Chris for another great video! I also like to smoke my tobacco with just a touch of moisture. However, I prefer to dry it bowl by bowl. I use a very simple method. In the morning before I leave for work I take a bowl full amount of the blend and spread it out on a napkin. If it is really wet I spread it out thin and leave it uncovered. If just a bit wet I pile it and then cover with another napkin. When I get home I am good to go. Take care and be well. Bob

Great important video. i have more experience in rehydrating the tobacco than drying it. the riddle is hard this time 😥.

I buy most of my pipe tobacco in bulk, keeping it stored in airtight jars. I find the bulk I purchase to be slightly over moist. I also smoke cigars. I find placing a couple pipe bowls worth of tobacco in an untreated wooden bowl in low humidity environment, I smoke in a 3 season screened deck, and the time it takes me to smoke a cigar, 45min- 1hr20min, I find my tobacco has dried to a good smoking point. No bite, minimal relights.

Isn't there a preferred relative humidity like cigars have?

VERY helpful! I enjoy aromatics and they all seem to be way too moist. I'm just starting out since giving up cigarettes ( just don't want it in my lungs anymore ), but I enjoy a smoke and discovered I get a lot of enjoyment and relaxation with a pipe that I never did with cigarettes. But I digress, anyway; I do seem to have to relight a lot and get gurgling despite having a pretty slow cadence, except when it goes out most of the time.

Does anyone else find that once you crack the hermetic seal on a tin and crank it shut again for a few months, that sometimes it is much better after sitting? I had a great smoke this afternoon off of some Dunhill 965 that I cracked in June, that felt like mustard gas at the time! It stayed burning without a lot of help on my walk. I have some Peterson's Balkan Delight that I bought on the same day, I am curious whether it will have tamed when I re-crack it tomorrow afternoon. My mainstay is Peterson's Sweet Killarney, and I would love a video on that someday. Thank's Muttnchop!

Muttnchop, I really enjoy your videos, I am new to the hobby and have been learning a lot. I had a tin that came very wet, really gave me the tongue bite. So I took a Boveda pack from my cigar humidor and put it in the tin. Fits perfect. This pack was a 69%, it was swollen two weeks later with the moisture it pulled out, and the tobacco gave me a much better smoke. These packs come in 49%, 62%, 60% and 72%. They will keep the tin or jar at perfect humidity for a long time. If the pack gets too dry, you can put it in a zip lock with a wet sponge for a few days to re-hydrate it or just replace it. I was wondering if you or others had considered using these Boveda packs and what humidity level worked best.

another great video my friend. Take care and I'll catch you on your next one 👍🔥💨💨💨~Jaime

Just discovered your KZfaq channel. Thoroughly enjoy your style and information. Thanks!

Hi. I've dried my tobacco into a classic oven turning it often to dry evenly and enough not to brake the tobacco in my fingers. Has someone something to say about this method? Maybe is wrong or is something to correct about this method?

Had my first pipe smoke today, had to keep relighting because it was a bit damp, still enjoyed it immensely, I'll try the tips and see how things go. Smoke on brother!

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What a coincidance, Chris... I actually dealt with this problem this past weekend...Got myself a sample of S.G. Grousemoor, put it right in my pipe and struggled to keep it going while getting a major toungue bite in the process... Next time I let it sit for a couple of hours to exactly the point that you described in this video and got a lot more pleasurable experience! Then I decided to check my other tobaccos that I keep in jar bowls with a little piece of moistered cloth and learned most of them are just a way too wet to be smoked right away. So, yeah, I get your point about that "almost too dry" kind of a feeling when testing the right level for smoking. Thank you for this vid my friend, hope you have a good day!

I'm a cigar smoker and with cigars relative humidity is key. You can buy two way, Boveda humidity packs from Amazon. If the desired humidity is to low, it will release the set amount. If it's too high, it will absorb the excess, again to the set % of the pack. My 1st pouch of Amphora seems pretty humid. I think I'll set a hygrometer inside the pouch for a couple hours, to see what rh it's at. You can buy Boveda packs in ranges from 80 down to 14%. Hope this helps ya'll.

Coming from cigars I'm wondering if anyone ever uses Boveda packs to store their pipe tobacco. These packs are such a simple solution when it comes to storing cigars. Anyone know what the best relative humidity is for long term storage of pipe tobacco? Or maybe it varies from blend to blend.

I'm new to pipe smoking, got turned away by bite a couple times. I smoke cigars daily, being layed off that's getting too pricey. I've got an idea I'd like to try, I'm going to put some open container pipe tobacco in my humidor that stays at 65% humidity, I like my cigars a little below the 70%standard. Cigars have never bitten me, even when I nub them or toss the nub in a pipe and finish it...i suspect the ideal cigar humidity is near equal to pipe tobacco, especially since it's very relative to a cigar burning properly. Anyway that's my experiment and I suspect most other pipe smokers may have a running humidor as well.

I usually just set some out somewhere warm until it feels like it's not wet to the touch anymore, then put it in a sealed bag (like a ziplock or something) and put it back in a warm spot for a while. helps make sure its dried evenly throughout and not still wet in the middle.

what do you opine of Beechwood BPK pipes?