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[BryGuySC]

Looks like CupOJoes might have some Esoterica in stock.

[Cool Breeze]

Looks like CupOJoes might have some Esoterica in stock.

Thank you.
It it's still there when I get home in an hour, I'll likely partake.

[BryGuySC]

I snagged a bag of Margate!

[Haebar]

4 Noggins has Margate tins in stock too @ $11.85.

[BryGuySC]

4 Noggins has Margate tins in stock too @ $11.85.

That's a nice price.

[BryGuySC]

Did anyone else catch the Esoterica at Mars Cigars last night? I'm sure it is gone by now. I did manage to get a bag of Margate and a bag of Dorchester. I was too slow on the Stonehaven. 😔

[Aguineapig]

I'll be doggone danged if I ain't lucky that I didn't really care for the Esoterica blends I've tried. Definitely not bad (and definitely not "one of *those* guys" who's gonna holler about it all the time), maybe would partake if it weren't impossible to find, but honestly the $50+ per pound price tag availability aside is a bit steep for me.

[BryGuySC]

Yeah. I know what you mean. I wish it were easier to find, and cheaper.
All in all, though, I don't consider less than $4 an ounce too bad for what I consider premium tobacco. It is right in line with bulk Gawith and cheaper than McClelland or any decent tinned tobacco.
The only significantly cheaper thing I really like it well-aged Stokkebye Flakes (on sale).
I would love to get your suggestions on really good but cheap tobacco! I'm certainly no snob. (Well, maybe just a tad, but I'm open-minded!)

[Aguineapig]

Yeah. I know what you mean. I wish it were easier to find, and cheaper.
All in all, though, I don't consider less than $4 an ounce too bad for what I consider premium tobacco. It is right in line with bulk Gawith and cheaper than McClelland or any decent tinned tobacco.
The only significantly cheaper thing I really like it well-aged Stokkebye Flakes (on sale).
I would love to get your suggestions on really good but cheap tobacco! I'm certainly no snob. (Well, maybe just a tad, but I'm open-minded!)

The stokkebye flakes are quite good, though they've gone up in price recently. Used to be able to get them for $42.50 from CI, and use a 20% coupon. That was a pretty darn good deal.

I've accumulated about 30 pounds of pipe tobacco since 2013 when I started, on a very tight budget. I estimate I've spent no more than 600 dollars on it, probably less. I never buy tins, unless the cost per ounce was somehow cheaper than bulk (which is never). I have probably two tins cellared, which were both gifts. Of course mason jars are a cost, but between thrift shops, and putting notice out to friends to save their mason/ball jars for me, I haven't spent much. Plus dear old parents give a gift card to a tourist gimmick chain up here every Christmas, so usually end up with a flat or two of jars, rather than buy an old stale can of peanuts, or some clothesline, or a garden gnome! :P

Daughters & Ryan and Cornell & Diehl make up the bulk of my cellar, mainly because I like them a lot and they are very inexpensive. The fact that they use little to no humectant adds to the value. I don't particularly care for most of the McClelland stuff i've tried, at least not enough to offset the fact that it costs nearly twice as much as D&R or C&D (during sales is when I buy those) and you get less. I haven't smoked any Samuel Gawith (although I like their nasal snuffs a lot), but do love G&H and when I have some more income will probably splurge on a bit. Jiminks turned me on to that Smoker's Pride Rich Taste a while ago, it's sort of like prince albert minus the PG-- I ended up getting almost 2 pounds of it for free, when CI/P&C/cigar.com were sending out free gift cards last holiday season.

I am definitely against smoking tobacco you don't like just because it's cheap. I just consider myself fortunate that I've found a bunch of tobaccos that happen to be cheap, that I quite like. I have some GLP blends that I like quite a bit, for example, but I don't consider them better enough to warrant the extra cost over C&D. of course a lot of people hate C&D/GLP and say it's harsh and green tasting; D&R would probably be even worse for those people (a lot of people won't even try D&R because they think it's RYO) etc. So for those people 90% of what I smoke is off the table, just different smokes for different folks.

[Nature]

Pipe & Leaf has some bulk Gawith Hoggarth & Co. clearing out for those brave souls.

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