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QUESTION: I suspect this has already been done to death, but please bear with this
newbie...
Having vacu-bagged about 20 pounds of Red Cake, Navy Flake, 2015 VA&Perique,
Rattray Dark Fragrant, and Gawith MVF, over the past year, I was somewhat
surprised to read in Greg Pease's FAQ that he thinks vacum bags are wrong
for long-term storage. His basic issues: 1) No air within the vacuum for
certain microbe-caused aspects of the aging process, and 2) he's suspicious
of bags' air-tightness.
My own feelings regarding 1): It's not a perfect vacum in the bag the
begin with. Furthermore, many tobaks come in vacuum sealed tins (Dunhill,
Esoterica, S. Gawith, etc. etc.; indeed, Gawith sells their bulk flake in
vacuum foil bags) and these age well.
And regarding 2: if the vacum-bags allow for any gas exchange (IOW are not
airtight) it will become readily apparent -- the bags won't "hug" their
contents as tightly as when they were first sealed.
Having not had any weed sealed in bags long enough to actually open it, I'm
wondering if anyone's had any concrete (taste!) experience with vacu-bagged
tobak one way or the other. Thanks in advance!
ANSWER: However, the changes which occur in vacuum-sealed tins are much too dramatic to
be attributed to aging. and they happen too fast.
Futhermore, the vacuum process is a retardant to aging.
I suspect what is happening is that the tobacco is changed because of the
pressure which vacuuming puts on the tobacco. Notice how densely packed it is
in a vacuum tin?
Although I don't have any first hand experience with long storage, and
just what is considered long storage? I have stored some of my tobacco
in vaccum sealed bags for months. Personally, I would think it would
be ideal.
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