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Post by olbluesmoke on Feb 28, 2024 14:58:28 GMT -5
I'm wondering what our experts here have to say about the pertinent info available. There seemed to be conflicting information after I started investigating. Thank you in advance, Gents.
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Post by turbocat on Feb 28, 2024 15:43:09 GMT -5
Excellent question! I’ve looked at many examples under a microscope and it’s always been yeast or fungus buildup, although it’s not always bad smelling or tasting. Mostly yeast buildup which doesn’t show tendrils or excessive fuzz has been fine, if not beneficial. Heck, yeasts play a positive role in the curing and aging of many of our favorite tobaccos. Various regular molds have always been a bad thing for me. I’m curious to hear what others have to say here.
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 28, 2024 19:44:19 GMT -5
Excellent question! I’ve looked at many examples under a microscope and it’s always been yeast or fungus buildup, although it’s not always bad smelling or tasting. Mostly yeast buildup which doesn’t show tendrils or excessive fuzz has been fine, if not beneficial. Heck, yeasts play a positive role in the curing and aging of many of our favorite tobaccos. Various regular molds have always been a bad thing for me. I’m curious to hear what others have to say here. My wife bought an AO and she didn't look at the lenses, so it's best suited for stamps. I have seen mold before, no question, but haven't been able to examine it closely. My wife was a lab tech and she needed a microscope. |
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Post by lizardonarock on Feb 28, 2024 19:54:08 GMT -5
White could be alright but colors will kill you blue, green, black.
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Post by just ol ed on Feb 29, 2024 19:06:58 GMT -5
Lucky again, been smoking pipe/cigar since 1962, have never had any of that happen to any of mine, oldest unopened for now, 1996
Ed
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Post by Scott W on Feb 29, 2024 22:15:47 GMT -5
If you have to ask, its always mold. I have had cigars with 80 years age on them that haven't developed “plume”
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Post by trailboss on Feb 29, 2024 23:00:01 GMT -5
White could be alright but colors will kill you blue, green, black. Sounds like a good rule of thumb. No experience with cigars, never had moldy tobacco only white crystals…. Even with some Cornell and Diehl blends that were recalled… never returned any, they all aged great. Just lucky! |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 1, 2024 0:01:38 GMT -5
Lucky again, been smoking pipe/cigar since 1962, have never had any of that happen to any of mine, oldest unopened for now, 1996 Ed It probably can't live in Buffalo. 😁 |
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Post by Goldbrick on Mar 4, 2024 11:05:45 GMT -5
Years ago a friend sent me two tins of Butra's Golden Cake. Both tins held the best tasting flake I've ever tasted; they were covered in white crystals.
Later on, my first purchase from pipesandcigars.com was a few nice chunks of Marble Kake. After a long trip in a hot mail truck the tobacco got to me looking like a few slices of blue, moldy raisin bread.
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Post by Silver on Mar 4, 2024 11:16:49 GMT -5
Crystals=plume=good. Fuzz and colors=mold=bad.
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Post by Goldbrick on Mar 4, 2024 14:23:25 GMT -5
Crystals=plume=good. Fuzz and colors=mold=bad. Class dismissed.  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 5, 2024 22:21:42 GMT -5
Years ago a friend sent me two tins of Butra's Golden Cake. Both tins held the best tasting flake I've ever tasted; they were covered in white crystals. Later on, my first purchase from pipesandcigars.com was a few nice chunks of Marble Kake. After a long trip in a hot mail truck the tobacco got to me looking like a few slices of blue, moldy raisin bread. A friend in New Jersey sent me a tin of Penzance. I opened it and I had one good smoke. The next day it was covered in fuzzy mold and the flakes were stuck together with it. |
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Post by trailboss on Mar 5, 2024 22:31:28 GMT -5
Wow...that must have been strange to say the least. Do you think the humidity in Houston put a jet pack on that tin?
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 5, 2024 23:26:24 GMT -5
Wow...that must have been strange to say the least. Do you think the humidity in Houston put a jet pack on that tin? Even Houston is not that humid. The spores had to be multiplying in the tin, just needing air to explode. You obviously have no experience with moisture, being the dried up desert rat that you are. 😉 |
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Post by trailboss on Mar 5, 2024 23:49:21 GMT -5
Well you could always say "Houston we have a problem"...just trying to give you an out, the Isle of Man might have bought it...you are on your own, Major Tom.  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 6, 2024 1:24:04 GMT -5
Well you could always say "Houston we have a problem"...just trying to give you an out, the Isle of Man might have bought it...you are on your own, Major Tom. I believe that it picked up the disease in New Jersey, you know, because I believe everything I ever heard about New Jersey. |
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Post by NJDan on Mar 6, 2024 10:29:47 GMT -5
Well you could always say "Houston we have a problem"...just trying to give you an out, the Isle of Man might have bought it...you are on your own, Major Tom. I believe that it picked up the disease in New Jersey, you know, because I believe everything I ever heard about New Jersey. It’s all true. Maybe they dug that tin from under the Pulaski Skyway when they were looking for Jimmy Hoffa. |
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Post by Goldbrick on Mar 6, 2024 13:23:15 GMT -5
P & C's Trout Stream, in a diamond shank bent pot, mark Tinder Box Unique, water on the side.
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Post by Goldbrick on Mar 6, 2024 15:46:07 GMT -5
P & C's Trout Stream, in a diamond shank bent pot, mark Tinder Box Unique, water on the side.  I guess anybody can make a mistake...sorry about that  . |
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I guess anybody can make a mistake...sorry about that 
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