The number on grizzly wintergreen cans?

Answer 1

The numbers range from 0 - 12 and some of the new tins have no number at all (maybe the ink ran out but I've had a few). It definitely has nothing to do with how many stems you'll get, my last five tins have been; unmarked, 0, 4, 12, and 9. All had enough stems to make me angry. If the numbers mean anything, it would have to be a moisture rating, with 0 being the most moist, and 12 being the driest. I was excited when I scratched back that 12, I thought it meant I had a grade AAA tin (I don't usually get high numbers). Wrong. And the 9 that followed was nearly as bad. The low numbers were very moist, both the unmarked and the 0 so moist that there was wet ball-like clods of tobacco that were also somewhat annoying. I'd say an ideal tin would be the 1-3 range moisture-wise, and luck of the draw as far as stems go. This is somewhat unrelated, but I've noticed far more stems per tin on average since they switched to the new tin. If they bought new sorters/shredders to work with those tins, they should cash them in for a refund and bring the old machines back. I'll gladly take the plastic lid back.