Light Fire Cured, 1 lb

Every time I get it it's absolutely perfect. It's in my regular rotation. I put 20% light fire cured in all my cigarette blends. At that ratio you get enough smokiness and it leaves enough room to add all the other good stuff. My last order came well packaged as usual with all the necessary paperwork on the box to facilitate a smooth border crossing. I've had both the light and the dark and even if both are excellent, I prefer the light. It's more forgiving if you're not accurate mixing it in and it doesn't have that molasses sweetness like the dark, just the smoky taste. The tobacco itself is pretty neutral in taste but high in nicotine. At 20% ratio to achieve the desired smokiness a pound goes a long way. I actually make my cigarettes a week in advance because the smoky aroma infuses in the cigarette tubes when you put them in an airtight container. When you pick up the cigarette you get that nice camp fire smell on the cigarette before lighting it up and as you smoke it.

Smoking review: I have been smoking raw leaf tobacco for several months now and finally can say I am never going back to commercial tobacco. The only cigarette tobacco I hadn't tried from WLT was the fire cured. For years I was under the impression I didn't like it, mostly because I don't like drum. I recently bought some blue Bali shag and I loved it. This is what convinced me to finally get the fire cured tobacco. I got the light to start, it has a strong smell of hickory and smoke out the bag but the taste is milder than the smell.

The blend itself is phenomenal. Smoked a few and it's very similar to the blue Bali shag, a bit more complex because of the super tasty red Virginia. At the ratios I used this is good for everyday smoke, not overpowering and I don't see myself getting taste fatigue from it. Nicotine level high but not too crazy, burns well and is well balanced.

I used Dark Horse black tubes, they don't have a paper taste and let the tobacco flavour shine through. I strongly recommend light fire cured tobacco for anyone that likes European blends like drum or Bali shag. You can play around with the ratios to fit your taste. I recently read somewhere that drum is 50/50 Virginia/fire cured. For me in the 20% range is plenty because I add some dark air to add kick and nicotine.

I put 25% red Virginia, 25% bright leaf Virginia, 25% Maryland 609, approximately 20% light fire cured and 5% dark air cured plus a small extra handful of dark air.