wazzappenning
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i tried mixing some of the midrib in, and yeah, theres a reason it usually goes in the trash. way too woody of a taste for me. either that or its got that fishy taste from having to wet it down.
i tried mixing more turkish in and that seems to work. definitely changes the taste. i usually only add trace amounts of burley, turkish and maryland to my virginia. so i took that mix and went half and half, then 2/3 to 1/3 then 3/4 to 1/4 turkish. all seem to taste less strong, but the higher amounts almost taste like an american cig. just a little something missing. i was thinking a little more burley would give it a little more cigar taste and make it taste like an american cig, but it seems to have dulled down the other flavors. ill keep playing around with different burleys.
i thought bright leaf was virginia.
stalk position is good to know, but hard to do with purchased stuff in a bag. ill try and keep track with my crop though.
two other ways of making it less strong are a little far fetched. 1 would be to find a rolling kit that could roll slims, the 2nd would be to figure out how to do the "rolls more" cut. other than using stems and stalks in commercial tobacco, this would be the other reason that real tobacco is too strong.
in canada, over 20 years back they started selling tins of tobacco that said "rolls 25% more" now were up to 100%. so i can buy 100g of tobacco and roll 200 cigs with it. its the way they cut it that makes it pack in there differently (im guessing with more pockets of air). i suspect that my old discount brand of cigs was using this cut. i consistently smoked those king size in less than 5 minutes. sometimes 3.
if they have this in the states (and i think they do), they probably dont really mention it. im sure someone has thought their old cigs took less and less time to smoke (especially discount brands)
i believe canadian cigs are made only of virginia, and i tried to make mine with the same (with trace amounts of other baccys). its good sometimes, and usually seems to take a day or 2 after shredding to be less strong (dunno why). still too strong to smoke at my regular rate.
this is my not too official source for what cigs are made of. at the bottom they describe every item. these guys were from the 80's, so no all canadians arent like them.
they say:seven packs of smokes - cigarettes; Canadian cigarettes are quite different from those sold in the United States--American cigarettes are made of a combination of burley, oriental and Virginia tobaccos blended with flavourings and casings, whereas almost all Canadian cigarettes are made from a single variety of Virginia tobacco grown in Ontario, with additives only added to paper and filter (not the tobacco).
http://aetherealforge.com/~aeon/humor/12days.shtml
sorry for the horribly long post.
i tried mixing more turkish in and that seems to work. definitely changes the taste. i usually only add trace amounts of burley, turkish and maryland to my virginia. so i took that mix and went half and half, then 2/3 to 1/3 then 3/4 to 1/4 turkish. all seem to taste less strong, but the higher amounts almost taste like an american cig. just a little something missing. i was thinking a little more burley would give it a little more cigar taste and make it taste like an american cig, but it seems to have dulled down the other flavors. ill keep playing around with different burleys.
i thought bright leaf was virginia.
stalk position is good to know, but hard to do with purchased stuff in a bag. ill try and keep track with my crop though.
two other ways of making it less strong are a little far fetched. 1 would be to find a rolling kit that could roll slims, the 2nd would be to figure out how to do the "rolls more" cut. other than using stems and stalks in commercial tobacco, this would be the other reason that real tobacco is too strong.
in canada, over 20 years back they started selling tins of tobacco that said "rolls 25% more" now were up to 100%. so i can buy 100g of tobacco and roll 200 cigs with it. its the way they cut it that makes it pack in there differently (im guessing with more pockets of air). i suspect that my old discount brand of cigs was using this cut. i consistently smoked those king size in less than 5 minutes. sometimes 3.
if they have this in the states (and i think they do), they probably dont really mention it. im sure someone has thought their old cigs took less and less time to smoke (especially discount brands)
i believe canadian cigs are made only of virginia, and i tried to make mine with the same (with trace amounts of other baccys). its good sometimes, and usually seems to take a day or 2 after shredding to be less strong (dunno why). still too strong to smoke at my regular rate.
this is my not too official source for what cigs are made of. at the bottom they describe every item. these guys were from the 80's, so no all canadians arent like them.
they say:seven packs of smokes - cigarettes; Canadian cigarettes are quite different from those sold in the United States--American cigarettes are made of a combination of burley, oriental and Virginia tobaccos blended with flavourings and casings, whereas almost all Canadian cigarettes are made from a single variety of Virginia tobacco grown in Ontario, with additives only added to paper and filter (not the tobacco).
http://aetherealforge.com/~aeon/humor/12days.shtml
sorry for the horribly long post.
