Here is my testament to whole leaf tobacco. And warning about commercial tobaccos.
I have been smoking whole leaf tobacco for over a month, now. Since I started, I have never added any casing of any sort to the leaf. I have been smoking it as is.
I have not found it harsh, rough, etc. Mind you, I have not tried Burley leaf yet but if I put it in the oven for 10 minutes, it is not really processing it in the sense of adding a casing.
I have purchased: Ripe Virginia; Red Virginia; Izmir, Latakia; Perique; Dark Air Cured and Light Fire Cured.
I mentioned in my intro thread, as an update, how tasteful and pleasant smoking whole leaf has been compared to commercial tobaccos.
When I joined this forum, I wanted to try whole leaf as I had developed a severe intolerance to commercial tobacco. It plagued my mouth roof and gum line, and badly, to the point where I had to give up the pipe multiple times over the last 3 years.
This does not happen anymore since I switched to whole leaf. At worse, I had been getting a slight tingling and know to put the pipe aside for 10 minutes.
However, this does not happen often. The longer I smoke the whole leaf, the less often it has happened. I understand my mouth roof is not quite 100% healed, yet. But it's getting there.
I am the happiest camper there can be.
Whatever commercial manufacturers add, the result has ceased to be tobacco a long time ago!
I have tins of Peterson, Dunhill, Amphora, Davidoff, G, H & Co, Escudo and Mac Baren that have been opened for over 6 months and they are, incredibly, still very moist. Even if the tobacco feels a bit dry when I pinch it into a ball, it stays together.
That, my friends, is NOT tobacco.
To be very frank, I feel I have been tricked by commercial manufacturers. Lied to.
The last few times I gave commercial tobacco a try, I baked the tin for 6 hours at 200F in the hope of evaporating the rubbish it contains. Within 10 minutes of smoking it, I had to stop because my mouth roof and gum line had become very irritated.
Just like that! Two days after my last try, my gumline, at the back of my mouth, still hurt when I brushed my teeth. You can't make that stuff up.
No more, I tell you. The tobacco, anyway, is tasteless. That is not the case with whole leaf!
If you are a commercial tobacco smoker and are experiencing mouth issues from the smoking, do give whole leaf a try.
This attempt might be one of the best decisions you will make. De-stemming and leaf storage is not that time consuming and is worth the time and effort.
I don't even get any tongue bite, anymore. That's saying something.
It makes sense. After all, this is the way pipe tobacco should be smoked.
I have been smoking whole leaf tobacco for over a month, now. Since I started, I have never added any casing of any sort to the leaf. I have been smoking it as is.
I have not found it harsh, rough, etc. Mind you, I have not tried Burley leaf yet but if I put it in the oven for 10 minutes, it is not really processing it in the sense of adding a casing.
I have purchased: Ripe Virginia; Red Virginia; Izmir, Latakia; Perique; Dark Air Cured and Light Fire Cured.
I mentioned in my intro thread, as an update, how tasteful and pleasant smoking whole leaf has been compared to commercial tobaccos.
When I joined this forum, I wanted to try whole leaf as I had developed a severe intolerance to commercial tobacco. It plagued my mouth roof and gum line, and badly, to the point where I had to give up the pipe multiple times over the last 3 years.
This does not happen anymore since I switched to whole leaf. At worse, I had been getting a slight tingling and know to put the pipe aside for 10 minutes.
However, this does not happen often. The longer I smoke the whole leaf, the less often it has happened. I understand my mouth roof is not quite 100% healed, yet. But it's getting there.
I am the happiest camper there can be.
Whatever commercial manufacturers add, the result has ceased to be tobacco a long time ago!
I have tins of Peterson, Dunhill, Amphora, Davidoff, G, H & Co, Escudo and Mac Baren that have been opened for over 6 months and they are, incredibly, still very moist. Even if the tobacco feels a bit dry when I pinch it into a ball, it stays together.
That, my friends, is NOT tobacco.
To be very frank, I feel I have been tricked by commercial manufacturers. Lied to.
The last few times I gave commercial tobacco a try, I baked the tin for 6 hours at 200F in the hope of evaporating the rubbish it contains. Within 10 minutes of smoking it, I had to stop because my mouth roof and gum line had become very irritated.
Just like that! Two days after my last try, my gumline, at the back of my mouth, still hurt when I brushed my teeth. You can't make that stuff up.
No more, I tell you. The tobacco, anyway, is tasteless. That is not the case with whole leaf!
If you are a commercial tobacco smoker and are experiencing mouth issues from the smoking, do give whole leaf a try.
This attempt might be one of the best decisions you will make. De-stemming and leaf storage is not that time consuming and is worth the time and effort.
I don't even get any tongue bite, anymore. That's saying something.
It makes sense. After all, this is the way pipe tobacco should be smoked.
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