Pure Tobacco Pipe Blends You Can Make

[Juxtaposer-]

I did not like the odd flavors my cavendish had but after a few months those disappeared. The nicotine levels did not subside as much as I thought they would and neither did the tobacco flavors. Granted the red tip was only steamed for five hours. All in all steaming tobacco is a great way to smooth out a smoke.

 

[KroBar]

It's a good combination. A dash of Latakia might be a good addition too.


That sounds pretty good, I might have to make some cavendish and try a batch

I haven't found too much joy with Latakia in my blends (probably my fault in not knowing how to utilize it properly).
I've mixed a little Dark Fired and/or Light Fired with the BurPer base, and it's a nice variation, although it can be a bit heavy

 

[Controlled Chaos]

It's a tricky one. Of all the blends I've decided to leave as is, none of them contain Latakia. The ones that do are an ever evolving series of experiments it seems

 

[deluxestogie]

ever evolving

The percentage of Latakia in the classic, Balkan Sobranie Smoking Mixture ("white") changed over time as well. I suspect that was in response to changes in the Latakia available to the manufacturer.

Bob

 

[Juxtaposer-]

I’m pretty close to getting a Samson blend together. Right now I have it at Samson, Burley, and sweetened red tip cavendish in equal parts.

Tried this with a pinch of Perique. The idea of a pinch of fire cured just came up.

 

[Controlled Chaos]

Here's one I'm going to call complete and press up a few nice sized plugs. Of course right after I say I can't nail down a blend containing Latakia.

53% Samsun
19% Lemon Flue Cured VA
15% DAC
13% Latakia

This one started as mostly Samsun with some DAC and a sprinkle of Latakia but it was like trying to light asbestos. A bit of Virginia was enough to get it to stay lit without to much change to the wonderful combination of Samsun and DAC. Samsun is quickly becoming a favorite ingredient of mine

 

[Controlled Chaos]

Tried this with a pinch of Perique. The idea of a pinch of fire cured just came up.

How did you like it with the perique? I've yet to try Samsun with dark fired but that sounds like an interesting combination

 

[Juxtaposer-]

How did you like it with the perique? I've yet to try Samsun with dark fired but that sounds like an interesting combination

Only had the one bowl. It seemed like the perique interfered with some of the good burley qualities I was getting. It also seemed to mess with the spiciness of the Samson. I still have a couple of bowls to go through but I am leaning towards leaving it out right now.

 

[Controlled Chaos]

Here's a fresh plug of Early Burley with no casing besides a little distilled water. Not looking forward to slicing this 2"x2.875" plug but definitely looking forward to trying it after it rests for a couple weeks. 53 grams and a half inch thick. It rattles around in the jar like it's a block of plastic. Pressed once in the bigger mold, sliced and stacked and pressed again in the smaller mold. I'm going to have to use more clamps on the bigger mold next time to get it to be as dense as I'd like and avoid having to press again in the smaller mold

 

[DaleB]

Here's one I'm going to call complete and press up a few nice sized plugs. Of course right after I say I can't nail down a blend containing Latakia.

53% Samsun
19% Lemon Flue Cured VA
15% DAC
13% Latakia

This one started as mostly Samsun with some DAC and a sprinkle of Latakia but it was like trying to light asbestos. A bit of Virginia was enough to get it to stay lit without to much change to the wonderful combination of Samsun and DAC. Samsun is quickly becoming a favorite ingredient of mine

That looks interesting. I've got a small batch in the noodle press right now so I can try it out. I've got close to a pound of Samsun here. mostly home grown. and I find that I like Izmir a lot better in my English blends, so I'm hoping I like this.

 

[Controlled Chaos]

That looks interesting. I've got a small batch in the noodle press right now so I can try it out. I've got close to a pound of Samsun here. mostly home grown. and I find that I like Izmir a lot better in my English blends, so I'm hoping I like this.

How are you curing your Samsun? This blend is very Samsun forward, not much like an English at all really despite the ingredients list looking like it would be. There wasn't much of a change after adding the Virginia except for a better burn

 

[DaleB]

I just air cured it. Since I grew it myself and had no idea what it should taste like, I ordered a little sample of Samsun just to compare it to mine. The two taste identical to me, so I guess I didn't mess it up.

I wasn't expecting an English, so that's fine. I mixed up a little sample batch of this (16 g) and pressed it for most of the day, just to get an idea of whether I'd like it at all. It's not bad! I imagine after a serious pressing for a few days and some aging time it will be quite nice. It seems to burn well for me. It's fairly mild but not wimpy, if that makes sense. Thanks for the recipe!

 

[Controlled Chaos]

Glad you liked it. It's a nice morning smoke since it's not in your face but it will still wake you up. That's nice to hear about the air curing being sufficient for the Samsun as well, the only reason I got Prilep seeds instead was because I knew for sure it can be flue cured. After trying some of the VA I stalk cured I had my worries about doing the same with any of the strains that are typically sun cured because while it wasn't bad, it was definitely not the same

 

[Juxtaposer-]

Only had the one bowl. It seemed like the perique interfered with some of the good burley qualities I was getting. It also seemed to mess with the spiciness of the Samson. I still have a couple of bowls to go through but I am leaning towards leaving it out right now.

The fire cured really works well with the Samson in this mix. The next test batch will leave out the Perique and only have fire cured as the added pinch.

 

[KroBar]

My Burley / Perique blend has evolved. It's been my daily driver for a couple months now.
Full Bodied, good nic hit, real smooth. Probably make a great cig.

32 parts Burley (Red Tips mix in nicely too, this really smoothes out the bite)
8 parts Perique
4 parts Virginia (Ripe, Red, Lemon, whatever you got. It's more to adjust the PH than anything else)
1 parts Light Fired
1 parts Dark Fired (I've found that no DF is too subtle, and all DF is a hair too heavy. YMMV depending on your taste)

The tobacco is cased enough to work in to a twist without crumbling, but no extra.
I roll it in to a twist, cut finger length sections, then quarter it, slice it, and rub it to Ribbon cut over a few days.
Give it a week or 2 in a loosely open plastic bag till it's just a little more moist than crumbling (you can tell because the Perique gets real nice and stinky).

I've tried pressing it. Pressing it relatively dry had no beneficial effect.
Pressing it moist had a detrimental effect. I lost the benefits of the perique.
The stink (the sort of butt smell that gives you the fruity flavor when smoked) disappeared, and didn't return after drying, and the alkaline tongue bite was pronounced.
Take my pressing info with a grain of salt, it may well be due to my inexperience, but it seems to me that the benefits of Perique are lost when blended too damp.
Maybe someone more experienced can clue me in?

 

[burge]

Pressing it needs all the tobacco to be at roughly the same moisture. If you want to flavour it tobacco will inherit flavour of what's around it

 

[deluxestogie]

If you want to flavour it

...then it belongs in a different thread.

Bob

 

[KroBar]

Pressing it needs all the tobacco to be at roughly the same moisture....

It was. It was ribbon cut, and then cased to about what the Perique comes out of the bag like.
I had it sitting under pressure (under 3 reel to reel tape decks) for a few weeks.
Pulled it out, crumbled it up, let it dry.
It smelled great, real chocolately, but I couldn't discern the perique anymore, and it had some serious tongue bite.
Maybe I'll give it another try in a month or 2. It's just a simple 4:1 Burley : Perique Blend.

 

[burge]

...then it belongs in a different thread.

Bob

Meaning to get the perique flavour

 

[Faltown]

Hi all, after a bit of advice, although I might be a bit premature!

Currently I'm coming to the end of a 54 plant grow. It's a cross between yellow twist bud, and nostrano del brenta, leaning mainly towards yellow twist bud (90% , thanks bob!).

I'm keen on my pipe nowadays, so plan is to get most of it into plugs, as I love fake tobacco.

I know it's going to be very one dimensional flavour wise with just one type, but I'm curious to know what my next steps ( in a few months) should be/ options.

I've built a press, that will do a plug 1 1/4" x 3".

So, colour cure, then destem, then... Kiln? Or case and press and then kiln wrapped tightly in tinfoil?

Hoping to get an average everyday smoke out of this harvest, and if I feel like some nightcap or Irish flake ( my favourites) then I can always grab a few tins for occasions, just unsure of the next steps forward after the colour cure stage this year given in aiming towards something different than last year! Cheers all, have a great weekend