ageing tobacco
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I think you are confusing two processes. Kilning and flue curing. Flue curing is done to green leaf and reaches the temps you mentioned. Kilning speed ages the already cured leaf and hold 123-128F for two months with moisturized leaf. Some of us use a crock pot for both heat and humidity, some just supply a heat source and keep the leaf moist in a sealed container. These links will help sort out the terminology, then look at the kiln builds found in the Key Forum Threads link at the top.
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fairtradetobacco.com
fairtradetobacco.com
This is my kiln build, there are many others from mild to wild, easy to hard, cheap to over the top.
fairtradetobacco.com
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Is there any way to mellow out shredded tobacco ?
Muggs, Is you burley from the 2018 season? Has it been kilned? If the answers are yes and no, respectively, then you're just smoking the stuff way too soon. Bob Yes,the burley turn dark drown.smells wonderful.im smoking this straight, An it make me cough, an has an bitter after taste. I...
Curing, Fermentation, Aging, Kilning? Basic Definitions
Curing Tobacco When you begin with leaf from the field (primed or stalk-cut), and then allow it to convert from a living leaf to a dead leaf (of yellow or brown), you have cured the leaf. Often in this forum, we refer to this as "color-curing". There are a number of methods for color-curing...
This is my kiln build, there are many others from mild to wild, easy to hard, cheap to over the top.
Knuckleheads Wooden Box Kiln Build
I've been meaning to build a kiln for the past two seasons but have just gotten off my sorry ass and decided to do something about it. (Bob's thread kicked off my thinking seriously about it) First, let me say that the cheapest kiln build is one from a free freezer, as the box itself is the most...
Thanks you are right I was getting confused with the two on right track now
