Contents of nicotine in tobaccos?

[sansonPR]

Hi gent's I have some question of how the contents of nicotine in tabacco is determine??? I know that tobaccos are in a range of mild, med, med-full and so on. Does this indicate that a full flavortobacco is highest in nicotine content than a mild one? It stronger flavors of tobacco indicate it's nicotine content??? How do I know when I'm smoking a hi nicotine tobacco? Which are the characteristics of hi nicotine? Thank for your help!!!

 

[LewZephyr]

I do not know how to determine how much Nic Kick a blend will have other than smoking it.

I've ran across this subject of terms numerous times.
In the end the below is how I break out the difference in flavor and strength.
It makes sense to me, and well that's what important.

Flavor - Complexity /Richness / Boldness
Aroma - Strong /Mellow Room Note
Smoke - Volume ,Texture smoothness/mellowness/harshness
Strength -full/medium/mild Nicotine Kick

Luck in your hunt for answers.

 

[deluxestogie]

Nicotine content in natural leaf increases from the bottom of the stalk to the top. Nicotine varies by seasonal weather. Nicotine varies by date of topping--earlier topping results in higher nicotine than later topping. Leaf that is primed at a more mature stage will have higher nicotine content. Nicotine varies somewhat by curing method and aging, but not by a lot.

Average nicotine content varies by tobacco variety (ranging from ~0.5 mg/gram of cured leaf to ~50 mg/gram of cured leaf.) Nicotine content of most commonly grown varieties ranges between 1 mg/gram of cured leaf to ~6 mg/gram of cured leaf. The nicotine content noted in the GRIN Observations often does not reflect what you will see when you grow that variety.

As for relating nicotine content to the descriptive terms used by marketeers of commercial tobacco products, there is no correlation.

A safe bet is that for a single variety, darker leaf is higher in nicotine than lighter-colored leaf.

Bob

 

[Hasse SWE]

Nice answer Lewzephyr!
And Bob

 

[jolly]

From what I can tell there is no correlation between strength of flavor and nicotine content. Some of the strongest flavored tobaccos I have smoked -- orientals/latakia -- are some of the weakest in nicotine. My burley tips, on the other hand, are medium flavored but I can only handle one small leaf. Any more than that and I'm so nauseous that I feel like I've been punched in the stomach.

Bob's info below is perfect for judging leaves on the same plant within the same variety. Between varieties there can be a large range of variation. You'll have to experiment with different varieties to blend to your taste and relative nic strength

Nicotine content in natural leaf increases from the bottom of the stalk to the top...

...A safe bet is that for a single variety, darker leaf is higher in nicotine than lighter-colored leaf.

Bob

 

[Knucklehead]

How do I know when I'm smoking a hi nicotine tobacco? Which are the characteristics of hi nicotine? Thank for your help!!!

When you start sweating buckets and blowing groceries, back off just a hair.

 

[DonH]

When you start sweating buckets and blowing groceries, back off just a hair.

Well, it's harder to tell with cigars until it's too late. With cigarettes if it's high nicotine I feel like putting the cigarette out before finishing it. If it's low nicotine I might feel like lighting another after I finish one. Everything else is medium.

 

[Hasse SWE]

Nice answer Lewzephyr!
And Bob

Sorry for mmy half message.. I should also tell that for example N.Rustica is high i nicotine but do not taste as much. Orient variants it's often low in nicotine but taste much. And one of my favourite Burley taste much but don't produces much nicotine; when I had it alone in my Snus(oral-snuff) I fell in love with it but felt the same time that some things were missing.. The same times I really eating much peanuts.

 

[jolly]

Well, it's harder to tell with cigars until it's too late...

It's the same with pipes. It creeps up on you. I've found rinsing my mouth out immediately helps it not get much worse.

 

[Smokin Harley]

Ive had a few production cigars that I had to sit down to finish with a water break in the middle . Ashton, AVO, and Partagas come to mind and they werent necessarily dark wrappers or all that flavorful.