Nathan Esq
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I no longer smoke a pipe and was wondering if I adjust the chemistry with something alkaline and ferment, will it be useful in a cigar?
Fermenting virginia and burley
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I have rolled cigars from flue-cured Virginia, pure burley, pure Maryland, pure Orientals. They are all quite smokable. Dark Air-cured and burley, and to a lesser extent, Maryland, can raise the pH of a blend. An all burley cigar is tasty and strong (nicotine being absorbed from just the nasopharynx), but usually so hygroscopic that it gets pretty soggy by the time I reach the butt.
Every tobacco tastes different in a cigar. So your enjoyment of it may depend on your expectations. By "ferment", I assume you are referring to the traditional, forced aging of cigar leaf. This is accomplished just as well, and with far less work in a kiln. With the exception of flue-cured leaf, I kiln all my varieties. Whether or not they work in a cigar just depends on the final pH. If the pH is too low (too acidic), then puffing it without inhaling (I never inhale tobacco smoke) provides no nicotine.
Fermenting (kilning) flue-cured leaf or Oriental leaf gives you a mellower flue-cured or Oriental leaf. Fermentation is not what makes cigar leaf taste distinctively like cigar leaf.
Bob
Every tobacco tastes different in a cigar. So your enjoyment of it may depend on your expectations. By "ferment", I assume you are referring to the traditional, forced aging of cigar leaf. This is accomplished just as well, and with far less work in a kiln. With the exception of flue-cured leaf, I kiln all my varieties. Whether or not they work in a cigar just depends on the final pH. If the pH is too low (too acidic), then puffing it without inhaling (I never inhale tobacco smoke) provides no nicotine.
Fermenting (kilning) flue-cured leaf or Oriental leaf gives you a mellower flue-cured or Oriental leaf. Fermentation is not what makes cigar leaf taste distinctively like cigar leaf.
Bob
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