Has anyone smoked the Hand tied Nicaragua Orinico from WLT?
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DreadApache
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I smoke cigarettes and usually make a blend of burley, dark air and Virginias. I've had all the different Virginias from WLT, all good and different.
I'm always looking to introduce new flavours without it being a typical cigar flavour. I've read the history of the Orinico tobacco here and in other places online and it seems it's an ancestor/linked to brighleaf. I'm looking to know if anyone smoked it to have an idea of the flavour profile vs let's say a lemon and a ripe Virginia. It's also on special which is why it caught my attention.
I'm always looking to introduce new flavours without it being a typical cigar flavour. I've read the history of the Orinico tobacco here and in other places online and it seems it's an ancestor/linked to brighleaf. I'm looking to know if anyone smoked it to have an idea of the flavour profile vs let's say a lemon and a ripe Virginia. It's also on special which is why it caught my attention.
ShiniKoroshi
Dental Floss Tycoon
Ive been wondering about that leaf myself. Maybe Don could send you a sample then you can let us all know how it is. Never hurts to ask.
The Orinoco associated with flue-cured tobacco varieties is the name of a River in Venezuela. Orinoco is also the name of a coastal city on the eastern coast of Nicaragua. The Orinoco-type tobaccos that are flue-cured all have leaves that come to an acute point at the end. Examples from ARS-GRIN:
Bob
EDIT: Lizard Tail Orinoco PI 552377
Photo: ARS-GRIN
- PI 552377
- PI 552633
- PI 119869
- PI 552337
- PI 552783
Bob
EDIT: Lizard Tail Orinoco PI 552377
Photo: ARS-GRIN
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DreadApache
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I put an order in at WLT for a few things and asked for a sample of the hand tied Orinico. I'll report back with a review if I get some.
ShiniKoroshi
Dental Floss Tycoon
You are the man!
Thank you.
DreadApache
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Order arriving later today, hopefully they were able to give a sample. I'll report back soon
DreadApache
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Alright so I got my order and they included a generous 5 leaves of hand tied Orinico. I'm glad I got a sample first, I wanted to use this for cigarettes but I will not... It's a beautiful very thin leaf. Smells strong of cigar type tobacco, smokes pretty smooth but the taste and aroma doesn't work for cigarette tobacco profile and I'm not a cigar smoker. This leaf on special is a definite must grab for anyone into cigars, it would make a nice filler or even binder on small cigars. The leaves are in perfect shape and are quite aromatic considering the taste is smooth. The taste is not too strong that it would probably blend in with anything else added to it.
ShiniKoroshi
Dental Floss Tycoon
Thank you very much for your review (and thanks to WLT for sending a sample). Im with you in that the cigar (caribbean) taste doesn't work out so well for cigs. The heirloom American cigar tobaccos* lack the caribbean stench and would be great in cigs. I believe some of these may be available on the whole leaf market under different names (think town in Scottland and an unusual animal at the zoo). Both of these have been wonderful in my pipe mixtures and great in cigs thus far. Unfortunately my cig making is halted until I build a kiln.
Im growing Little Dutch this year and will grow the others listed next year.
*Little Dutch, Ohio Dutch, Pennsylvania Red, Long Red
Something to try (if you don’t want to roll a cigar with what you have):
fairtradetobacco.com
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ShiniKoroshi
Dental Floss Tycoon
This is another one that sounds interesting, Tabaco Negro.Something to try (if you don’t want to roll a cigar with what you have):
Cuban cigarette and how to duplicate
A friend of mine gifted me a carton of Cuban cigarettes, "Popular Negro" which is said (or written) to be made of 100% Cuban tobaccos. This is the first time I smoked a Cuban cigarette so it was somewhat interesting to me. It has a 20 mm long filter. I was told that unfiltered ones are stronger...
"Negro Black Also called "Tabaco Negro" in Spanish, is a name for dark tobacco that is dark in color and strong in taste. Black or dark tobacco is primarily used in cigars and dark cigarettes. It is often slowly darkened by a long curing and fermenting process to give a dark brown to black tobacco with exceptionally mild smoking characteristics.
Negro Black grows 5' to 6' in height with a classic Virginian type plant form and leaf shape. It produces and average of 14 to 16 leaves per plant. The leaves are a medium to dark green averaging 12" to 14" in width and 20" to 22" in length. It matures and reaches bloom in 60 days."
ShiniKoroshi
Dental Floss Tycoon
...read that thread above and have some of the WLT Samsun, and growing Canik, can't not (that was beautiful) at least try this blend since Don also has Dominican. 
Belle-Beast
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I had got a sample and I loved it in my cig base blend from 5 to 10 percent. So it's on my list of tobaccos to add to my collection for blending. I like mixing things up. Not your average cig smoker I guess. Definitely didn't remind me of cigar tobacco smell or taste. It really enhanced the flavor of the other tobaccos that were blended with it.
Comicman43
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One day when I get better at rolling cigars i might try that one
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