Homegrown/WLT Pipe Tobacco You Smoked Today

[DistillingJim]

Nice. I hadnt really thought about how air cured virginia would have the benefit of reducing FC tongue bite. Will need to play with that one.

 

[Charly]

I made a rope.
3g Air cured Symbol 4,
8g Air cured Helena from the tips-final pick
4g flue cured, 2nd pick Costello Negro
7g flue cured, first pick Costello Negro
She's a keeper.
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Very nice ! A full virginia rope

 

[DistillingJim]

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Katsuri grown from seeds kindly provided by Tutu. The leaf is traditionally used in cigarettes and bites badly when smoked neat. However, a mix of 5 parts air-cured Katsuri and 1 part Perique makes a lovely spicey blend. It can be a little overpowering and would probably benefit from a third element to stop it becoming overpowering, it but it is nevertheless a delicious blend and I look forward to seeing how the leaf ages.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

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Katsuri grown from seeds kindly provided by Tutu. The leaf is traditionally used in cigarettes and bites badly when smoked neat. However, a mix of 5 parts air-cured Katsuri and 1 part Perique makes a lovely spicey blend. It can be a little overpowering and would probably benefit from a third element to stop it becoming overpowering, it but it is nevertheless a delicious blend and I look forward to seeing how the leaf ages.

How would you classify the Kasturi if you had to fit it neatly into western tobacco classification?

 

[DistillingJim]

I would probably put it in the Bright Leaf/Virginia category. According to Tutu it is usually sun-cured (although my first attempt at flue-curing had a somewhat mixed result).

 

[DistillingJim]

BTW - I've bagged and am collecting Katsuri seeds. Happy to share with any members who want to try it next year.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

I would probably put it in the Bright Leaf/Virginia category. According to Tutu it is usually sun-cured (although my first attempt at flue-curing had a somewhat mixed result).

I don't know if you've read this thread, but maybe try this method I'm just figuring out. http://fairtradetobacco.com/threads...g-sun-cured-rajangan/page2?highlight=Rajangan

I've had positive results.

 

[Planter]

A flake cut from a plug of air-cured Bolivian Black Criollo (the leaf was wrapped in parchment paper and pressed by bar clamps between two small wooden boards). No additives other than time - once the Bolivian leaf is not sticky anymore the "chemical" smell many reported (somewhere between menthol and floor wax) will have vanished (this takes 3 - 12 months). My best leaves have a distinct red-brown color, resembling cocoa beans. Burn in the pipe is what I call ideal, slow and bite-free, the aroma is reminiscent of Caribbean cigars (minus the alkalinity - some of it can be still quite strong, though).

 

[Leftynick]

How long do you pressed it for? I made one virginia burley flake cased with honey water and wondering how long I need to press it

 

[DistillingJim]

Personally, I'm usually too impatient to leave it for more than a week but I know others leave it longer

 

[Leftynick]

Personally, I'm usually too impatient to leave it for more than a week but I know others leave it longer

thank you Jim. It's only been 5 days and smell great already. I think I will divide it into 2, one for immediate use, one for longer pressing just to see if it have any difference.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

I blended Cavendish made with Costello Negro, halfers with Pergeu Brazil rope, and I'm very satisfied.

 

[Smokin Harley]

my 1 yr+ Perique navy style carotte . very simple ,100% yet it was very mild . cut coins 1/8" and rubbed out .

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

I've been fine tuning my homegrown flue cured Costello Negro / WLT dark air cured blend. The proportions are as follows:
This much Costello (top) and that much dark air (bottom).

 

[DistillingJim]

I love the ratios in your recipe China. I've recently warmed hugely to the fact that no two blends we make will be the same and that this heterogeny should be embraced, not resisted. There's really no reason to measure everything down to the gram.

 

[deluxestogie]

CV, My blends that use dark air usually go lighter on it. I consider it the double base violin or the tuba. It's wonderful when it's there, but more cowbell is not necessarily better cowbell.

Bob

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

CV, My blends that use dark air usually go lighter on it. I consider it the double base violin or the tuba. It's wonderful when it's there, but more cowbell is not necessarily better cowbell.

Bob

I walk the razor's edge between chaos and serenity with this exacting blend.

 

[deluxestogie]

I walk the razor's edge between chaos and serenity...

I'm not so good at that skill.

Bob

 

[Levi Gross]

I smoked Pearl of Shabam WLT blend by deluxestogie. The pipe is a Lorenzo Spitfire that I did a custom rustication on and sent off to Briarville Pipe Repair and Restoration for a custom acrylic stem. I smoke this pipe day in and day out. Although I have others to rotate this is my main pipe and will smoke it until the cows come home.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

Delhi 34 flake.