I was gifted some whole leaf, what to do now?

[loui loui]

I managed to shred some and smoke it, I like it but it was different, very raw touch to it but I like it anyway. I don't think this is cured maybe.
What to do now to get a super-premium smoking experience?
How to mill this to tobacco flour for snus?
It is a mix of virginia, burley, kentucky & oriental.
I really like it as is but how to improve the experience? Build a kiln?
Thanks guys!

 

[DaleB]

Pipe, or cigarettes? If you're a pipe smoker there are two books as well as a thread or two here about blending your own.

 

[loui loui]

Pipe, or cigarettes? If you're a pipe smoker there are two books as well as a thread or two here about blending your own.

Both rolled cigarettes and pipe is nice.

I think this blend is good enough as it is, I grab some different coloured leafs and roll it like a roll of falafel, then I cut it with a knife and put it in a blender and chop it a bit.
It is very difficult to roll a cigarette with this cut but in the pipe it is just fine.
Can you help me find the thread and the books?

I am really happy I was gifted this box of tobacco, it is 4.4lb.
I was gladly surpriced, it is a big bag of tobacco.

 

[DaleB]

Can you help me find the thread and the books?

Click on "Key Forum Threads" at the top, there is a TON of good information there - including links to the books for purchase or download.

 

[ProZachJ]

If you can apply enough pressure you'd be surprised the difference even 24hrs can make. Even if all you have is a large heavy stack of books, a week under it will make a noticeable difference

 

[loui loui]

If you can apply enough pressure you'd be surprised the difference even 24hrs can make. Even if all you have is a large heavy stack of books, a week under it will make a noticeable difference

Cool but I don't have books.
Maybe I can get some wood and a C-clamp but I think it is smoother when dry, the tobacco came a bit moist.

 

[ProZachJ]

I don't have books.

In this case, I suggest you correct this flaw immediately. The tobacco is the least of your worries

 

[loui loui]

In this case, I suggest you correct this flaw immediately. The tobacco is the least of your worries

I got some e-books but they don't weigh a lot!
I am carrying them in my pocket!

 

[ProZachJ]

Digital books are like smoke. Here one moment, gone the next.

Use them sure, but don't count them amongst the things you own.

 

[Juxtaposer-]

My first press was a stack of bricks.

 

[johnny108]

Rocks are free.
A couple of pieces of scrap wood or cardboard could sandwich around the tobacco in a plastic bag.
Of course we will have to open a thread on whether igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary rock are better…
I’m particularly fond of the cryptocrystalline form of quartz, and natural volcanic glass….

 

[burge]

Press it and if you can put it under heat. What I mean by that is the car heat from a hot day type thing. I have plastic tubs for tobacco and when I go fishing every time in a hot car the tobacco tastes so much better from the heat from the sun.