I grew and flue cured 3 types this year: Goose Creek Red, Prilep 66-9/7 and Delhi 34. They're all great but I do notice a bit of a 'cheap-perfume/pee' aroma in the pouch, which also lingers in my nose after smoking them. Especially with flue cured Prilep. Does anyone else experience this ever and if so will it just age out or..?
Slight perfume aroma in homegrown
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TigerTom
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I have Prilep, Stacked Basma, and Katerini from WLT.
All three have a very slight floral almost perfumy character to varying degrees, with the Basma being the least floral and Prilep the most.
Do you blend them with other tobaccos or smoke them straight?
All three have a very slight floral almost perfumy character to varying degrees, with the Basma being the least floral and Prilep the most.
Do you blend them with other tobaccos or smoke them straight?
Both, the aroma is present in a blend as well. It is floral if a tad much.
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Bob
Bob
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I thought the perfume smell in your sample which I haven't smoked yet, was fairly strong.
A few years ago, I had a bunch of tobacco pick up aroma from western red cedar which I had lined my floor with, and it was no good. I got rid of it by putting a huge filter bag of charcoal in my kiln. I made sure to keep the bag extra moist. Seemed to do the trick.
A few years ago, I had a bunch of tobacco pick up aroma from western red cedar which I had lined my floor with, and it was no good. I got rid of it by putting a huge filter bag of charcoal in my kiln. I made sure to keep the bag extra moist. Seemed to do the trick.
Prior to flue-curing in your plastic trash can, did you bring the container (empty) up to temp to check for odors?
Bob
Bob
I may try that
Y'know something, no I didn't. I did clean and paint it.. Rats! I bet that's it, hot paint.. Should have off gassed it.
Oh boy not that I know of! That sounds rough buddy. I didn't even use chemical pesticides. Figures I would overlook something and ruin a bunch of otherwise awesome tobacco. Ah well I wasn't too fond of that kiln anyway, it was kind of a quick fix. I'll build something better next year.You didn’t grow in arsenic by mistake like me did ya
The charcoal voodoo thing sounds promising.
Bob
Bob
..for saving this batch? Or for next year?
@ChinaVoodoo
Did you use it while kilning to balance out the redwood or use on the affected tobacco to neutralize the aroma after the fact?
You have nothing to lose by trying to deodorize this year's batch. Add the voodoo, then check back in a month or six.
Bob
Bob
ChinaVoodoo
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{Bullet point} Tobacco in kiln.
{Bullet point} Charcoal filled mesh bag in kiln, hanging in middle.
{Bullet point} Sufficient heat to prevent mold.
{Bullet point} High humidity, with extra spritz on the charcoal to activate the voodoo.
{Bullet point} Charcoal filled mesh bag in kiln, hanging in middle.
{Bullet point} Sufficient heat to prevent mold.
{Bullet point} High humidity, with extra spritz on the charcoal to activate the voodoo.
ChinaVoodoo
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Disembowel a box of baking soda upon the floor for good measure.
I found it. This is the source of the scent that permeates some of my flue cured tobacco.
What you see here is delicious tobacco juice that has dripped down next to the crock pot during kilning. This is what must have happened when I was using this same appliance (garbage can with a crock pot in it) as a flue cure chamber. Some prilep fell down and slowly cooked there, releasing its aroma into the rest of the leaf. I had a few kinds in there together but I bet it was Prilep that scented everything else.
What you see here is delicious tobacco juice that has dripped down next to the crock pot during kilning. This is what must have happened when I was using this same appliance (garbage can with a crock pot in it) as a flue cure chamber. Some prilep fell down and slowly cooked there, releasing its aroma into the rest of the leaf. I had a few kinds in there together but I bet it was Prilep that scented everything else.
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