Hello from Florida

[smoknron]

Hi everyone Ron from the west coast of Florida. I'm looking forward to learning more about tobacco here and share what I do know. I'm a long time smoker and recently have wanted to try making up my own pipe tobacco blends. I have done a little experimenting with small bits here and there and actually came up with a couple but I'll tell you more about that soon. I heard of people buying leaf tobacco and making great blends up and just thought maybe I can learn how to do that as I am interested . Also I've been reading up on growing it also but thats in the future . Also Thank you Fair trade tobacco for having me here to join I think this is just great to be able for us all to get together and talk about tobacco !

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

Hey, good to see you. Welcome.

 

[deluxestogie]

Welcome to the forum.

Bob

 

[MarcL]

Welcome to Fair Trade Tobacco. Your in the right place.

 

[Jb00]

Welcome!

 

[GreenDragon]

Howdy from Texas! Transplanted Florida native here - whereabouts are ya?

 

[Mathaious12]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Nathan Esq]

I'm from SW FL and recently got here by way of the pipe. Now I'm rolling stogies. Making your own blend is cheap, easy, and fun. My pipe blends worked well, and my first cigar tasted fantastic and smoked great, (it didn't look so great though). Rolling cigars is very easy if you are not bothered by an imperfect looking cigar.

 

[smoknron]

Thanks you guys. Glad to be here. I'm on the west coast of Florida about 40 miles north of Tampa in a town called hudson . I want to order some tobacco soon to make up some pipe blends. Can you guys give me some suggestions on what to get , I tend to smoke the medium to strong type blends, and I like latakia but not the lat bombs . I just don't know what to order. I've never ordered whole leaf tobacco but I did buy some burley twist from a farmer and it was one of the best I've ever had. He gave me a single leaf of it that was cured to show me what they looked like. That's when I became very interested in this. I could tell right away that this tobacco he cured, was, and I'm not sure how to describe it ,but pure like, not chemically treated or maybe it was organic.

 

[Charly]

Welcome to FTT.
If you want to make your own pipe blends, I can recommend you to read the following pages :

https://wholeleaftobacco.com/wiki/pipe-tobacco
https://fairtradetobacco.com/threads/blend-your-own-pipe-tobacco-download-the-free-color-book.8487/
https://fairtradetobacco.com/threads/pure-tobacco-pipe-blends-you-can-make.3926/

You will find all you need on wholeleaftobacco.com : https://wholeleaftobacco.com/cat/american-turkish-tobaccos/traditional-pipe-tobaccos/

Good to read
Have fun

 

[Alpine]

Welcome to FTT

pier

 

[deluxestogie]

Leaf purchase recommendations for starting out pipe blending:

• Latakia
• Perique
• Lemon Virginia or Virginia Red
• Any Oriental
• Maryland or Burley or Dark Air-Cured

Bob

 

[smoknron]

Wow ! I was checking out those tobacco recipes they just look great and I downloaded that book already , I can't wait to read that thank you and for the recommendations I appreciate that info . I saw the what Maryland leaf , what is that like ? I saw that on a website somewhere but I don't even know if I've ever had it in any of the blends I've smoked, or maybe I have and just didn't realize it ? Please excuse me for being so curious about this I should be reading more and probably asking about things somewhere else within the forums but thank you everyone ! Now I would like to wander through a tobacco field and smoke something mild and smoky

 

[deluxestogie]

And don't forget that you can make your own Cavendish from any variety in a day. (You can also make your own Perique from any variety, but that takes three or more months, and the WLT Perique is straight from St. James Parish, LA.)

Bob

 

[GreenDragon]

Check out the Wiki for pipe tobacco https://wholeleaftobacco.com/wiki/pipe-tobacco for more info on the different types, and Bob's book of course.

A short answer: Maryland, Burley, and Dark Air-cured are all similar in that they are air cured as opposed to Flue cured like Virginia's, and are therefore not sweet like Va's. The have a different, deeper tobacco flavor. Maryland is the middle ground, with a milder flavor that plays well with others and stays in the background - good for making a neutral Cavendish. Dark Air is stronger in both flavor and nicotine, and Burley has the most distinct flavor flavor of the three (some describe as nutty). If you've smoked commercial pipe blends you've probably had all three in some amount and just not know it.

WLT sells Maryland and Dark Air. They no longer carry Burley, but you can buy some from a fellow member @BigBonner, or, of course, grow some!

My wife is from Tampa and I consider her good peoples.