Tabak Designation

[whotan]

Beautiful good day.
I thought about making a thread for tobacco names. I have two tobaccos and I don't know what they are! 1x Dac/BC und Dac/AB !
Ich denke dac heißt dark air cured!
Aber was heist dahinter BC und bei dem anderen AB?
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I think dac means dark air cured! But what does BC mean and AB for the other one? Unfortunately, my query to the shop didn't yield any results! They wrote back to me saying they were overloaded and that I should order from somewhere else! And that's even though I've already received the goods! However, they forgot to label my tobacco! In future I will order from somewhere else! I think it's really cheeky to respond like that to a regular customer! In future I will order from somewhere else!

One of them says Kentucky on the internet! But is Kentucky normally always dark fired?!
Or is there also Kentucky without dark fired?

 

[slouch]

Beautiful good day.
I thought about making a thread for tobacco names. I have two tobaccos and I don't know what they are! 1x Dac/BC und Dac/AB !
Ich denke dac heißt dark air cured!
Aber was heist dahinter BC und bei dem anderen AB?
!
I think dac means dark air cured! But what does BC mean and AB for the other one? Unfortunately, my query to the shop didn't yield any results! They wrote back to me saying they were overloaded and that I should order from somewhere else! And that's even though I've already received the goods! However, they forgot to label my tobacco! In future I will order from somewhere else! I think it's really cheeky to respond like that to a regular customer! In future I will order from somewhere else!

One of them says Kentucky on the internet! But is Kentucky normally always dark fired?!
Or is there also Kentucky without dark fired?

I believe dark fired just refers to how it’s fire cured after it’s grown not really the genetics, just like how Latakia can be any orientals just treated with smoke. If it’s labeled dark fired Kentucky then that would lead me to believe it’s some variety of Kentucky burley. Yes there is Kentucky burley that isn’t dark fired it’s just regular burley. From what I see in peoples blends dark fired varieties are more of a condimental blend ingredient as the flavor can be quite pungent just like Latakia or perique.

 

[deluxestogie]

In the US, "dark fire-cured" is a USDA use class of tobacco. It is generally referred to as "dark tobacco", since it differs from the USDA use class of "dark air-cured" only in its method of curing. [These are designations that originated in the late 19th century.] But the tobacco is genetically "dark tobacco". In the US, no burley is classed as "dark fire-cured". In the US, all burley is designated by the USDA use class, "burley".

In Europe, "dark" tobacco is a broad, less defined class of varieties, that may or may not resemble the "dark tobacco" grown in the US. Some seem to be cigar varieties. In Europe, "Kentucky" has been usually applied to burley varieties, though sometimes to non-burley varieties.

You can be relatively certain that "Dac/BC und Dac/AB" refer to two European-style dark air-cured tobacco varieties (or sources). Non-standard labeling is a problem anywhere.

Bob

 

[slouch]

In the US, "dark fire-cured" is a USDA use class of tobacco. It is generally referred to as "dark tobacco", since it differs from the USDA use class of "dark air-cured" only in its method of curing. [These are designations that originated in the late 19th century.] But the tobacco is genetically "dark tobacco". In the US, no burley is classed as "dark fire-cured". In the US, all burley is designated by the USDA use class, "burley".

In Europe, "dark" tobacco is a broad, less defined class of varieties, that may or may not resemble the "dark tobacco" grown in the US. Some seem to be cigar varieties. In Europe, "Kentucky" has been usually applied to burley varieties, though sometimes to non-burley varieties.

You can be relatively certain that "Dac/BC und Dac/AB" refer to two European-style dark air-cured tobacco varieties (or sources). Non-standard labeling is a problem anywhere.

Bob

Thanks for the clarification bob

 

[KroBar]

Maybe British Columbia and Alberta? Or a Scientific name?