Have to ask, which of the WLT cigar leafs might make an interesting cigarette blender? I would be looking for the easiest to inhale, and preferably one that has the least fermented/barnyard taste. Plain tobacco flavor with lots of smoke, a substitute for burley perhaps, not trying to make a filtered cigar. Or am I barking up the wrong tree?
WLT cigar leaf for cigarettes?
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BigMikeChevy
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thats a real good thought. been looking on the whole leaf post that dons talking about getting somemore cigar leaf so if he can come up with packages that we can order to try our hand at rolling cigars and trying these leafs also to roll ciggys.
thats a real good thought. been looking on the whole leaf post that dons talking about getting somemore cigar leaf so if he can come up with packages that we can order to try our hand at rolling cigars and trying these leafs also to roll ciggys.
DonH
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I tried mixing shredded cigar leaf scrap with some flue cured but I didn't like the way it tasted at all. But if you want a hint of cigar flavor in your cigarette blend, I would recommend Don's Dark Air Cured. It goes down smoother than Burley and packs a punch.
A pinch of Dominican Seco is giving a noble taste to cigarette blends.
I've started using some Dark Air in my cigarette blends. Just a little bit adds a nice flavor. The Dominican Seco is fairly mild, like Istanbulin said, I can see a bit adding a nice flavor. I highly recommend buying a $5.00 Missouri Meerschaum corn cob pipe. I sample all my leaf singly and can get an idea what the flavor might add to a blend. There are several varieties I like to smoke by themselves in a pipe also. Samsun-Maden, Bursa, Silver River, Burley, etc. I just tear a hunk out of a leaf, wad it up and stuff it in the pipe. Good stuff.
Matty
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There used to be some Indonesian cigar tobacco (correct me if I'm wrong) at the WLT store which I really liked blended with the flue cured. I've tried the Dominican and Nicaraguan in cig blends but it's a little overpowering. I'd try some shade leaf in a blend, something mild.
I could send you some CT shade scrap. If it's too small for wrapper I don't use it. If you want a little PM me your address and I'll send you a sample.
I think a clay pipe is better than a corn cob pipe for tasting tobaccos. It never adds different tastes to the smoke.
Will add Dark Air and Dominican Seco to my list, thanks guys.
johnlee, is this the same as WLT CT Broad Leaf?
No. This is shade grown CT shade. It is exclusively used as a wrapper in the industry and that's how I use mine. There are always scraps not fit for wrapper and I have some around if you would like to try it for something. I sent a little to BarG and he seemed to like it. I have tried it as a puro and didn't like it.
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