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    First part of custom made kake is harsh until mid bowl

    The tobacco is wrapped in patchment paper, so the pvc does not affect the tobacco.
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    First part of custom made kake is harsh until mid bowl

    I have and haven't experienced the same thing with the individual components.
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    First part of custom made kake is harsh until mid bowl

    So i made my own blend by pressing my own recipe into a kake for a few days in a homemade pvc and c-clamp press. The blend is mostly virginia with added spice from perique and orientals and latakia. Out of the press, the tobacco is harsh for roughly the first half and then develops into what i...
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    Hackert Quality... Gone Down?

    Just received my first hackert. Came in a beautiful ziplock bag. The most stunning of all ziplock bags. Took my first draw to test the air flow and I got a wonderful mouthful of whatever the hell is used to coat the bowl. Looked inside and monstrous clumps of this shit was on the wall. Not...
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    Topping used on mcclelland 5115?

    Anyone know what this topping is or what other bulk tobacco has the same topping? Thanks!
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    McClelland's Fruit Topping

    What do they use on their fragrant virginias? Any ideas at all? Thanks!
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    Anyone tried McClelland's 5120 and 2000 fragrant blends?

    What does it taste like; any intense citrus flavours right from the get-go?
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    Making a Match for Seattle Pipe Club's Mississippi River

    no idea, but it's made with McClelland tobaccos and i'm assuming the topping is based on something they use. the topping is alcohol based for sure (can detect alcohol notes in the tin) and it smells like berries, though tastes citrusy. that's a common topping, just need the right person to see...
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    Making a Match for Seattle Pipe Club's Mississippi River

    rubbing MR out fully and letting it dry for around 2 hours and then smoking the red component alone revealed red cake without casing. the citrus sourness on the draw disappeared. the casing evaporated.
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    Venturing into aromatics for the first time

    i've never really smoked aromatics and i'm looking for tobaccos with a strong citrus topping/casing. any suggestions? i want to smoke it straight and use it for blending purposes. my ideal would be to have blasts of citrus notes on the draw right from first light. Thanks!
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    Tobacco tasting salty

    i've encountered that, but haven't smoked that specific tobacco. i've always contributed to mouth chemistry.
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    Making a Match for Seattle Pipe Club's Mississippi River

    Took a part several cake/flakes/slices of MR that I got in an 8oz tin and separated every different type of tobacco. There is the red mixed with an oriental, and then peppered with a little perique and a little more latakia. I smoked the red component with the stoved VAs taken out and without...
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    4noggins Prairie Wind

    this blend has an incredibly delightful sour note on the tip of the tongue right from the beginning of the smoke. it clearly has mclelland's 5100 in it, but that won't alone give the distinct sour note you get right at the start of the bowl. it's not a pressed blend, so what topping is creating...
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    Molasses Casing

    Anyone have any experience with using molasses as a casing for pipe tobacco? What procedures can you suggest for casing a tobacco with a molasses solution before pressing it? What quantity of molasses to distilled water (if used) to tobacco can you suggest? Before being pressed, do you recommend...
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    Making a Match for Seattle Pipe Club's Mississippi River

    What would you say a molasses topping/casing smells like after having been applied to a tobacco AND THEN pressed?
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    Making a Match for Seattle Pipe Club's Mississippi River

    who are the manufacturers?
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    Making a Match for Seattle Pipe Club's Mississippi River

    I'm working from the 2015 tins (june).
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    Making a Match for Seattle Pipe Club's Mississippi River

    MR has mclelland 5100, 5105, izmir, perique and cyprian latakia. the latakia dulls the sweet in the 5100 and th 5105, the 5105 gives the smoke body, the perique combines with the fruitness (izmir and 5100+5105) to give a fruity spice burn and a bitter taste that combines with the sour mouth...
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    Sugary casings

    What commonly used casing/topping would give a tobacco a very strong sugary-fruit aroma in the tin? This casing/topping would then create a sort of mellowed out smoke and amp the sourness of the izmir, though not create a sweet tobacco. Thanks!
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    Standard VA for English Blend?

    What is a common straight VA most English blends use? Thanks!
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