Tobacco sugar content

[shanelktown]

I want to say Russ talked about this in an article but does anyone have a link to that. In which he discussed the sugar content of different tobaccos?

 

[shanelktown]

Ah that's what I was looking for! Awesome

 

[jvnshr]

Not sure, but check this one.

 

[jitterbugdude]

Just a correction to the pipes mag article. Turkish does not have high sugar levels, at least when compared to a Virginia. A typical Turkish has about 5-10% sugar while a Virginia has 20% or more.

 

[cobguy]

Some good reading here:
http://www.leffingwell.com/download/Leffingwell%20-%20Tobacco%20production%20chemistry%20and%20technology.pdf

 

[deathmetal]

Sugar is for donuts. Load up some Burley.

 

[shanelktown]

So reading the graphs essentially in a tobacco leaf the higher the Ph the lesser amount of sugar in the leaf the lower the amount of ph means more sugar. So ideally as a blender per say your looking at getting a balanced ph level that should in theory prevent any bite so to speak. I find my own experience the acidic leafs tend to leave a bite but something alkaline leaves me be. It's a very interesting concept and surprised there isn't a secret blind based study on this matter. Pretty in depth research and it is a good read. Thanks for the info.

 

[jpmcwjr]

If it's pasted into the URL box, it becomes clickable without extra steps.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Alert! Link is a 404. Found out too late to delete or correct the above. (Overwrote the http bits.)

 

[deathmetal]

Try this version:
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/tobacco-basics-nicotine-amp-sugar-content-curing-methods

 

[shanelktown]

So just realized this topic is a sticky wow been away from these forums too long.