I have searched around a little and found bits and pieces of info some on cigar leaf in pipe blends and some on blending pipe blends together, but I wanted to bring it together in one thread. I'd like some help on blending cigar leaf in with other pipe blends/multiple blends.
In short, I have some busted cigars...I am planning on chopping them up and mixing them into a pipe blend. But, I need help picking pipe tobacco to add the cigars to.
Now the long version:
The cigars I have are called "Mario Palomino['s]" They are mild-medium Nicaraguan cigars with a Connecticut wrapper, and a few filler leaves of Jamaican Tripa. So, they are pretty smooth, a little toasty tasting, some sweetness from the Jamaican filler. I believe these cigars will stand up to a pipe blend. Even though they are only a mild-medium body, they have a good amount of flavor; not thin tasteless smoke like some mild Connecticut wrappers.
I know cigars well enough, but I have no clue where to begin in finding a pipe blend as a "base" to add these to. I've seen that dark, maduro cigars go well in English type or Latakia blends, but I haven't heard much about any other blends.
So, If anyone wants to take a shot in the dark and help out, that'd be neat. I will likely cut up the cigars soon and sample a little by itself, just to see how the cigar translates into a pipe. There will of course be lots of pictures once I start chopping and blending, and I'd be more than willing to let anyone who wants sample it if the end result is any good (or bad! lol)
Thanks,
In short, I have some busted cigars...I am planning on chopping them up and mixing them into a pipe blend. But, I need help picking pipe tobacco to add the cigars to.
Now the long version:
The cigars I have are called "Mario Palomino['s]" They are mild-medium Nicaraguan cigars with a Connecticut wrapper, and a few filler leaves of Jamaican Tripa. So, they are pretty smooth, a little toasty tasting, some sweetness from the Jamaican filler. I believe these cigars will stand up to a pipe blend. Even though they are only a mild-medium body, they have a good amount of flavor; not thin tasteless smoke like some mild Connecticut wrappers.
I know cigars well enough, but I have no clue where to begin in finding a pipe blend as a "base" to add these to. I've seen that dark, maduro cigars go well in English type or Latakia blends, but I haven't heard much about any other blends.
So, If anyone wants to take a shot in the dark and help out, that'd be neat. I will likely cut up the cigars soon and sample a little by itself, just to see how the cigar translates into a pipe. There will of course be lots of pictures once I start chopping and blending, and I'd be more than willing to let anyone who wants sample it if the end result is any good (or bad! lol)
Thanks,
