I've gotten a little interested in the PH arena again and ordered some simple litmus paper. Since PH of each individual varies, their experience with the acidity of the tobacco blend smoked will vary as well. This effects the nature of tongue bite which the new pipe smoker might utilize. It was a bit over my head at the time I started smoking a pipe and quite possibly something I may never really spend too much time on. Maybe help from others would allow me to compile the PH information of a particular tobacco they are smoking.
I suppose some neutral water would be needed and then soak some specific amount of the tobacco in it for a specified period of time. Do the litmus check and record the info would be a way to accomplish this. Each batch of tobacco might change somewhat.
I guess to check personal PH of the individual it would be as simple as touching the litmus paper to ones tongue and reading the info. I suspect reading too soon after a meal would alter this so a time frame between meals or right before the smoke would be in order. All this seems such overkill as I type, LOL. However I would be quite interested in the findings of Tobacco PH vs Personal PH.
From you chemist out there, is the above a proper way to conduct the test?
I suppose some neutral water would be needed and then soak some specific amount of the tobacco in it for a specified period of time. Do the litmus check and record the info would be a way to accomplish this. Each batch of tobacco might change somewhat.
I guess to check personal PH of the individual it would be as simple as touching the litmus paper to ones tongue and reading the info. I suspect reading too soon after a meal would alter this so a time frame between meals or right before the smoke would be in order. All this seems such overkill as I type, LOL. However I would be quite interested in the findings of Tobacco PH vs Personal PH.
From you chemist out there, is the above a proper way to conduct the test?
