Plug and/or cake

Plugs, bricks, and ropes come from whole leaf. If you want whole uncased leaf, just google "whole leaf tobacco," and you'll get several sources. But, you'll want to know something about the different types of leaf and how to process them. There's more to preparing tobaccos than you'd think. Just mixing that "blending" tobacco shiite the companies sell to us to play with is just to make us feel like mixing a couple of things is real blending. But, to be a real chef, you'll want to research quite a bit, and tobacconists don't give away information easily. Some of it is informed guessing to fill in the gaps they leave out. And, some of the best reading is from books from the industry that are full of jargon that you have to wade through.

Maybe start by smoking some plug to get the hang of what that is. I'd suggest GL Pease Triple Play or Jack Knife. Cut it vertically so you get all the different leaf layers, and then rub it out. A big pottery or china bowl is a good place to rub it out. You an mix it with loose tobacco later, but you may enjoy it enough not to choose to bother. Start simple and see where it leads you. Mixing loose tobaccos is also interesting, but start with simple blends or straight Virginia, burley, Cavendish etc. For starter, single leaf or simple (fewer tobacco) blends will be most instructive, in my opinion. What you want is great taste you'll enjoy.
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