A New Process

[Michibacy]

If you feel so obliged, join me in a new quest - I’m planning on developing a new (atleast to me, and from my research in the realm of tobacco growing/curing/processing new to the industry) was of making a sort of “Latakia Cavendish”.

If anyone is interested I’ll post the results as they come along but here’s the preface of the project:

Take air cured burley or Virginia leaves and steam them for approximately 4-8 hours, before letting them dry “secondary cure” them with smoking of woods, nuts, herbs similar to Latakia.

the main difference will be wherein Latakia is cured from its green state to a dark brown/black, this new process will take already cured leaves and impart their aroma into the open pores of the leaf similar to how cavendish is flavored.

will it yield a smokeable Latakia adjunct? Perhaps it’ll leave me with a product that is terrible, I truly have no idea.
Who’d be interested in trying some of this leaf when it’s finished? Let me know!

 

[jpmcwjr]

I'm game!

 

[Casual]

I’m certainly interested in reading about it.

 

[Michibacy]

I'm game!

I’ll count you in! I’m expecting good results!

I’m certainly interested in reading about it.

I’ll try and document it as much as I can along the way!

 

[seanv]

Interesting idea. Count me in

 

[cshubhra]

I want to learn about your observations in the process

 

[mso489]

None for me thanks, but I will be most interested in hearing how the process works and how the gents who sample it will review it. The non-tobacco flavorings could be the wild card here, really good, or bad.

 

[JMcQ]

I'm always willing to try new tobacco. I hope it works like you hope. Good luck.

 

[augiebd]

I am in Canada, so I will participate by following with interest. I hope as a minimum, the learnings gained are valuable.

 

[Michibacy]

I am in Canada, so I will participate by following with interest. I hope as a minimum, the learnings gained are valuable.

if you ever visit Michigan I’ll have a bowl for you!

 

[aquadoc]

I am in if you still have room. Sounds like the type of experiment I like.

 

[Michibacy]

I am in if you still have room. Sounds like the type of experiment I like.

Most definitely!

 

[frankrem]

You can count me in if you have enough to spread around. Sounds interesting

 

[cortezattic]

Sounds like a fun project!

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

 

[lightmybriar]

Nothing beats a good experiment!

 

[Michibacy]

You can count me in if you have enough to spread around. Sounds interesting

I'll be starting with a 1 pound batch, hopefully I'll get around to it soon, but we did just get snow outside and there's no way I'm doing this indoors!

Sounds like a fun project!

Thanks!

Nothing beats a good experiment!

Especially when mixing it with tobacco!

 

[spartacus]

Hum... sounds interesting. My leaf isn't ready yet. It seems to grow slower in Arizona.

 

[danimalia]

This is cool! Have you decided what kind of fuel(wood) to use for the smoke-curing? I believe they use some specific shrubs that have a big influence on the flavor with Latakia.

 

[lawdawg]

There are one or more forums dedicated to people who grow and process their own tobacco blends, and I've seen several threads about making something similar to Latakia. To get an idea of what types of woods and herbs you might want to use in the process, you might check around on some of these other forums. I recall reading about some who claimed to have some degree of success in making something close to latakia.

 

[Michibacy]

Hum... sounds interesting. My leaf isn't ready yet. It seems to grow slower in Arizona.

Atleast you have a grow season! I'm here in Michigan and got such a cruddy year for growing that I gave up on my crop half way through the year. Too much rain, not enough heat etc.

This is cool! Have you decided what kind of fuel(wood) to use for the smoke-curing? I believe they use some specific shrubs that have a big influence on the flavor with Latakia.

I haven't quite decided, but do plan to use some kind of north American hardwood as I'm located in Michigan and would like to go with something local.

There are one or more forums dedicated to people who grow and process their own tobacco blends, and I've seen several threads about making something similar to Latakia. To get an idea of what types of woods and herbs you might want to use in the process, you might check around on some of these other forums. I recall reading about some who claimed to have some degree of success in making something close to latakia.

I'm on one of those forums actually and have been following along closely to their progress. I'm wanting to make something "similar" to Latakia but not Latakia itself. Something in of itself different, yet equally as interesting. Thanks!