All Natural Aromatics
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I am not 100% sure what you mean by all natural. To me it means anything that doesn't have plastic in it. But, I do know that Russ only uses things that can be found in the grocery store in his... Hearth and Home.
Hearth and Home as mentioned. He was on the PM Radioshow years ago, talking about his process and ingredients.
The chemical taste can come from natural stuff also. Ever smell neem oil? Smells like a chemical spill to me, but comes from tree sap. Burning sugars reminds me of the high school chemistry lab. And, all casings will have a sugar in them, so you should get a chemical taste from all tobaccos if you are sensitive to them.
I don't really think anyone is use a petroleum based product in their tobaccos.
The grape flavoring (and apple I think) used in hard candies and Kool Aids comes from an anal gland of the Beaver. I can't think of anything more natural than that.
Everything is a chemical. I think you may be thinking of petroleum bi-products as far as "unnatural" but you won't really find this type of thing in tobacco. Natural stuff has enough thing in them to kill us without having to look for new one.
The chemical taste can come from natural stuff also. Ever smell neem oil? Smells like a chemical spill to me, but comes from tree sap. Burning sugars reminds me of the high school chemistry lab. And, all casings will have a sugar in them, so you should get a chemical taste from all tobaccos if you are sensitive to them.
I don't really think anyone is use a petroleum based product in their tobaccos.
The grape flavoring (and apple I think) used in hard candies and Kool Aids comes from an anal gland of the Beaver. I can't think of anything more natural than that.
Everything is a chemical. I think you may be thinking of petroleum bi-products as far as "unnatural" but you won't really find this type of thing in tobacco. Natural stuff has enough thing in them to kill us without having to look for new one.
That'd be Lane's BCA, among others.
C'mon, Cosmic, I think we know that he means to avoid PG and the synthetic crap present in a number of OTCs.
Crazyhog, I'm not sure if they're aromatics, as they're burley blends, but Hearth & Home's Midtown series are matches for some OTCs. Russ has stated that Chatham Manor is a match for the highly popular Carter Hall, sans the chemical additives, of course. Give these blends a try?
Can't have a thread without mentioning Esoterica - sorry :nana:
But, yes, their (Germain's Esoterica offerings) aromatics such as Woodbridge, Kingsbridge, And So To Bed, and several others do not appear to have any of the dreaded propylene glycol (PG, aka goopy chemical crap). Their aromatic flavorings are fleeting at most, and hardly noticeable once tobacco is sufficiently dried for smoking.
But, yes, their (Germain's Esoterica offerings) aromatics such as Woodbridge, Kingsbridge, And So To Bed, and several others do not appear to have any of the dreaded propylene glycol (PG, aka goopy chemical crap). Their aromatic flavorings are fleeting at most, and hardly noticeable once tobacco is sufficiently dried for smoking.
Cuban Mixture is an all natural aromatic. :l I think the biggest issue is that we all taste things differently. I think PG has no taste, at all so I do not detect it but I think certain Cavendish tobaccos, which many are PG laden, taste like crap. Exotic Orange, Grousemoor do not taste chemically to me.
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Solani is a brand that does plenty of aromatics and says to be the as natural as possible premium line. Could just be to sell $14 tins though
I wouldn't think that adding "synthetic" chemicals would be very widespread in the pipe tobacco world, but I definitely am not in a position to know for sure (nor are any of us laymen forum members). I've always heard people say that they taste PG in all OTC tobaccos, but I have always wondered how people would know what PG taste like. I have a pretty good sense of taste, but I seem to lack the PG sensor.
With it not being very widespread, I would think that it would be more interesting to know which blends or companies that people think may be adding "chemicals." Surely, it can't be a very long list.
Olkofrie, I am not being obtuse out of spite. I think the question warranted more questions and clarification.
Thanks for sharing. Mmmmm if “beaver taint” doesn’t sound appetizing, I don’t know what does. Lol
I remember watching a documentary on Jolly Rancher candies, and they talked about how the beaver's ass glands were used to make their flavors. I never understood why, with a name like that, Jolly Ranchers weren't a meat-based candy.
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