Anyone who has done any home blending have any recommendations on their preferred retailer to purchase from? Quality and selection are more important than price. Just looking to mess around with it. Thanks!
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I've been happy mostly with C&D, simply because I can get most condiments at reasonable prices in bulk from one place, but you can certainly go upscale and buy in tins. If you are on a budget at all, you could get a couple condiment tobaccos at a time. Though not the first leaf you might think of, I use some unflavored black Cavendish, cigar leaf, and dark-fired from time to time, along with the overused Latakia and Perique. There are others. I find an ounce at time is fine for my purposes. Since you have to jar mixing tobacco anyway, bulk seems like a logical choice.
Thanks for the recommendation. I had been looking at P&C’s house stuff. Just remembered that Smokingpipes has C&D bulk on sale, so that’s perfect. I think I will opt for bulk over tins. And I will definitely experiment with those leaves.
I think Sutliff has more variety than C&D but my choice would be Stokkebye who also has blending tobacco that’s pretty damn good.
I seriously didn’t think there was another tobacco related site I hadn’t heard of ??
Much appreciated!
Oh dear, I'm sorry; you're in trouble now (his wares are very tempting)!I seriously didn’t think there was another tobacco related site I hadn’t heard of ??
Much appreciated!
Dude you weren’t kidding. I’m now hooked on that guy’s blends. Mountains of Madness is my new favorite blend.
You could also consider getting some whole leaf and playing with that. Way more bang for your buck
Is that something you have some experience with? Would love to learn more about it
If I were going to blend I'd get some of these blending tobaccos from Dan Tobacco (under the Torben Dansk label), and McConnell (from K&K).
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Yes. Whole leaf tobacco sells a variety of virginias, latakia, burley etc. They come very dry so there's a bit of a knack to working with them but the results can be very good. They have a forum called fair trade tobacco which is very good if you want to learn more about working with whole leaf.
If I were going to blend I'd get some of these blending tobaccos from Dan Tobacco (under the Torben Dansk label), and McConnell (from K&K).
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Figures. I made a ridiculously large purchase a month ago. Wish I would have picked some up then. Thanks for the heads up
I think someone mentioned that to me at some point. I need to look into that. I also had someone send me free seeds awhile back. Going to try my hand at a little planting this year. Thanks!
The reason for the suggestion is that I think many of the blending tobaccos we have available here just aren't very good (try smoking them on their own). I think somehow people believe that combining mediocre tobaccos results in some form of alchemy where they become 'more than the sum' of the ingredients. I think beginning with the best raw materials possible will help improve the outcome.
I've had great results with McConnell's "Pure" series and McC's Virginias - and a noodle press does the trick very adequately.
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