Just the already processed straight offerings from Sutliff at this stage of my Home Blending experiments. - Sherm Natman
Bright, Yellow, Lemon Virginias - Differences?
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Just the already processed straight offerings from Sutliff at this stage of my Home Blending experiments. - Sherm Natman
I found daughters and Ryan had some good stuff too.
Very, very true.I found daughters and Ryan had some good stuff too.
Luckily, I acquired a vast assortment of D&R titles well before Mark Ryan culled D&R's expansive offering of titles to just a handful of titles as a financially expedient move for D&R.
I really enjoyed their products when they were offering their 'Full Line'; and, was sad to see some favorites from D&R go away.
However, most of those D&R offerings were actually Blends - if even if only 2 different processes of the same tobacco, as in something like Two-Timer - which would not fit my current needs for only using individual and basic straight tobaccos in ribbons, cubes, flakes, or granulated, etc. with which to create my own bases and blends.
So, for purposes of my Home Blending experiments, Sutliff Base, Semi-base, and Condiment tobacco products - especially in Ribbon Cut - being very easy to obtain and are pervasive through so many different national distributors, offer everything I need at this stage from one manufacturer source; and, keeps the ingredient variables and cost of my home experimental recipes to a minimum.
I've no doubt that as I discover specific mixtures which I really enjoy, I will create 'Gourmet' analogues which use even higher quality leaf from other sources; but for now, it's all about having fun while learning 'in the lab' for me; and for that, I just need a steady source of all the basic ingredients - and the knowing the specifics about them, which you guys were loads of help with!
That's why I needed to understand all this "Bright, Yellow, Golden, Lemon" business as it relates to Virginias. It would be no good if I was originally working with "Bright" in my experiments, and then when I needed to re-order, got "Lemon" simply because it was on sale, or in-stock, and the next time, I go with Golden, instead... Aaarrggghh, just typing that is making my attention-to-detail alarm go nuts.
My other goal is to really master understanding the specific flavor contributions and performance properties of the common variations of the tobaccos I have been enjoying for years, without really knowing anything about them beyond: "It's a Burley Blend", "It's a VaPer", etc, etc.
I have to say again, between your posted link and that of @jvnshr with his Farm Grade Specs, when combining that info together REALLY helped pull the Curtain-of-Mystery back on all this Yellow, Gold, Bright, Lemon, color verbiage as used in the bulk tobacco catalog descriptions . - Sherm Natman
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Bright, Red, Brown, Dark. That is where both my knowledge, and the discernment of my palate, end.
