Do you make your own blends?

[sumusfumus]

I make it easy on myself, and add some blending tobaccos to existing, commercially available mixtures. This strategy has been very successful, for me. I don't know enough about blending from scratch, nor do I know where to source all the specially processed tobacco components. Also, I don't have the extra money to waste on my failures.
I start with a commonly available mixture, e.g. Lane's RLP-6, or HGL (Captain Black) then add some Perique, Latakia, or some extra sweet Cavendish, sweet Virginias, some Burley, etc. I jot everything down in a journal together with any yes, or no, blending critiques, either for duplication, or my final rejection.
I have come up with a few personalized mixtures that I enjoy smoking that started out as commercial blends. I can mix any amount if purchased by the ounce.
Hope this helps.
Frank

NYC

 

[smokeydogg]

I appreciate all of the feedback. I already had the scale, labels, and access to the tobacco which is what really prompt me to try it. Like I mentioned before, I really took it on as a way to learn and discover the individual roles of the different tobacco types.

 

[bnichols23]

Nah, not Hoth; *you* know you can't grow good tobacco on ice! DegoVA, either, except Virginas. They've got an in.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

^^^ :rofl:

 

[warren]

Cosmic engineers his own blends. Fascinating!

 

[bnichols23]

Warren, classic. Best today!