I Guess it's My Turn for a Grow Thread
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They got cooked in the greenhouse during a premature heat wave.Oh no! What happened?
I've found that even when I totally have botched according to the "rules" that I still end up with something that tastes great. I think that the guidelines for curing are mainly to get a consistent product year after year, farm compared to farm. But, really sometimes stepping outside of these has the potential to give you an even more interesting product.
The year that I just threw the African Virginias into a cooler and forgot about them for a few years gave me a twist that I have been enjoying the hell out of for the last few days.
So I’ve got burley based cavendish stoving in the oven right now. I steamed it 7 hours, then pressed and sliced it. Cased it with sugar, and it’s drying out in the oven. I shredded my burley, cased it with cocoa in everclear, and a combo of white sugar and sorghum syrup. Gotta figure out what I’m gonna do with the Virginia and Smyrna
Spent my spare time rehydrating and shredding the Virginia. When I get it all bagged up I’m gonna case it with honey water and apple cider vinegar
I wish I had the room to do this. I have seeds waiting to be planted. Maybe I'll just go for one plant indoors and see what happens!
the Virginias are shredded cased and bagged... Any thought on what I should case the Smyrnas with?
Earlier in my tobacco growing, I had this assumption that I had to case my leaf. So, I told myself that if I was going to case it, I’d use honey to prevent mold. It took me a few years to realize that there is no reason to case. I enjoy it so much more now.
But, to make a blend, all of my earlier stuff has that honey casing. So, I blend non cased with the cased.
But, after this year, I will be able to enjoy it all unadulterated going forward. It’s so much better this way, IMO.
But, to make a blend, all of my earlier stuff has that honey casing. So, I blend non cased with the cased.
But, after this year, I will be able to enjoy it all unadulterated going forward. It’s so much better this way, IMO.
Picked my second crop of the Burley.. Im gonna try the box yellowing method
Since it appears I am destined for a second picking of the Smyrna.. I reckon Ill try it both ways.. one cased, one not..
Because.... why not? :D
Awesome... this sparks another question, do tobacco manufacturers case orientals? It just never occurred to me to case those.
The brick and mortar on Whyte Ave has always had Mahalla, Dubec, and Yenidge on the shelf but I think it's really old. There did not seem to be any casing.
Well, it might depend on who the "they" is, but just my tractor riding, sun addled brain, I would think that with orientals, you are trying to gain the flavor of the variety to use as a flavoring for the other leaf it is blended with. but, give it a whirl.
Casings are mostly added to brand a variety and/or to make commercial blends stay consistent year after year as the different varieties change flavors due to environmental reasons.
For the homegrower, you can do whatever you want. But, for me, I've grown fond of just letting age do it's thing and mix and smoke it as unadulterated as possible.
Early on, I was thinking that it had to have a casing also, because that's almost all we get to chose from among corporate brands. But now, I'm not so sure it is 100% necessary. IMO
The cardboard box yellowing is going well. I’ve put the burley up to air dry. The Virginia’s I’m sun drying after yellowing. They seem to be drying paler than the ones in did in the hot shed. Dunno if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.
Assuming they are from the same priming level, it's a good thing. Should be closer to flue cured flavour.