Latakia-ing Other Leaves?

[AroEnglish]

If I understand correctly latakia is smoke-cured orientals. Has anyone tried smoke-curing any other leaves like Virginas, Burleys, etc.? Or even smoke-curing something that’s already been turned into a cavendish?

 

[yanoJL]

Isn't smoke cured Burley how Dark Fired Kentucky happens?

 

[sardonicus87]

Isn't smoke cured Burley how Dark Fired Kentucky happens?

Yes, to over simplify it. It's air cured a little first I think, then further smoke cured, I can't remember and I don't feel like looking it up.

Latakia smoke curing is different than ODF smoke curing. The species of woods used changes the smoke flavor, as well as anything else they may add to the smoke source (like herbs maybe?). Kind of like with barbecue, the same meat seasoned and smoked the same way will taste different when the wood smoke source is cherry versus oak or mesquite or something.

As to smoking other tobaccos than orientals to make latakia... I don't know if that would count. Pork ribs aren't going to taste anything like beef brisket if you smoke both on pecan wood for example—just because the smoke source is the same, doesn't mean the end product will be when the base item being cured is different. Latakia is a particular kind of flavor, and if you change the base tobacco or the smoke source, you're going to leave that flavor profile and then it would be arguable that you'd no longer have latakia.

I also don't think smoke curing cavendish would be a very good idea at all, if it would even take to picking up the smoke flavor.

 

[makhorkasmoker]

As suggested above, the type and amount of smoke matters. Latakia is super saturated with smoke of resinous plants. Kentucky dark fired has a smoke flavor more reminiscent of smoldering hard woods. Tobaccos like Kendal dark Kentucky taste, to me, nothing like Kentucky dark fired. They have more of a driftwood campfire thing going on. I suspect I taste more smoke than the base tobacco in all of these.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

As suggested above, the type and amount of smoke matters. Latakia is super saturated with smoke of resinous plants. Kentucky dark fired has a smoke flavor more reminiscent of smoldering hard woods. Tobaccos like Kendal dark Kentucky taste, to me, nothing like Kentucky dark fired. They have more of a driftwood campfire thing going on. I suspect I taste more smoke than the base tobacco in all of these.

Even among dark fired burley (Kentucky) there's the real "name brand" stuff that's being fired in barns round here now. There's also African burley's that get a similar treatment over there.
A lot of euro brands use that African dark fired.
The vast majority of American dark fired burley is used in chewing tobacco production.

 

[makhorkasmoker]

Even among dark fired burley (Kentucky) there's the real "name brand" stuff that's being fired in barns round here now. There's also African burley's that get a similar treatment over there.
A lot of euro brands use that African dark fired.
The vast majority of American dark fired burley is used in chewing tobacco production.

The smoke flavors GH’s tobacco and Mac Baren old dark fired too both taste pretty different to me than Kentucky dark fired