Learning different tobaccos / "Pure" Blends

[canucklehead]

Grow your burley for your nicotine. Chop it at the ground. Let it regrow and harvest early spring. The leaves will be tiny. Boom. Same plant, both things. Also, economically makes no sense to do this unless you are lazy.

Speaking of which, @Chasing Embers you should try growing burley in some small buckets to force the to produce small leaves. I’d be really interested to hear your thoughts on this

Small leaf bucket burley, sandy soil, no fertilizer:

 

[Ahi Ka]

Small leaf bucket burley, sandy soil, no fertilizer:

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How does it taste? Mine was very floral and had what I now understand to be a eucalyptus vibe about it

 

[canucklehead]

How does it taste? Mine was very floral and had what I now understand to be a eucalyptus vibe about it

I haven't smoked any in a pipe by itself, most of it has been hanging from a stick in my shed for 2½ years lol. I used a couple of the nicer leaves as cigar wrappers but there is dark fired in them as well which overpowers most other flavours. From what I could discern it is mild, almost like a white burley in character. The same (unknown variety) burley grown in my normal garden dirt made 3× bigger leaves, they had a bit of the floral thing, but it was overpowered by a burning herb and pepper pungency (my notes said "smells like burning oregano and a whole pack of cheap cigarettes").

 

[anotherbob]

Grow your burley for your nicotine. Chop it at the ground. Let it regrow and harvest early spring. The leaves will be tiny. Boom. Same plant, both things. Also, economically makes no sense to do this unless you are lazy.

Speaking of which, @Chasing Embers you should try growing burley in some small buckets to force the to produce small leaves. I’d be really interested to hear your thoughts on this

I imagine it is like wine grapes.

 

[Coreios]

I smoked cigars for decades. I can pick out tobaccos easily. Haven't smoked a pipe for has long but it came naturally to me because of cigars. With that said, I really could care less about picking them out. Just smoke it for what it is. But if you wanna learn how, retro so you can smell it. And get a few main blends that are pure so you know what they taste like.

 

[itsnotuitsme]

Thank you all so much for all the input!

I've got much work to do now. i think in addition to the original plan i will also try blending. a few weeks ago an old cuban gifted me a bunch of whole leafs he uses for making his own cigars - already blended half of it with blends i already had opened, and really enjoyed the experience, although i assume, starting from the ground up and using only single tobaccos in that way might be a step further in that process.

Any fellow europeans who can tell me the best way to get the C&D blending tobaccos?

 

[Brewfan]

I love perique by itself.

Currently smoking the Beast, listed at 51% Perique - I'm willing to give it a try straight.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Currently smoking the Beast, listed at 51% Perique - I'm willing to give it a try straight.

Bayou Night has 50%.

 

[Doctor Chopper]

Bayou Night has 50%.

Good info.