I have mixed tobacco before, often just putting a little bit of some leftover with something else similar.
I had been thinking about actually making a mix for myself for the first time. I didn’t put any time into researching proportion or anything, I just took a stab at it. I ended up mixing Newminster 702 Light Burley, Sutliff 507C Virginia Slices, and Mac Baren Old Dark Fired. 3 parts Newminster, 2 parts Sutliff, and 1 part Mac Baren.
I only mixed enough for a few bowls, I basically rubbed out the tobaccos until they were all the same size pieces prior to missing so it would be easier to blend. Ok, all this is pretty average stuff a guy might do, but now I have a question.
For this first time mixing just a little bit of tobacco, I’m not going to try and press, heat, or perform any other kind of a process. I just want to see if it tastes like I imagine.
Is there much value in allowing these three tobaccos to blend in the jar for a while? Will the flavors “marry” if I leave them together longer? Or does it make little difference since I’m not heating, pressing, or anything else?
They’ve been sitting mixed in the jar for about a week, I will probably try it out today or tomorrow. I’m just wondering if it would get “better” as a blend with more time together. My hunch is that with the way I did it, time won’t really add much.
I know the easiest answer is to smoke it now and smoke it in a month or two, but I want to know NOW! ?
I had been thinking about actually making a mix for myself for the first time. I didn’t put any time into researching proportion or anything, I just took a stab at it. I ended up mixing Newminster 702 Light Burley, Sutliff 507C Virginia Slices, and Mac Baren Old Dark Fired. 3 parts Newminster, 2 parts Sutliff, and 1 part Mac Baren.
I only mixed enough for a few bowls, I basically rubbed out the tobaccos until they were all the same size pieces prior to missing so it would be easier to blend. Ok, all this is pretty average stuff a guy might do, but now I have a question.
For this first time mixing just a little bit of tobacco, I’m not going to try and press, heat, or perform any other kind of a process. I just want to see if it tastes like I imagine.
Is there much value in allowing these three tobaccos to blend in the jar for a while? Will the flavors “marry” if I leave them together longer? Or does it make little difference since I’m not heating, pressing, or anything else?
They’ve been sitting mixed in the jar for about a week, I will probably try it out today or tomorrow. I’m just wondering if it would get “better” as a blend with more time together. My hunch is that with the way I did it, time won’t really add much.
I know the easiest answer is to smoke it now and smoke it in a month or two, but I want to know NOW! ?