This conversation leads me back to a thought I have been having (dangerous, I know). It would be interesting to collect individual blends under a Creative Commons license and keep an "Our Own Blends" repository on the web.
Personal Blends
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My current favorite is 40% Red Virginia, 40% White Burley 20% Perique. Then one week in the noodle press. I asked Jon David Cole to make up my mixture for me and I do the pressing. I love it, for now.
My only concoctions so far are a 50/50 mix of molto dolce and plum pudding. Sweet English.
The other is quite good, and it's 90% Dunhill Navy Rolls with 10% plum pudding.
I have just purchased some various blending tobaccos from McConnell, C&D, and GH. Gonna give some home made blends a whirl when I get a few minutes. The first one will definitely be a Va/Per with some Latakia and it will be called Lord Grand High Chancellor of the Realm's Personal Proprietary Anniversary Cellar Special Reserve Limited Edition No. 1. I will only be releasing one tin, glass with artisanal hand sketched and signed labels made out of narwhal leather, with the tin wrapped neatly in a bow of Bald Eagle feathers. Considering a light moon dust topping, but that's still in testing.
The other is quite good, and it's 90% Dunhill Navy Rolls with 10% plum pudding.
I have just purchased some various blending tobaccos from McConnell, C&D, and GH. Gonna give some home made blends a whirl when I get a few minutes. The first one will definitely be a Va/Per with some Latakia and it will be called Lord Grand High Chancellor of the Realm's Personal Proprietary Anniversary Cellar Special Reserve Limited Edition No. 1. I will only be releasing one tin, glass with artisanal hand sketched and signed labels made out of narwhal leather, with the tin wrapped neatly in a bow of Bald Eagle feathers. Considering a light moon dust topping, but that's still in testing.
Holy Cow! That's an aggressive start. But it should be good, esp turned into a cake. Look forward to hearing the results.
That is so cool you've had some blends released!
More info on the noodle press please!
Check it out on Amazon. $17 Noodle press. Great for pressing tobacco.
Here’s another noodle pressed blend I call “ Navy Cake”
25g Sutliff Red Virginia Ribbon
25g Hearth & Home Marble Kake
10g McClelland 5105 Stoved Va
6g Stokkebye 702 Burley
6g McClelland blending Perique
10g Country Squire Treasure Island (a very sweet rum aromatic)
I’ve smoked half a plug of this so far, and it’s definitely one of my better attempts. Unpressed, the perique really stands out, but when pressed it blends into the background with just a constant dark fruit bass note, and very little pepper
25g Sutliff Red Virginia Ribbon
25g Hearth & Home Marble Kake
10g McClelland 5105 Stoved Va
6g Stokkebye 702 Burley
6g McClelland blending Perique
10g Country Squire Treasure Island (a very sweet rum aromatic)
I’ve smoked half a plug of this so far, and it’s definitely one of my better attempts. Unpressed, the perique really stands out, but when pressed it blends into the background with just a constant dark fruit bass note, and very little pepper
So I cracked open the pollen press for a look-see today. It's a nice dense plug, reeks of latakia (not in a bad way) and is merrily fizzing away, fermenting. I'm going to give it till next Monday before I break it out permanently.
I hate to waste tobacco so when I am smoking a few different blends I often toss the remnants into one small bowl and mix them and then my last pipe is this mixture. I was recently trying some Peretti Blend No.52 to see if I like Burleys. Well, I didn't like the taste on my tongue so I smoked some Peretti Black Virgina and did like it. So at the end, I mixed the Blend No.52 with the smaller amount of left-over Black Virginia. I then decided to drop in a pinch of C&D Latakia I had and presto, best smoke of the day. Just blind luck, I guess, but that mixture hit all my buttons. So I went and mixed .5 oz Blend No.52 with .5 oz of Black Virginia and .25 oz of Latakia. Not bad, but maybe a bit Burley heavy. Was thinking about mixing the following:
5 oz Black Virginia
2 oz Blend No. 52
1 oz Latakia
Any opinions?
5 oz Black Virginia
2 oz Blend No. 52
1 oz Latakia
Any opinions?
Well here it is. A tidy little plug. Good Latakia smell. I’ll let you know what it tastes like a little later on.
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First impressions, I should have let it dry out more after rubbing it out. I can taste Virginia’s and a little Latakia . I’ll finish this bowl and try it again in a week or two. It’s not bad.
End of bowl report: too wet , needed several relights, burned down all the way, started to taste the orientals down the bowl. Room note was cigaretty. At this point if I were to do it again, I’d put more orientals and Latakia. I’ll see how it is in a couple few weeks. There’s about 2 bowls left of it
It was writingraav. The Hebraica Series .
I ordered a press. I've now pressed Bill Bailey's Balkan Blend mixed with C&D Latakia. I've also pressed Timm's London #1000 just to press it. Pressing is awesome. Next I'm going to press an English aro.
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