Powdered flavoring vs wet flavoring...

[toobfreak]

Why would it need to be absorbed by the leaf?

Because all of whatever flavor that is in that coating would be burned off all at once while the rest of the flake or whatever burns without it.

 

[kanse]

Deer Tongue blends are basically flavored with powder, aren't they?

 

[aquadoc]

Pipeman, the funny thing is, those chemicals are listed as natural flavors. Natural being the key word. If they are isolates from macerated material of any kind or from sourced maple syrup, then they live up to the real thing in being "natural". The problem is that the food and drug world played fast and loose with the naming conventions years ago and as long as they create a chemical in the lab that seems to be the same chemical that has been isolated and found "naturally" in the real thing, they can call it "natural"....if you followed all of that bullshit.
As for the Lakelands...who knows what they do. Maybe they use the real isolates of what ever flavoring they are targeting for a blend with a alcohol carrier that is then evaporated off as has been suggested by others up the thread. Who knows?!
In any case, for me, this is just an exercise of boredom. I would like more maple flavoring if I am going to burn an aromatic without the steam and typical PG/wet tobacco syndrome. So I thought I would go the route of trying real maple syrup powder from a reliable organic source reconstituted in a good quality alcohol (probably a rum or bourbon because to me those seem to match up better with maple) with some blending Virginia, a little burley, a little latakia, and some cavendish. The ratios I am not sure about. The suggestion of adding in some latakia to something like Autumn Evening is also being tried out today. But I still want to try out making an aromatic without the gloop similar to the Wilke tobacco. For all I know, they use PG, but I will not be going that route.

 

[pipeman7]

Give Brown Flake Scented or Rum Flake a try. No PG

 

[aquadoc]

See, I like Grousemoor and most seem to despise it. I have been debating spending my bday money on either the 1792 or the Lakeland Dark. How do the Brown Flake or Rum flake compare? Try those first?

 

[pipeman7]

1792 is my favorite of them all. Skip Lakeland dark for now. Brown Flake is a maple bergamot like flavor while Rum Flake is rum/maple some licorice but they are all nothing like grousemoor. They are all flakes. I've mixed Maple Twist with like Squadron Leader for a maple latakia blend, but the maple flsvor is hard to find in the rope unless maybe it's really fresh

 

[aquadoc]

Brown Flake sounds right up my alley. So does the Rum Flake. Will give those a spin. Have never tried Squadron Leader. How does it compare to EMP?

 

[toobfreak]

Deer Tongue blends are basically flavored with powder, aren't they?

That's a good question, kanse. Either the powder is worked onto the tobacco, tumbled, rubbed, pressed, etc., or dissolved into a tincture and sprayed on it or something.

 

[tinsel]

Dang, all this talk about flavoring your own tobacco is making me want to dig out the jar of RumPer I made last year.
I bet now that it's been sitting for a year, it's even better than when I first made it. :D