The Flavoring of American Menthol Cigarettes

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

BACKGROUND INFO:

With the comming tobacco-apocalypse I've been socking back my favorite pipe tobacco blends, like many others here have done.

I have also been putting back bags of what some would call RYO tobacco blends. I think of these more as a general purpose smoking tobacco, as many of these blends smoke good in a pipe and have plenty of flavor. I mainly plan to make cigarettes with these when the shit totally hits the fan and I find the point where cigarettes are too expensive for me to buy... Or even gone.

Supposedly menthol cigarettes have been banned. They are still available, but I can't figure out for how long. I do not like non-menthol cigarettes. If I inhale tobacco I prefer it to be minty and fresh... This probably comes from the fact that I have always smoked menthol cigarettes and have devolped a preference from the repetition.

I have found that matching the flavor of the tobacco used in a store-bought menthol cigarette is damned near impossible. It's not just menthol, there are other flavors at play.


OUESTION:

What is the flavoring of american style menthol cigarettes?

Is there cherry in there?

Licorice?

Chocolate?

Some kind of perfume sauce like the lakeland blends?

It's such an undefined flavor, many pipe tobacco blends also have this going on.


I have gotten a somewhat similar flavor from cigarettes made with a tiny (10%) bit of a few pipe tobacco blends mixed in; Ennerdale, Mixture 79, and Newminster 403. I rolled cigarettes mixed these with:

30% OHM Bold
30% Ryback
30% OHM Menthol
10% one of the flavored blends from above

**Used alone the "RYO" menthol blends with blow the top your skull off with menthol... DO NOT SMOKE THIS IN YOUR PIPE. While they are indeed menthol, they are nothing like the menthol in store-bought menthol smokes.**

 

[bullet08]

I thought it was some type of mint flavoring.

 

[anotherbob]

I thought it was some type of mint flavoring.

it's basically an extract of mint of some sort. The thing is there are several types of menthol for example menthol crystals are different then the more modern menthol oil.

 

[anotherbob]

BACKGROUND INFO:

With the comming tobacco-apocalypse I've been socking back my favorite pipe tobacco blends, like many others here have done.

I have also been putting back bags of what some would call RYO tobacco blends. I think of these more as a general purpose smoking tobacco, as many of these blends smoke good in a pipe and have plenty of flavor. I mainly plan to make cigarettes with these when the shit totally hits the fan and I find the point where cigarettes are too expensive for me to buy... Or even gone.

Supposedly menthol cigarettes have been banned. They are still available, but I can't figure out for how long. I do not like non-menthol cigarettes. If I inhale tobacco I prefer it to be minty and fresh... This probably comes from the fact that I have always smoked menthol cigarettes and have devolped a preference from the repetition.

I have found that matching the flavor of the tobacco used in a store-bought menthol cigarette is damned near impossible. It's not just menthol, there are other flavors at play.


OUESTION:

What is the flavoring of american style menthol cigarettes?

Is there cherry in there?

Licorice?

Chocolate?

Some kind of perfume sauce like the lakeland blends?

It's such an undefined flavor, many pipe tobacco blends also have this going on.


I have gotten a somewhat similar flavor from cigarettes made with a tiny (10%) bit of a few pipe tobacco blends mixed in; Ennerdale, Mixture 79, and Newminster 403. I rolled cigarettes mixed these with:

30% OHM Bold
30% Ryback
30% OHM Menthol
10% one of the flavored blends from above

**Used alone the "RYO" menthol blends with blow the top your skull off with menthol... DO NOT SMOKE THIS IN YOUR PIPE. While they are indeed menthol, they are nothing like the menthol in store-bought menthol smokes.**

Chocolate and licorice and castoreum are common flavorings in American cigs period menthol or not.

 

[brian64]

I just rub some of this around in the tobacco bowl and let it dry a bit.

 

[Hillcrest]

5.8 mgs menthol per drop should do it. 3.0 used to be illegal.

 

[The Amish Tyrant]

Marlboro Menthol was my poison.

For RYO, the Ohm green with Zen regular tubes got me close (and I preferred RYO).

 

[Steddy]

I wonder if you sprinkled a little mentholated snuff on the blend. Dry nasal snuff to be clear.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

I wonder if you sprinkled a little mentholated snuff on the blend. Dry nasal snuff to be clear.

Good idea. I need to make a snuff order.

I've tried it with american scotch snuff and menthol RYO. That's what I keep on hand for the nose. It did bring the flavor closer.

There's an a sweetness that's missing with just the RYO stuff. Some kind of menthol snuff with a fruity flavor might be spot on.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

I just rub some of this around in the tobacco bowl and let it dry a bit.

Good idea.

I have tried Icy-Hot, and Absorbine Junior.

 

[doug535]

BACKGROUND INFO:

With the comming tobacco-apocalypse I've been socking back my favorite pipe tobacco blends, like many others here have done.

I have also been putting back bags of what some would call RYO tobacco blends. I think of these more as a general purpose smoking tobacco, as many of these blends smoke good in a pipe and have plenty of flavor. I mainly plan to make cigarettes with these when the shit totally hits the fan and I find the point where cigarettes are too expensive for me to buy... Or even gone.

Supposedly menthol cigarettes have been banned. They are still available, but I can't figure out for how long. I do not like non-menthol cigarettes. If I inhale tobacco I prefer it to be minty and fresh... This probably comes from the fact that I have always smoked menthol cigarettes and have devolped a preference from the repetition.

I have found that matching the flavor of the tobacco used in a store-bought menthol cigarette is damned near impossible. It's not just menthol, there are other flavors at play.


OUESTION:

What is the flavoring of american style menthol cigarettes?

Is there cherry in there?

Licorice?

Chocolate?

Some kind of perfume sauce like the lakeland blends?

It's such an undefined flavor, many pipe tobacco blends also have this going on.


I have gotten a somewhat similar flavor from cigarettes made with a tiny (10%) bit of a few pipe tobacco blends mixed in; Ennerdale, Mixture 79, and Newminster 403. I rolled cigarettes mixed these with:

30% OHM Bold
30% Ryback
30% OHM Menthol
10% one of the flavored blends from above

**Used alone the "RYO" menthol blends with blow the top your skull off with menthol... DO NOT SMOKE THIS IN YOUR PIPE. While they are indeed menthol, they are nothing like the menthol in store-bought menthol smokes.**

You can check out this place. They also have other tobacco flavorings.

Tobacco Flavorings for Home Grown Tobacco

Tobacco Flavorings for Home Tobacco Growers

www.seedman.com

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

You can check out this place. They also have other tobacco flavorings.

Tobacco Flavorings for Home Grown Tobacco

Tobacco Flavorings for Home Tobacco Growers

www.seedman.com

Thank you.

That's a valuable resource.

 

[brian64]

Good idea.

I have tried Icy-Hot, and Absorbine Junior.

I was actually just joking lol. I never imagined something like that might actually work for someone.

I've never even tried menthol cigs.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

I was actually just joking lol. I never imagined something like that might actually work for someone.

I've never even tried menthol cigs.

Haha!

I was kidding too. I do understand that it's about the same thing though. The Vicks stuff, not the Absorbine Jr... that has aspirn in it i think.

Stop and get you a pack Newport shorts in the crush proof box... You won't regret it. They'll soon be gone forever.

It's amazing to imagine that a person has never had a menthol cigarette... It's like if someone said they've never had a Reese's Cup.

 

[brian64]

Stop and get you a pack Newport shorts in the crush proof box... You won't regret it. They'll soon be gone forever.

Damn...now I gotta start cellaring those things.

Actually they'd probably be good barter items in the coming apocalypse.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Damn...now I gotta start cellaring those things.

Actually they'd probably be good barter items in the coming apocalypse.

That's what this thread is all about.


But cellaring Newports is sho nuff a rich man's game... Putting back a lifetime supply of cigarettes makes the pipe tobacco hording look like child's play.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

and castoreum

But you really mean vanilla right?

Do you think they actually go through the trouble of putting beaver juice in the mix?

Seems like that would be an expensive ingredient.

 

[anotherbob]

But you really mean vanilla right?

Do you think they actually go through the trouble of putting beaver juice in the mix?

Seems like that would be an expensive ingredient.

never made any cigarettes just read what they put in them.

 

[bullet08]

I wouldn't use anything with oil in it. One of the reason why teenagers died vaping was Vit E oil. Something out oil coating lung. Not sure how flavorings work.

 

[brian64]

But you really mean vanilla right?

Do you think they actually go through the trouble of putting beaver juice in the mix?

Seems like that would be an expensive ingredient.

Somehow I expect the FDA would have no problem whatsoever with beaver anal secretions.