Here's an attempt at a Lakeland /perfumed/condor style blend. Using some flavorings and essential oils. To be honest I've never tried a Lakeland, but read much about them and their contents. Closest I have tried is condor, which I understand is not a Lakeland, but I think it does use some of the same ingerdients in some of the lakeland blends.
-50% stoved(for about 3 hours) bright Virginia
-50% Kentucky
- vanilla extract(about a tbsp)
-maple syrup(1/2 tsp)
Essential oils:
-2 drops wintergreen oil
-2 drops bergamot oil
-2 drops benzoin oil
The batch size was around 1-1.5oz.
Heating the oven to 200F, putting the tobacco in a old tin, I warmed it up and applied half of the mixture. Put the lid and back in the oven to marinate for about 10 min. Then popped the lid, let it dry in the oven a bit so soak up the last half of the mixture and then applied it. Removed it from the oven, put on lid and let it sit for a day or two.
Then took off the lid and let it air out for a day or two until it was dry enough to let it sit long term. Takes a few days to settle down but is smokeable as soon as it's in case. Let it go too dry and as you probably know, it will lose those volatile aromas from the oils. So I didn't let it get too dry.
The result? Well pretty damn tasty. Actually resembles Condor quite a bit, with condor having a more citrus and fruity thing going on for the pouch note, with less wintergreen freshness in the taste. The vanilla taste isn't really there(I have added vanilla to blends before and it takes a few application sprays to get lots of vanilla flavour.
It's really enjoyable and the oils and flavours meld very well. It's not overly flavoured, with the tobacco taste still coming through and a nice strength and richness from the Kentucky. The scent as you smoke is wonderful, although the room note is not overbearing and still mostly smells of only tobacco.
My next batch will have some bourbon and almond extract and I will heavily apply the vanilla, bourbon and almond(drying in the oven between applications) before I apply the oils at the end, as they get lost with too much dry heat.
Previously I've tried an ennerdale copy with lavender almond, sherry, rum, vanilla which was pretty intense, but had a interesting scent which is burned in my memory. The flavoring of that one was overpowering the tobacco, so I went for something more subtle with this current recipe.
Keep in mind I haven't actually tried these Lakeland/ perfumed blends, but I do understand the "3D" flavours that they go for and thought I would try to do that myself. The results are definitely something I will continue to make, enjoy and refine.
-50% stoved(for about 3 hours) bright Virginia
-50% Kentucky
- vanilla extract(about a tbsp)
-maple syrup(1/2 tsp)
Essential oils:
-2 drops wintergreen oil
-2 drops bergamot oil
-2 drops benzoin oil
The batch size was around 1-1.5oz.
Heating the oven to 200F, putting the tobacco in a old tin, I warmed it up and applied half of the mixture. Put the lid and back in the oven to marinate for about 10 min. Then popped the lid, let it dry in the oven a bit so soak up the last half of the mixture and then applied it. Removed it from the oven, put on lid and let it sit for a day or two.
Then took off the lid and let it air out for a day or two until it was dry enough to let it sit long term. Takes a few days to settle down but is smokeable as soon as it's in case. Let it go too dry and as you probably know, it will lose those volatile aromas from the oils. So I didn't let it get too dry.
The result? Well pretty damn tasty. Actually resembles Condor quite a bit, with condor having a more citrus and fruity thing going on for the pouch note, with less wintergreen freshness in the taste. The vanilla taste isn't really there(I have added vanilla to blends before and it takes a few application sprays to get lots of vanilla flavour.
It's really enjoyable and the oils and flavours meld very well. It's not overly flavoured, with the tobacco taste still coming through and a nice strength and richness from the Kentucky. The scent as you smoke is wonderful, although the room note is not overbearing and still mostly smells of only tobacco.
My next batch will have some bourbon and almond extract and I will heavily apply the vanilla, bourbon and almond(drying in the oven between applications) before I apply the oils at the end, as they get lost with too much dry heat.
Previously I've tried an ennerdale copy with lavender almond, sherry, rum, vanilla which was pretty intense, but had a interesting scent which is burned in my memory. The flavoring of that one was overpowering the tobacco, so I went for something more subtle with this current recipe.
Keep in mind I haven't actually tried these Lakeland/ perfumed blends, but I do understand the "3D" flavours that they go for and thought I would try to do that myself. The results are definitely something I will continue to make, enjoy and refine.
