Toning down Aromatic Blend

[TubePiper]

Greetings fellow Piper from Mediterranean Sunny Cyprus

I currently started blending tobaccos and wanted to try a new blend by basically toning down an aromatic blend.
More Specifically Thomas Radfords Sundays Fantasy.
Was thinking to blend it with equal parts bright and red Virginia.
What do you guys think and suggest?
Thanks

 

[Sigmund]

It really depends on the components of the aromatic. However you cant usually go wrong with some extra virginia. On some blends even some vapers work well to cut back on the flavoring. Just experiment prior to mixing a big batch.

Typically I try to use my less favorite blends to improve another. On the one you mention a vaper might be fun. Mix a bole full and give it a go.

 

[makhorkasmoker]

I used to mix five brothers with more highly flavored blends. When it worked—it often did—it seemed to give the flavors more “breathing room”—opened them up

 

[burleybreath]

I used to mix five brothers with more highly flavored blends. When it worked—it often did—it seemed to give the flavors more “breathing room”—opened them up

...and adds punch to the blend.

 

[fireground_piper]

I usually just let it air out. If I have a bunch of time, I'll just let it sit out for some hours. Less time, under a heat lamp for 5-15 minutes.

Depending on how the flavoring is on the tobacco, it usually will really tone down the added flavors.

 

[grimpeur]

In my experience with trying to do this, i.e., tone down an aromatic, I have found that adding just a bit of the aro, say 5 or 10% of the total to the base, is a good place to start. I do recall trying a fifty-fifty mix of something cherry; the aromatic effect was all but unchanged.

It's a lot easier, and less expensive, to continue to add more of the aromatic than it is to add more of the base.

 

[SmokingInTheWind]

In my experience with trying to do this, i.e., tone down an aromatic, I have found that adding just a bit of the aro, say 5 or 10% of the total to the base, is a good place to start. I do recall trying a fifty-fifty mix of something cherry; the aromatic effect was all but unchanged.

It's a lot easier, and less expensive, to continue to add more of the aromatic than it is to add more of the base.

I have a pound of D&R Two Timer burley. It is plain burley with no topping. I jarred it but haven't tried it yet. Do you think this would make a good base to stretch out, and tone down aromatics that have an overabundance of topping?

 

[Ahi Ka]

I have a pound of D&R Two Timer burley. It is plain burley with no topping. I jarred it but haven't tried it yet. Do you think this would make a good base to stretch out, and tone down aromatics that have an overabundance of topping?

Two timer is a lovely smoke by itself (if you like burley), and I think adding a pinch of an aromatic to it would work well, especially if the flavours of the blend build upon the natural flavours found within burley.

@TubePiper when you say equal parts bright and red Virginia are using whole leaf or bulk blends?

 

[SmokingInTheWind]

Two timer is a lovely smoke by itself (if you like burley), and I think adding a pinch of an aromatic to it would work well, especially if the flavours of the blend build upon the natural flavours found within burley.

@TubePiper when you say equal parts bright and red Virginia are using whole leaf or bulk blends?

I have been enjoying some different straight burley tobaccos lately. Based on reviews, I bought the Two Timer to try as a less expensive alternative. For the price, I figured a pound wasn't a big gamble. Per grimpeur I will start by adding 10% aro by weight to a small sample of the Two Timer and go from there.

I usually dry aromatics out in good shape, but I am thinking, because Two Timer is so dry, that I can mix the aro in without drying it first and let it meld in the jar a few days. It should come out about right moisture wise.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Another great blending base is grand croupier double down

 

[grimpeur]

I have been enjoying some different straight burley tobaccos lately. Based on reviews, I bought the Two Timer to try as a less expensive alternative. For the price, I figured a pound wasn't a big gamble. Per grimpeur I will start by adding 10% aro by weight to a small sample of the Two Timer and go from there.

I usually dry aromatics out in good shape, but I am thinking, because Two Timer is so dry, that I can mix the aro in without drying it first and let it meld in the jar a few days. It should come out about right moisture wise.

I like your thinking! I've never had Two Timer, but experimenting with just a small amount; you can't go wrong.

 

[TubePiper]

Two timer is a lovely smoke by itself (if you like burley), and I think adding a pinch of an aromatic to it would work well, especially if the flavours of the blend build upon the natural flavours found within burley.

@TubePiper when you say equal parts bright and red Virginia are using whole leaf or bulk blends?

Bulk blends, more specifically Robert McConnell