Why No Virginia Cube Cut Blends?

[krizzose]

I often cube cut straight Virginia flakes and plugs, and they smoke great that way. To my knowledge, there are no commercial cube cut blends that are straight Virginia, as compared to several all burley or burley forward cube cut blends. Does anyone know why that is?

(I’m a fan of Stokkebye Cube Cut, so I’m already aware it has a decent proportion of Virginia)

 

[mingc]

Good question. I look forward to any forthcoming intelligent answer!

 

[mso489]

Cube cut is a good cut. Recently, I've been enjoying a tin of GLP Barbary Coast, with cube-cut burley as a base, Virginias, Perique, with brandy flavoring. The cube cut burns evenly and carries the condiments and flavoring well.

I can't think of any reason cube cut Virginia wouldn't be equally pleasing, and it would probably provide just enough innovation to launch an artful blend of Virginias. The blend could be called Virginias Cubed. Or not. But it is a good idea.

 

[Ocam]

Good question indeed. I've made some cube cut Virginias from my own plugs and they smoke great, as well as being good mixers too.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Cube cut is a rarity even with other tobaccos. Then there's rough cut.

 

[The Amish Tyrant]

I have no clue, aside from it's a rare cut regardless of the blend.

For less fuss, try Amphora Virginia blend. It's broken flake that is easy to cube (not to mention delicious and reasonably priced).

 

[username]

I know Tumblin dice by Dan tobacco is a cube cut vaper. I don’t know if any straight virginias that are cube cut.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

C&D has a cube cut Red Virginia.

 

[sablebrush52]

I expect that the manufacturers think that if you want to smoke cube cut you can cube cut a flake yourself. One less expense for them.

 

[Sharp_tungsten]

Can someone post a pic of what cube cut is supposed to look like just for my knowledge base?

 

[username]

Can someone post a pic of what cube cut is supposed to look like just for my knowledge base?

Reminds me of granola.

 

[Sharp_tungsten]

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Reminds me of granola.

Thank you for the learning experience. Definitely neat looking stuff. How do you pack it? Kind of loose or firm?

 

[username]

Thank you for the learning experience. Definitely neat looking stuff. How do you pack it? Kind of loose or firm?

Gravity fill and a light tamp.

 

[anotherbob]

probably does not hold it's shape like burly does when pressed and cubed. That's my bet.

 

[Sun Bear John]

Grab a pouch of Salty Dogs, cube cut it yourself.

 

[chilllucky]

Seems like a good question for the "ask the blender" segment.

 

[Merton]

Some cube cut burleys look a bit like grape nut cereal. Easy to load but sometimes difficult to keep in the bowl.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Grab a pouch of Salty Dogs, cube cut it yourself.

Yep.. that and Peterson 3P.
I've always sliced portions off the plug and used scissors to make cubes.
As for smoking, for me I've had the best experience using a more wide and shallow bowl than my usual.

 

[krizzose]

I expect that the manufacturers think that if you want to smoke cube cut you can cube cut a flake yourself. One less expense for them.

That makes sense, and certainly self-help in this regard has been my approach. However, manufacturers are more than happy to produce burley cube cuts blends, of which there are more than a few. Perhaps that’s because of the paucity of burley flakes and plugs out there relative to Virginia flakes and plugs.

 

[krizzose]

Grab a pouch of Salty Dogs, cube cut it yourself.

I have, and other Virginia flakes and plugs that I enjoy, as mentioned in the first sentence of my OP.