chillardbee
Well-Known Member
I was introduced to clove cigarettes in 2003 and fully enjoy them on occasion. I like smoking these when we go to events or before church because they really don't make me smell like strong tobacco smoke and they are kind of like a breath freshner.
If I remember correctly, they no longer available in the US at retailers stores. We have them here in baccy shops in Canada and also the Blacks too, I got to check out if the other varieties are available our shops too.
I was unhappy with the way my 2012 crop turned out after curing so I was going to make it all into clove cigs but eventually my tobacco got better after a bit of kilning and casing (I was a newby at the time). anyway, I have made some of my own clove cigs and have some tips for anyone wanting to try making their own.
1. Don't use already ground clove powder from the store. It's rather tastless in the blend with only an ever so slight if any taste from it. use the whole clove freshly ground through a coffee grinder. cloves done this way well give you the same flavour as the djorums.
2. Clove oil can be used with but not apart from cloves, it can fortify and enhance the flavour of the cloves but by itself it seems to carry a different flavour. don't use very much of it either since it's very potent. It's better if you can incorperate it into a casing recipe that works out to 1 drop/100g of baccy.
3. ground clove can have little chunkies in it so I suggest sifting it out and regrinding the chunks. the finer kitchen strainers work for me for sifting. I us a teaspoon of ground cloves to 200g of baccy. Believe me, this is still quite strong in flavour at that blending. if you like it stronger or lighter then add or subtract accordingly.
4. I use full flavour tubes. I think they do better justice in getting flavours through.
5. I've not done this but a mild solution of sugar and clove oil dabbed on the filter might be a good thing but I've yet to experiment on that.
Sometimes my taster gets over loaded and I end up with a bad taste in my mouth if I smoke to many over a long time so thats why I'll keep them for occasions.
If I remember correctly, they no longer available in the US at retailers stores. We have them here in baccy shops in Canada and also the Blacks too, I got to check out if the other varieties are available our shops too.
I was unhappy with the way my 2012 crop turned out after curing so I was going to make it all into clove cigs but eventually my tobacco got better after a bit of kilning and casing (I was a newby at the time). anyway, I have made some of my own clove cigs and have some tips for anyone wanting to try making their own.
1. Don't use already ground clove powder from the store. It's rather tastless in the blend with only an ever so slight if any taste from it. use the whole clove freshly ground through a coffee grinder. cloves done this way well give you the same flavour as the djorums.
2. Clove oil can be used with but not apart from cloves, it can fortify and enhance the flavour of the cloves but by itself it seems to carry a different flavour. don't use very much of it either since it's very potent. It's better if you can incorperate it into a casing recipe that works out to 1 drop/100g of baccy.
3. ground clove can have little chunkies in it so I suggest sifting it out and regrinding the chunks. the finer kitchen strainers work for me for sifting. I us a teaspoon of ground cloves to 200g of baccy. Believe me, this is still quite strong in flavour at that blending. if you like it stronger or lighter then add or subtract accordingly.
4. I use full flavour tubes. I think they do better justice in getting flavours through.
5. I've not done this but a mild solution of sugar and clove oil dabbed on the filter might be a good thing but I've yet to experiment on that.
Sometimes my taster gets over loaded and I end up with a bad taste in my mouth if I smoke to many over a long time so thats why I'll keep them for occasions.