bold_as_love
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Hello all. Joe at PureLeaf in the UK referred me here and was a wealth of info., as was Don and Larry. I bought some Brightleaf from Larry and he was kind enough to throw in a bundle of Burley. Previously, I bought a Silver pipe tobacco blend and injected with a Powermatic 2 electric injector into blue (light) tubes. Gave a good smoke, like a Marlboro light but I still suspected some chemical modifiers or enhancers in the pipe tobacco. I had an extra Micro-cut paper shredder at home and (2) passes through was perfect. Ideal size for the injector.
First test run = 100% BL at Joe's suggestion and I found it to be too light. Good flavor but not much "harshness" on the tongue. Again, I like a light to ultra light smoke, but I do want to taste the flavor and have a little kick, but not like a Winston or Marlboro Red. I think with full flavor tubes the 100% BL would've been perfect. But, I have 6 boxes of light tubes on hand, so I wasn't buying more to test the theory.
Second and final blend = I shredded the Burley to make what amounts to a 92% BL and 8% Burley blend. Weird percentages perhaps, but that's how it weighed out on my little scale. I figured I could step it up or down as needed. Nope. It was perfect. I also had some citric acid from when the wife cans vegetables and mixed up the 2% solution as suggested on here as a casing. Sprayed down about 5 cigs worth of tobacco, let it dry overnight, brought back to hydration (I use a Water Pillow with my stored tobacco in a Zip Lock....works great), and rolled them up. I honestly didn't notice a difference and I'm guessing the blend was really not harsh to begin with, so the citric acid wasn't effective. In any event, I won't be using the citric acid going forward.
All in all, I'm blown away at the taste and although I get a little head rush, I don't feel that "weird" head rush I'd get with commercial cigs and to a certain extent with the pipe tobacco. It was almost like a jittery sensation and the other thing, I wake up now with no cough and no nasty chemical taste in my mouth.
No more commercial cigarettes or even pipe tobacco for me going forward.
Sorry to be so long-winded, but I thought I'd post the information for the folks on here and who discover this forum looking for a tasty, but light cigarette alternative.
First test run = 100% BL at Joe's suggestion and I found it to be too light. Good flavor but not much "harshness" on the tongue. Again, I like a light to ultra light smoke, but I do want to taste the flavor and have a little kick, but not like a Winston or Marlboro Red. I think with full flavor tubes the 100% BL would've been perfect. But, I have 6 boxes of light tubes on hand, so I wasn't buying more to test the theory.
Second and final blend = I shredded the Burley to make what amounts to a 92% BL and 8% Burley blend. Weird percentages perhaps, but that's how it weighed out on my little scale. I figured I could step it up or down as needed. Nope. It was perfect. I also had some citric acid from when the wife cans vegetables and mixed up the 2% solution as suggested on here as a casing. Sprayed down about 5 cigs worth of tobacco, let it dry overnight, brought back to hydration (I use a Water Pillow with my stored tobacco in a Zip Lock....works great), and rolled them up. I honestly didn't notice a difference and I'm guessing the blend was really not harsh to begin with, so the citric acid wasn't effective. In any event, I won't be using the citric acid going forward.
All in all, I'm blown away at the taste and although I get a little head rush, I don't feel that "weird" head rush I'd get with commercial cigs and to a certain extent with the pipe tobacco. It was almost like a jittery sensation and the other thing, I wake up now with no cough and no nasty chemical taste in my mouth.
No more commercial cigarettes or even pipe tobacco for me going forward.
Sorry to be so long-winded, but I thought I'd post the information for the folks on here and who discover this forum looking for a tasty, but light cigarette alternative.