davek14
Well-Known Member
I'm trying to mellow Burley for pipe tobacco. I don't like the "toasty" flavor from baking at all. I've been casing the leaf with honey and stoving it by putting it pretty moist in a bowl in a crock pot full of water and running it on high for hours. The water boils so I guess I'm getting around 212F of moist heat. then I dry it crispy (no oven) and re-moisten. It mellows it a lot but not as much as toasting. No burnt taste however. I have no clue what I'm doing, just trying to get a lot of heat on it for any reactions which might take place.
So, what reactions might be occurring? Any ideas? Am I just getting the reaction while smoking it only?
So, what reactions might be occurring? Any ideas? Am I just getting the reaction while smoking it only?