I guess this thread is suppose to be here instead of the cigar rolling sub forum:
My first attempted roll of a cigar was a disaster. All the leaves crumbles like a dry cracker and nothing came out of that first attempt. Of course I reasoned that the leaves had to be a bit moist so in the second attempt I sprayed the leaves with water and then rolled one and it was way too tight and I assume way too wet also. During the third attempt I rolled one and it was way too lose and wasn't evenly distributed so one end was bigger than the other.
So now I put some leaves of each type in a zip-lok bag with a moist rag along with them. That should make them moist enough so that they don't crumble. But when are they too moist? When I watch people rolling cigars on the internet their leaves don't crumble but I can't tell how moist they are either. Any advice is appreciated.
My first attempted roll of a cigar was a disaster. All the leaves crumbles like a dry cracker and nothing came out of that first attempt. Of course I reasoned that the leaves had to be a bit moist so in the second attempt I sprayed the leaves with water and then rolled one and it was way too tight and I assume way too wet also. During the third attempt I rolled one and it was way too lose and wasn't evenly distributed so one end was bigger than the other.
So now I put some leaves of each type in a zip-lok bag with a moist rag along with them. That should make them moist enough so that they don't crumble. But when are they too moist? When I watch people rolling cigars on the internet their leaves don't crumble but I can't tell how moist they are either. Any advice is appreciated.
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