Orson Carte
Well-Known Member
In the past few days I've taken my first batch of Virginia (I think it is - seed given to me) from my fermenter.
I de-stemmed and shredded the leaf, pressed it and ran it through my Cuthof Shredder (don't buy one, if you've ever considered it).
Then I mixed up a casing concoction of glycerine, syrup, honey, brown sugar and cocoa (in water, of course) and mist-sprayed the 'shag' quite wet.
Then I spread it out in a tray and dried it all to around 20% moisture (according to my cheap meter) and now have it sitting in an air-tight jar.
My query is; are there any major faux pas I should be made aware of? And, (considering it is for cigarettes) should I have toasted it at some stage after the casing. If so, when and how?
I have to say, for a raw beginner, all the stuff I've now smoked from this first batch has actually been pretty good.
I de-stemmed and shredded the leaf, pressed it and ran it through my Cuthof Shredder (don't buy one, if you've ever considered it).
Then I mixed up a casing concoction of glycerine, syrup, honey, brown sugar and cocoa (in water, of course) and mist-sprayed the 'shag' quite wet.
Then I spread it out in a tray and dried it all to around 20% moisture (according to my cheap meter) and now have it sitting in an air-tight jar.
My query is; are there any major faux pas I should be made aware of? And, (considering it is for cigarettes) should I have toasted it at some stage after the casing. If so, when and how?
I have to say, for a raw beginner, all the stuff I've now smoked from this first batch has actually been pretty good.