Tried to buy some of that Kentucky Sumatra from Larry the Tobacco Butcher this last summer. He wouldn't charge me money, so I had to swap him some store bought gars & stuff. Funny feller. L the TB aka Big Bonner throws in a handful of something called Silver River. I'd never heard of that leaf before.
Fast forward. Rolling up a batch of StinkEyes last weekend. Dominican olor binder around corojo filler. Call them olorojo, hence, stinkeye. Experimenting with different wrappers, two of this, two of that; Nic, CT shade, etc. Ran onto the bag of L the TB's Silver River. Why not? Went ahead and wrapped a couple speriments with that.
The leaf is thin, supple, stretchy, just like you want a wrapper to be. Rather narrow, so you have nearly no center to cut out; but the veins, even beside the stem, are small. A long narrow leaf. Very light in color. Sticky sap on the undersurface, just like his sumatra. Love the odor to death. Raw, wholesome smell.
Slow forward. Been admiring these sticks each day. Couldn't stand it any more. Had to fire one up last night. Def coulda stood more dry time, cause only 3 days old. But burnt well enough so long as I kept on hitting it. And hit it I did. Sweet cedar flavor to the smoke, slight bitter leaf on the tongue, wonderful aroma, mild satisfying retrohale. Nearly no morning mouth today. This is an excellent wrapper leaf. I hope he grows more of it next year.
Mrs. B tells me he sells it mostly as seedlings. Any of you fellows tried it for wrapper?
Fast forward. Rolling up a batch of StinkEyes last weekend. Dominican olor binder around corojo filler. Call them olorojo, hence, stinkeye. Experimenting with different wrappers, two of this, two of that; Nic, CT shade, etc. Ran onto the bag of L the TB's Silver River. Why not? Went ahead and wrapped a couple speriments with that.
The leaf is thin, supple, stretchy, just like you want a wrapper to be. Rather narrow, so you have nearly no center to cut out; but the veins, even beside the stem, are small. A long narrow leaf. Very light in color. Sticky sap on the undersurface, just like his sumatra. Love the odor to death. Raw, wholesome smell.
Slow forward. Been admiring these sticks each day. Couldn't stand it any more. Had to fire one up last night. Def coulda stood more dry time, cause only 3 days old. But burnt well enough so long as I kept on hitting it. And hit it I did. Sweet cedar flavor to the smoke, slight bitter leaf on the tongue, wonderful aroma, mild satisfying retrohale. Nearly no morning mouth today. This is an excellent wrapper leaf. I hope he grows more of it next year.
Mrs. B tells me he sells it mostly as seedlings. Any of you fellows tried it for wrapper?