Plöjarn
Active Member
Hello!
Anders from Sweden here. New to this hobby, and new to this forum.
I have started out by buying some whole leaf from Germany and am currently smoking the different leafs and trying blends to get a feeling of what I like and how I want to blend. I really like the full, earthy taste of Burley and Kentucky tobacco and would like to make flakes out of it. The problem is that it is way to strong for me to smoke pure. If I smoke a whole bowl of the burley I get sick. (I never inhale)
I have read somewhere that nicotine is more absorbed in the mouth from smoke with a higher pH. Burley/Kentucky/cigrleaf/perique = high pH. Virginias = Low pH. Is this right?
In that case i guess I could blend in some virginia to get a more sour smoke and less nicotine uptake. But I really don't want too much "virginia fruitiness" in my blend. Is there any other way I can treat the tobacco to reduce nicotine or nicotine uptake without loosing the full taste? Steaming, stoving, toasting?
Anders from Sweden here. New to this hobby, and new to this forum.
I have started out by buying some whole leaf from Germany and am currently smoking the different leafs and trying blends to get a feeling of what I like and how I want to blend. I really like the full, earthy taste of Burley and Kentucky tobacco and would like to make flakes out of it. The problem is that it is way to strong for me to smoke pure. If I smoke a whole bowl of the burley I get sick. (I never inhale)
I have read somewhere that nicotine is more absorbed in the mouth from smoke with a higher pH. Burley/Kentucky/cigrleaf/perique = high pH. Virginias = Low pH. Is this right?
In that case i guess I could blend in some virginia to get a more sour smoke and less nicotine uptake. But I really don't want too much "virginia fruitiness" in my blend. Is there any other way I can treat the tobacco to reduce nicotine or nicotine uptake without loosing the full taste? Steaming, stoving, toasting?