Cavendish

[Ben Brand]

If I want to make my own Cavandish from flu-cured tobacco. Can I use freshly flu-cured tobacco or is it better to use matured tobacco? Will it make a difference to the taste? I can get freshly cured tobacco.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

If I want to make my own Cavandish from flu-cured tobacco. Can I use freshly flu-cured tobacco or is it better to use matured tobacco? Will it make a difference to the taste? I can get freshly cured tobacco.

Either will be good. I don't know if there's a difference. I do know that there is an effect from aging the cavendish itself. I don't know why. So my thought is, the sooner you make it, the better.

 

[Knucklehead]

Not sure about aging but here is a good thread on making it if you haven’t read it already

Making Black Cavendish Pipe Tobacco

This certainly balanced out the nasal-burn but the toast remains well in front, interesting. Considerably reduced the nicotine gut-punch as well. Also of note is that it burned very cleanly and dryly, the pipe cleaner came out surprisingly dry and clean.

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Good to see you again.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

I suspect there is a difference between fresh FC, and aged FC, but I wouldn't worry about it.

I also have to recommend this thread.

Pressure Canner Cavendish v2.0

I wanted to try this technique because I was concerned I was losing desirable elements of the tobacco with the other steaming techniques I had tried. More importantly, I was reading about the maillard reaction and discovered in a more in depth discussion of it that this reaction is possible to...

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And mention this thread

Instant Pot Cavendish

I’ve been experimenting with some whole leaf tobacco I bought from WLT. Inspired by the thread on making cavendish I decided to try my hand with an Instant Pot which hasn’t been covered. (An Instant Pot is a new type of electronic pressure cooker. Think of a crock pot/pressure cooker hybrid.)...

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[deluxestogie]

I've made Cavendish from all manner of flue-cured tobacco. The age of the leaf alters the final taste of the Cavendish. But my two favorites are fresh, Lemon Virginia Cavendish and Virginia Red Cavendish. My current bag of pipe blend in my study uses Cavendish made from WLT "Double Bright" (because that Cavendish just happened to be at the top of my basket of finished Cavendish), which is quite similar to flue-cured Bright that has subsequently been kilned. All my Cavendish made from flue-cured tobacco has been tasty, and delightfully varied.

Bob

 

[Ben Brand]

I've made myself some Cavandish 2 weeks ago in a pressure cooker. Pressed it in a cake for two weeks, sliced it last night. Looks nice, smells nice, BUT it tastes and smells like cigarette tobacco in my pipe, my fingers, beard smells like cigarette smoke. Used Virginia tobacco. Binned the tobacco. Hate the smell and taste of cigarettes. Wasted effort. Think Ill stick to shop bought pipe tobacco.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

I've made myself some Cavandish 2 weeks ago in a pressure cooker. Pressed it in a cake for two weeks, sliced it last night. Looks nice, smells nice, BUT it tastes and smells like cigarette tobacco in my pipe, my fingers, beard smells like cigarette smoke. Used Virginia tobacco. Binned the tobacco. Hate the smell and taste of cigarettes. Wasted effort. Think Ill stick to shop bought pipe tobacco.

Try adding 5%glycerin by weight. See what you think.

 

[deluxestogie]

@Ben Brand, You might consider blending your Virginia Cavendish with other components. Flue-cured Virginia (cigarette tobacco) is a major component in most English-style pipe blends. But the key is "blend".

Bob