How does Air cured Virgina taste
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Oldfella
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It depends on which Virginia you have. I always grow Virginia Gold as my main crop and sun cure it. It can be smoked straight away and to me it tastes much like Park Drive. Let it age, (or kiln it). Add some Rum and honey and you got a good smoke.
Best advice I can give you is to try it.
Oldfella
Best advice I can give you is to try it.
Oldfella
Air-cured Virginia (flue-cure varieties) will not taste like the Virginia in cigarettes. It will be blander, milder, less sweet, and to my senses, less interesting. But smokable without food additives nonetheless.
Bob
Bob
Would it be similar to burley?
No. Each class will have its own unique flavor and characteristics and there will be some varience between each variety within that class. Cherry Red flue cured variety will share some characteristics with Gold Leaf 939 flue cured variety and can be substituted with each other in a blend with slight flavor differences. Neither could be confused with Burley and not just due to strength or flavor. The pH will be different. Burley will hit you in the throat, while flue cure will tend to bite you on the tongue. Other members can weigh in on the science behind it but where the rubber hits the road is trying to develop your own blend that balances the two. (or dark air, or maryland, oriental, etc.) Some may prefer a slight tongue bite over a neutral blend with a neutral pH, while others may prefer a blend that delivers a noticeable throat hit. Each blend can balance all those combinations so you can choose a blend for the way you feel at any given time. (When my wife is on a tear, I sneak out back and smoke a blend with a strong flavor that kicks me right in throat. But that can vary if the mother in law is also over. I might toss in some Latakia.) It just depends on the individual. You get to tailor your personal blends to your personal preferences and you can work up several different blends.
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I did air cure some of my virginias.
At least with my harvest i would say the following. My air cured tobacco taste similar to darker flue cured ones but i would say that the mouth taste from flue cured is better while you only get the taste from air cured with retrohaling. I have now pressed some air cured into a flake to see how it will change.
Keep in mind my weather was bad as i growed it so maybe the taste could be more intense with it would have been better.
At least with my harvest i would say the following. My air cured tobacco taste similar to darker flue cured ones but i would say that the mouth taste from flue cured is better while you only get the taste from air cured with retrohaling. I have now pressed some air cured into a flake to see how it will change.
Keep in mind my weather was bad as i growed it so maybe the taste could be more intense with it would have been better.
