How to properly blend cigars

[MarcL]

said his chord guy at least.

 

[MarcL]

wait, you knew that knuck. i get it, you got me again.

 

[MarcL]

... the question, is there a reason why I haven’t seen any blends at this forum t...

Pics of your sticks!!

Couple test blends here. CV Dom seco, piloto & criollo 98 viso, 98 ligero w/ BMF binder. 1 with a 98 wrapper the other t-13 wrapper.

fairtradetobacco.com

 

[deluxestogie]

Yikes! What an oversight on my part. I've added Pics of your Sticks to the Cigar section of our Index of Key Forum Threads.

Bob

 

[webmost]

he didnt play chords

Well you get the point... He sure played his spaces.

View: https://youtu.be/4fk2prKnYnI

 

[Knucklehead]

Well you get the point... He sure played his spaces.

View: https://youtu.be/4fk2prKnYnI

That’s my favorite blend pairing. Riunite Lambrusco, WLT Nicaraguan fillers, Ecuador Maduro binder/wrapper, and enjoy the whole thing with my eyes closed and some B.B. That‘s going to turn a bad day into a nice evening every time. <sigh>

 

[Nico]

Smoked 15 cigars with the exemples in my first post and my verdict so far is that I should dial back to 5 or 4 to experience the different tastes more. With that many different leaves it’s just becomes a bowl of soup, if you know what I mean.

But I really enjoyed this one that was 8 months old. I think the Pennsylvania dominated a little so I would skip that if I were to roll this again.
Filler: pensylvania, piloto L, criollo, corojo, olor, condega
Binder: DR piloto, sumatra
Wrapper: Honduras

 

[Homegrowngoodnes]

You see all these posts of cuban, dominican etc cigars but you really don't see any american ones. What types of tobacco would make a decent american cigar?

 

[deluxestogie]

What types of tobacco would make a decent american cigar?

Historically, cigars made with American tobacco varieties were composed of broadleaf and seedleaf varieties from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Maryland and Delaware (PA Broadleaf, Lancaster Seedleaf, Wisconsin Seedleaf, etc.) as well as Little Dutch, Dutch Ohio, PA Red, Long Red. Light-colored burley was sometimes used for wrapper. CT Broadleaf and CT Shade (as well as FL Sumatra and Dixie Shade) were "late" comers, not established until the early 20th century.

Bob