For your 50/50 blend the case was probably off a bit. I noticed that with a few of mine. WLT seemed to ship a bit on the dry side for a few of my leaves in the kit I ordered, probably helps prevent mold anyway. Try rehydrating a bit with a light misting of water and putting the leaves you plan to use in a separate plastic bag for about 10 minutes before you roll. If you over do on the remoisturizing just let them sit for a few days in a humidor after rolling before you smoke them. The proper case will make a big difference in how they burn as well the flavor.
Yep. In a dm convo on one of my blends, @waikikigun said something to the effect of: an overdose of seco generally does not produce good results. Have found he's correct on that. There are a few exceptions, nic habano seco being one.
I said like a torch. What I meant was that it burned quickly and very well. I didn't realize how much flavor depends on ligero.
My fillers are almost all Ligero with maybe one leaf of Viso … I like a full flavored, full strength cigar.
Do you blend different ligeros?
Good plan. Did you use the fillers as binder and wrapper too?
Yes, all were made from about half a leaf each including the wrapper. I skipped a binder and was a little impatient getting the "wrapper" portion to the proper case, which is why the first two look pretty rough. Probably would have been easier just to toss a little in a pipe, but it just wouldn't have been as much fun.
This was a better idea. The pipe changes it a lot.
