Dry, almost "crunchy" tobacco ?
Paul Z
Tobaconist. It was dry but not "cereal crunchy" dry. I loaded a
Capitello "Cutty" style pipe with it. It smoked beautifully. The
burning tobacco provided enough moisture to make it enjoyable, but
not steamy.
I know that it's late, or early, depending on your sleep schedule,
but was wondering how many have found that "dry" tobacco smokes better
than moist ? IMHO
Just thought I'd pose a question that might result in a discussion.
Paul Z
Ed Duncan
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oh yeah Paul, near everything I have has to be dried to a certain
point.
Just not to "dust"! It helps that I no longer do aromatics. (Gonna
wait for somebody else to start the after 6am morning thread so I
don't wind up doing a "double").
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
shakenbake
Good Morning Paul;
It depends, IMHO, on the toabcco and personal taste. As an example, I
hate Latakia blends that are too dry, as they smoke too hot for me,
except for C&D Canal Boat that smokes well in its dry state. On the
other hand, after slicing rope tobaccos, such as SG Brown Number 4, I
have to leave the slices to dry out quite a bit, to almost crunchy,
before I can savour this stuff and actually taste some sweetness from
it.
Part of the joy of pipe smoking is to try out different blends in
different ways and in different pipes. So, the bottom line is, I
haven't given you a definitive answer because I don't think that there
is one.
Sweet and fragrant pipes to you all.
Allen Lloyd
regular I'll know when I'm filling a pipe if its about right with
moisture content for my tastes. Generally though, I like a little
moisture content in the tobacco, but not enough to make steam to the
point I end up with a scorched tongue.
I tend not to buy from a manufacturer that ships tobacco so wet it
needs to air out overnight before smoking, or from one that ships so
dry theres dust in the tobacco.
Burley blends seem to me to loose some flavor as they dry out.
Virginia's, especially flakes seem better a "little" dried out. I
tend not to let Va/Pers dry out too much. Latakia and Oriental blends
I keep just slightly moist, have to keep it just right.
AL ...
On Sun, 5 Dec 2010 02:17:13 -0800 (PST), Paul Z <pzo...@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
bwithers
On Dec 5, 5:17 am, Paul Z <pzo...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Mouse
to handle, hot, strong and acrid. I rehydrated it till it was springy
and it smoothed out into a delightful smoke. Same with most
rapid-burning shags. Flakes are different due to their slow burning
nature; I prefer them drier, but not brittle. So, I guess it depends on
the cut of the tobacco to some extent.
Mouse
inf...@mindspring.com
wrote:
>Yesterday, I came across a sample bag of blend #33 from Peretti
>Tobaconist. It was dry but not "cereal crunchy" dry. I loaded a
>Capitello "Cutty" style pipe with it. It smoked beautifully. The
>burning tobacco provided enough moisture to make it enjoyable, but
>not steamy.
>
>I know that it's late, or early, depending on your sleep schedule,
>but was wondering how many have found that "dry" tobacco smokes better
>than moist ? IMHO
>
I actually dry mine to that state in a microwave.
flatulent1
Ordinarilly I prefer my tobacco a little on the dry side. My favorite
Dark Birds Eye is an exellent example. Sometimes what I pull out of
the bag resembles a sodden hunk of peat moss and needs a few days in
an open container to dry out a little. Flakes always seem to me to be
too moist; I end up rubbing them out completely then letting them air
out for a bit before they're consumable.
This evening I found an open 500g bag of Bob's Square Cut that I
vaguely remember buying two or three years ago. And Yep, it's pretty
dry! I'm frankly petrified (okay, no pun intended there) of trying to
stuff that into a bowl as I'm sure it'd crumble to powder if I tried.
I'm going to give it a few weeks to rest in a nicely moist cigar
humidor and try it on Christmas Eve.
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Fred Latchaw
Seattle WA
I am not the type who wants to go back to the land;
I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel.
- Fran Lebowitz
Robert
I always smoke my tobacco dry. I keep it in the moist state it came
from the tobacconist up until using it. I then dry it out on
newspapers for smoking. I don't loose any of the enjoyment of the
tobacco or its flavors.
Robert