The result of the weekends labors
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4 Nic Seco, 1 Nic Ligero, Nic binder, CT Broadleaf maduro (all LO).
Made a 2nd batch and of those two batches, these made it into the humidor:
Not satisfied with the flavor, thought I should try out WLT and get some Nic Habano Viso (along with PA binder, good deal!):
The banded ones are 1 ea seco, viso, and ligero w/PA double binder and CT wrapper. The sorta Lonsdaley one goes back to the Nic binder.
Good strength with the Nicaraguan, but I find it kind of bland compared to the American leaves. Adding the viso definitely rounded things out a bit.
My record-keeping is starting to suffer because I'm trying to just crank out enough to last a couple weeks in the humidor lol
4 Nic Seco, 1 Nic Ligero, Nic binder, CT Broadleaf maduro (all LO).
Made a 2nd batch and of those two batches, these made it into the humidor:
Not satisfied with the flavor, thought I should try out WLT and get some Nic Habano Viso (along with PA binder, good deal!):
The banded ones are 1 ea seco, viso, and ligero w/PA double binder and CT wrapper. The sorta Lonsdaley one goes back to the Nic binder.
Good strength with the Nicaraguan, but I find it kind of bland compared to the American leaves. Adding the viso definitely rounded things out a bit.
My record-keeping is starting to suffer because I'm trying to just crank out enough to last a couple weeks in the humidor lol
Thanks! I keep cramming in more leaves to try and get the draw I want, but they're always a bit loose. Totally smokable, but I'm finding out how important casing is. I keep tearing binders and crushing filler trying to roll them tighter.
Welcome! I love the WLT Nica Habano seco, haven't tried the viso yet. The WLT PA binder I've gotten has almost all been wrapper grade and is tasty for sure.
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Nice job, new guy. Keep it up!
The molds I prefer are the professional style with male/female sides. If one was skilled enough absolutely they could make them but I lack the tools and skills to do that.
Stick 2, 3, 4, and 5. After the discussion of rolling direction I rolled stick 2 with the veins on the outside. Learning curve strikes again. But I'm having a blast. I want to thank all of you for the tips and tricks.
Well, maybe I'm underestimating the magic that happens in the humidor? The PA and CT are just dramatically more aromatic out of the bag, while all the Nicaraguan all taste kinda like...good dirt lol? Haven't dug far into the PA, first few are pretty shredded, but for the price it won't break my heart to experiment with those as filler.
I have not seen any commercial/professional molds that have been burnt, as long as it doesn't have any funny aromas or anything it shouldn't cause any problems though. My mentor has stacks and stacks of molds and most of them are stamped as being made by a cabinet maker in Florida so if cabinetry is in your skill set you should be able to make some nice molds for a fraction of the typical $100+ retail cost.
TheFlask, I'm wondering if you know your mold is a cigar box and not a mold. the finish is for cosmetics.
SilkSow, figure the different combustion rates of the leaves are assisted by the density of the bunch. An all ligero cigar is not going to burn as well as leaf of higher combustion rates at the same density of the bunch. so the optimum burn of the two, will draw different. Setting a draw is different and something else. Build a bunch thick to thin from the center out.
SilkSow, figure the different combustion rates of the leaves are assisted by the density of the bunch. An all ligero cigar is not going to burn as well as leaf of higher combustion rates at the same density of the bunch. so the optimum burn of the two, will draw different. Setting a draw is different and something else. Build a bunch thick to thin from the center out.
That's another thing I understand in theory and not in practice. Pretty much all the Cuban vids I watch, maybe by coincidence, it looks like they all use one leaf each of seco, ligero, and volado in a double binder - they roll each filler up entubado and I don't see any layering being done.
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Word up. 500 blends in with 60 leafs I arrived at: one plant, 1 leaf each. Boom. Win.
Well, yeah, but did you SEE the burn I got lol? I'm clearly missing something fundamental.