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<blockquote data-quote="idbowman" data-source="post: 457470" data-attributes="member: 2165"><p>To the OP:</p><p></p><p>Ok, so be careful with perique...not just repeating what you can find online, but from personal experience you'll want to play with that stuff incrementally.</p><p></p><p>I have a "My Own Blend" at P&C that includes VA, Burley, and a touch of dark fired. I buy blending perique separately to blend into that mixture. </p><p></p><p>Keep in mind I LOVE perique, so I (thought) I knew what I was getting into and I (thought) I knew exactly what sort of ratio I was looking for. I've had a number of perique blends with very high concentrations of the stuff (30%+), so I figured 25% would be a good amount for me.</p><p></p><p>As it turns out, the combination of tobaccos involved made that 25% seem stronger than than high-octane blends like Cool Hand Fluke. I scaled it back to 15%, and it wasn't nearly enough for my tastes. </p><p></p><p>I've ultimately settled in with a 20% perique blend, where that perique seems a lot stronger than 20%.</p><p></p><p></p><p>So there are a lot of factors to look at, not the least of which is the other component tobaccos (if you're going straight VA, high perique might work because of the high sugar content of VA, whereas my blend included a good bit of more-neutral burley, which the perique dominated). I'd imagine the particulars of the batch of perique, too, could come into play.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Edit: And I disagree with Blackhorse and Joshoowah. If you want to play, play. Esoterica or not, it's your dollar and your hobby. Do with it whatever you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="idbowman, post: 457470, member: 2165"] To the OP: Ok, so be careful with perique...not just repeating what you can find online, but from personal experience you'll want to play with that stuff incrementally. I have a "My Own Blend" at P&C that includes VA, Burley, and a touch of dark fired. I buy blending perique separately to blend into that mixture. Keep in mind I LOVE perique, so I (thought) I knew what I was getting into and I (thought) I knew exactly what sort of ratio I was looking for. I've had a number of perique blends with very high concentrations of the stuff (30%+), so I figured 25% would be a good amount for me. As it turns out, the combination of tobaccos involved made that 25% seem stronger than than high-octane blends like Cool Hand Fluke. I scaled it back to 15%, and it wasn't nearly enough for my tastes. I've ultimately settled in with a 20% perique blend, where that perique seems a lot stronger than 20%. So there are a lot of factors to look at, not the least of which is the other component tobaccos (if you're going straight VA, high perique might work because of the high sugar content of VA, whereas my blend included a good bit of more-neutral burley, which the perique dominated). I'd imagine the particulars of the batch of perique, too, could come into play. Edit: And I disagree with Blackhorse and Joshoowah. If you want to play, play. Esoterica or not, it's your dollar and your hobby. Do with it whatever you want. [/QUOTE]
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