blending blends?

[ragged claws]

Does anyone here mix different types of tobacco blends together, or would that be considered really bad form? Obviously I'm a newb, but I was thinking of trying to mix some aromatic tobacco with a VA/Per to see if I could enjoy the smell of the aromatic as well as the taste of the vaper. I would probably end up with a good smelling, bad tasting monstrosity but I might give it a try unless you all consider doing so uninformed folly on my part.

Thanks, Kim

 

[monbla256]

Does anyone here mix different types of tobacco blends together, or would that be considered really bad form? Obviously I'm a newb, but I was thinking of trying to mix some aromatic tobacco with a VA/Per to see if I could enjoy the smell of the aromatic as well as the taste of the vaper. I would probably end up with a good smelling, bad tasting monstrosity but I might give it a try unless you all consider doing so uninformed folly on my part.

Thanks, Kim

Why do you feel the need to ask? If you want to do it, DO IT ! It's your 'bac and pipe and mouth so it is up to you :twisted: You won't know anything 'less you do it :twisted: It's not what I would call "blending" merely mixing some existing blends till you get what you like Go for it and report back

 

[ragged claws]

Guess I was wondering if this was common practice here and was looking for some "mixing" recipes.

Kim

 

[Natch]

I blend quite a bit, perhaps one quarter of what I smoke is a blend of two or more tobaccos. Occasionally blended up and jarred for months, but mostly mixed (lovingly, of course) as I fill the bowl. Guess I like constant variety.

Natch

 

[Kyle Weiss]

I normally don't mix for two reasons:

* My results have been sub-par

* There's so many mixtures out there, why risk perfectly good tobacco?

Then again, sometimes tobacco isn't perfectly good. Or it's plentiful enough in the supply stash to do small-scale experiments.

Indeed, do what you like. Just do so a little at a time. I have a couple of air/water tight denture cups from a hospital that I stole that work great for small batches.

8)

 

[Dave_In_Philly]

I'll add 1Q or Captain Black to sweeten certain blends. Rarely, though.

 

[alfredo_buscatti]

I tried blending with Pease/Tarler Redwood, burley and latakia. A complete disaster! I took notes, mix A with thus and such percentages of the above: not good. Mixture B with another twist to produce Mixture C: no good. Before long I had 6 Mixtures, and none of them were good. In fact, by the time I got to Mixture F, I wasn't sure if it was F or D!

As you might guess I haven't tried it again. Most blending sticks to VA, burley, latakia, Perique, Turkish and various Orientals, which are used as condiments. But if you want to try some blends with a departure from that, try John Patton blends, available from 4noggins, specifically Oriental Dusk. They are blended by one of our members, tiltjlp. Very different, and very skillfully blended, I would say.

 

[aadelma]

was thinking of trying to mix some aromatic tobacco with a VA/Per to see if I could enjoy the smell of the aromatic as well as the taste of the vaper.

This is more difficult than one might think. I used to try adding aromatic tobaccos to natural tobaccos to get a better room note, but most results were terrible, so I gave up experimenting. That said, if I were to do this again, I would start adding a very small amount of quality black cavendish whose aroma I like (C&D) to the natural blend and increase from there as needed. AJ's VaPer from pipesandcigars.com is a basically a vaper which already has some black cavendish, so you might start there.