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Jimmy D, where you located? What's your weather situation? I'm here in northern Dull-Aware. We get evening rains all the time. I struggle with plugs on any vitola most any night. Broadleaf wrappers burn best on premiums. Loose bunches on my own sticks burn even better. I still get an easy hour and a half out of a loose bunched 5 1/2" Uppowoc Perfecto with a habano wrapper. But a hard bound premium with a habano wrap is about guaranteed to die half way along. I hate re-lighting. It ruins the flavor. Had a rainy day again yesterday, pulled a 4 1/2" well-seasond San Benigno out of the humi, died half way. Makes a hard plug, tunnels a mite, then cacks.

I dunno why guys think they're getting robbed if their store bought tobacco stick isn't stuffed hard as a wooden stick. You're not buying the thing by the pound, but by the enjoyment. Broadleaf wrapped machine mades are actually the best of both worlds. Burn great even here.
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I'm in western NC, definitely some humidity around. The particular sticks I was referring to are Cromagnon Mode 5's. I understand they like to be on the drier end of storage humidity but I must be drooling when I smoke them because I usually need to hit them with a v notch after the straight cut to keep the draw easy after a few minutes. Still love them though!
 
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BrewinHooligan said:
Got a little more info today from Willy about his "mojo" he spritzes the leaf with. He chunks up some pineapple and puts it in some water and lets it sit a few days. Then he adds the rum and vanilla and says it makes the aroma of the cigar better.
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BTW.... The addition of pineapple adds a good amount of citric acid to the mix thereby lowering the PH of the tobacco. A smoothing agent with some natural sugar added. It's going in my next 'petuning' experiment.

Thanks for the update!
 
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Jim D said:
I'm in western NC, definitely some humidity around. The particular sticks I was referring to are Cromagnon Mode 5's. I understand they like to be on the drier end of storage humidity but I must be drooling when I smoke them because I usually need to hit them with a v notch after the straight cut to keep the draw easy after a few minutes. Still love them though!
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Western NC? My favoritest place in the world! I ride the Blue Ridge Parkway two to four times a year. The pot 'o gold at the end of that rainbow is North Carolina. You neighbors with First Warrior? Let's herf up if spring ever comes.

Humid NC is not. You want damp, look at Dull-Aware on a map. We are half a sand bar between two mighty rivers: the Delaware and the Chesapeake. Each river is almost as wide as the state. Highest point in DullAware is 113 feet; and that's right on the PA border. Below the canal, average elevation is prolly a foot and a half. A cat covers her crap in this state she scratches the water table.

It will get dry in the house because either the AC is on in summer or the furnace in winter... then the cigar comes out of the humidor, I take it in the garage, and it inhales damp.
 
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Kind of sounds like Key West. We're surrounded by water and the majority of the island sits at or below sea level. Weird lol
 
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Western NC? My favoritest place in the world! I ride the Blue Ridge Parkway two to four times a year. The pot 'o gold at the end of that rainbow is North Carolina. You neighbors with First Warrior? Let's herf up if spring ever comes.
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I'll have to look up First Warrior...I'm near Lincolnton, or Hickory. Herfin' sounds like a good idea, I'd love to get some coaching on rolling those perfectos. I've watched your videos on page 71 of this thread several times...
 
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BrewinHooligan said:
Got a little more info today from Willy about his "mojo" he spritzes the leaf with. He chunks up some pineapple and puts it in some water and lets it sit a few days. Then he adds the rum and vanilla and says it makes the aroma of the cigar better.
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Loving your Willy ... in the world of Cigar lovers... I sometimes get kicked around a lot but I do what I do "mojoin" and as rollers we should follow our intuition as well as the science... that's how we evolve the process. For hundreds of years people have tried to "perfect" the formula/cigar process... it is not perfectible because it is desire based and desire is not perfect it is unique. Getting caught up on sience over the heArt of the craft could cause you to miss something beautiful only because of preconceived distastefulness. If you love the leaf... you respect and love every masters forum... each brings something unique to the leaf. What one borrows another steals but they never take it and leave it alone... they always take it and add something ... their personal touch... the individual flare... passion... trademark... secret, etc. If the former were the perfect formula to successful cigar rolling, why bother adding your own little twist? We are creatures of creation... it is impossible to resist adding our version of "perfection" our contribution to the evolutionary process. If you love the leaf... respect every masters process... and each is a master of his/her own... then... just enjoy the fucking stick. ~xox
 
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TheReMixologist said:
Loving your Willy ... in the world of Cigar lovers... I sometimes get kicked around a lot but I do what I do "mojoin" and as rollers we should follow our intuition as well as the science... that's how we evolve the process. For hundreds of years people have tried to "perfect" the formula/cigar process... it is not perfectible because it is desire based and desire is not perfect it is unique. Getting caught up on sience over the heArt of the craft could cause you to miss something beautiful only because of preconceived distastefulness. If you love the leaf... you respect and love every masters forum... each brings something unique to the leaf. What one borrows another steals but they never take it and leave it alone... they always take it and add something ... their personal touch... the individual flare... passion... trademark... secret, etc. If the former were the perfect formula to successful cigar rolling, why bother adding your own little twist? We are creatures of creation... it is impossible to resist adding our version of "perfection" our contribution to the evolutionary process. If you love the leaf... respect every masters process... and each is a master of his/her own... then... just enjoy the fucking stick. ~xox
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HELL YES!!!!
 
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blisscigarco said:
Finally got around to slapping some of @smokepoleobsession 's famous re-fermented Broadleaf onto one of my blends. He's right, this stuff has an amazing feel, smell, and appearance. If it smokes killer then it's an awesome winner all-around. Reckon we'll know by summertime. ;)
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Awesome collaboration!

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Very nice to see some wrapped around some decently rolled sticks for a change.;) Even better when you consider it only costs like 15.00 for a 1 1/2 lb's. Im hoping its good stuff.Being my first try there is a chance it might have needed a little more time to sweat. I was trying not to destroy it in my ignorance.
 
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It was only in the dry box for 5 days so may be a little wet, maybe..The flavors were good, no grassy hay flavor at all. And I went and turned down the humidity in my humidor too. This was bound with CT 2LS. As for bunching, I try to go with the entubado but after you (BH) went to accordion method, I did try that on a couple. I'm not sure which this was....
 
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