Leaf Prep

[Hopduro]

Just felt like documenting a bit of my work with the new leaf i get to try. Plus, the newbies can see what goes into making leaf "workable and the vets can make fun of my process. I'll be adding occasional posts with other prep work, this is just tonight's labor.

Candela wrapper: opened the bag up, grabbed a hand, a bit dry... spritz the rest and sealed them back up. The single hand, i opened up every leaf, misting each once, and lightly stretched into a stack. Gorgeous leaf btw! Placed in 2.5 gal ziplock.

Cibao valley criollo ligero: this had a fantastic smell, like walking into a cigar lounge. Big leaves. Separated each leaf and stacked flat, ready to use. Lots of sand on them lol.

Cibao valley vuelta abajo habano ligero: This was bone dry! Needed some tender care separating, spritzing every other leaf. Smaller leaves than the criollo. Little bits and pieces fell everywhere. Interesting smell, burned a bit to see if the aroma changed. The burn seems better, but very flame retardant.

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[Hopduro]

Holy shit this CB dominican seco is massive! Oh and really, really sandy

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[Hopduro]

This cibao valley vuelta abajo seco is sexy as hell!

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[Jim D]

Looking forward to seeing this grow. Thanks for sharing Hoppie!

 

[Hopduro]

Alright, this CT wrapper is odd... some of it is shit, not even binder grade. But some of it is gorgeous blonde, stretchy, and thin. Not sure what to think about it yet. I'm unfurling every leaf.

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[blisscigarco]

this

Which this?

 

[Hopduro]

Which this?

WLT's cheaper CT

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[Jim D]

It is tasty...

 

[Hopduro]

It is tasty...

It's actually really easy to work with too, if you find the bits that aren't destroyed... what would you say your percentage wrapper grade is?

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[Jim D]

It's actually really easy to work with too, if you find the bits that aren't destroyed... what would you say your percentage wrapper grade is?

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I set it aside while trying to find a new blend. I haven't gone through it yet, just pulled a couple to try. It is rather fragile and not in ideal shape...

 

[blisscigarco]

It's actually really easy to work with too, if you find the bits that aren't destroyed... what would you say your percentage wrapper grade is?

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For what it's worth, I got 100% yield out of Jorge's "American yellow," i.e. USA CT Shade. Maybe 80% out of Ecuador yellow. I got ~17% yield out of the FX Shade, and that's with a lot of patch jobs and judicial cutting. I got a high yield out of WLT Ecuador CT Shade, which, ironically, he stopped carrying because of the shitty quality.... If I were to buy more "CTS" someday I'd probably ask Jorge whether he has any of the Ecuador yellow left, despite the lower yellow. I like that it's sort of more neutral thing, less fruity/creamy, than the American yellow. All of it is super giant, stretchy, etc. At least it was a few years ago.

 

[Fusion555]

I just ordered some PA wrapper from Larry he said its nice leaf, anyone tried it yet?

 

[blisscigarco]

I just ordered some PA wrapper from Larry he said its nice leaf, anyone tried it yet?

It makes a decent brown wrapper I've been using it as my brown since I ran out of his ct bl.

 

[Hopduro]

For what it's worth, I got 100% yield out of Jorge's "American yellow," i.e. USA CT Shade. Maybe 80% out of Ecuador yellow. I got ~17% yield out of the FX Shade, and that's with a lot of patch jobs and judicial cutting. I got a high yield out of WLT Ecuador CT Shade, which, ironically, he stopped carrying because of the shitty quality.... If I were to buy more "CTS" someday I'd probably ask Jorge whether he has any of the Ecuador yellow left, despite the lower yellow. I like that it's sort of more neutral thing, less fruity/creamy, than the American yellow. All of it is super giant, stretchy, etc. At least it was a few years ago.

I only went through about a third of mine, but from what I've seen it's like 50-60% wrapper. Just curious if that's usually for WLT wrapper since i really only use Ecuador habano viso lately and that's nearly 100% (hell the binder grade is 50-75%)

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[Crusader]

I think Don said the cheaper CT had issues and that's why it was cheaper. I don't roll a lot of CT but they typical stuff he has is awesome. Just a bit pricy.

I have been using the LO Mex SA. So far I am loving it. Also using the Ec seco wrapper as well. I may ne mistaken but it seems like a H2k.

 

[Hopduro]

I mean it looks beautiful. Stretchy too

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[nic]

If I were to buy more "CTS" someday I'd probably ask Jorge whether he has any of the Ecuador yellow left, despite the lower yellow.

The Ecudor yellow I got from Jorge was 90% trash.

 

[Hopduro]

I mean it looks beautiful. Stretchy too

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Oh and this candela is pretty easy to use, really sticky leaf though

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[Hopduro]

But that let's me finally do this

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[BrewinHooligan]

Oh and this candela is pretty easy to use, really sticky leaf though

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It's not so sticky if you don't case it so high. It still rolls and stretches good at a lower than normal case for wrapper. It is easy to get past that point and get to the sticky stage though. Nice work buddy!