Petuning explain flavor?

[Oblofusc]

Sometimes I have to wonder whether certain cigars with strong "liquorice" or "cinnamon" or "spice" notes are the result of petuning, a process of spraying tobacco leaf with various recipes of flavorings. This practice was known in Cuba as far back as the late 1800's. Google "petuning tobacco odlum" and read about it if you've never heard of it. I would be surprised if it was NOT used to some extent in a lot of cigar tobacco that ends up in many cigarsm. Like I said, I've tasted my share of cigars and some just seem to have too much of a particular "note" for me to believe it is all the result of different strain or soil or temps or sun exposure or leaf position on the plant.

Thoughts brothers?

 

[tobii3]

Petuning was done to sub-standard tobacco - NOT to quality tobacco leaves.

Been smoking' too many Swishers and White Owls, have ya??

 

[Slidzero]

I am fairly certain that petuning is used in Opus X. I think that we would be surprised how often it is used in many of the cigars that are on our favorite tobacconists shelves.

 

[Oblofusc]

I should point out that petuning can also simply involve the spray application of the liquid squeezed from crushed tobacco stalks, thereby merely adding the natural "gum" that is said to impart flavor and aroma. Other known recipes include liquorice paste, aniseed oil, crushed clove, rum, sour wine, and other closely guarded proprietary concoctions. Also, the leaves may be sprayed with ammonia carbonate solution to aid in the "fermentation" stage of cigar leaf production, which is not true fermentation but rather an enzymatic oxidation process.

As an amateur home grower of cigar leaf I find all this stuff intriguing and plan to experiment with some of my 2009 harvest. One day I hope to be able to grow, work and roll a small quantity of premium-ish cigars. Not there yet but closer. Meanwhile I'll just have to content myself by smoking nice store-bought sticks, LOL. I am l already looking forward to the 2011 growing year as I plan to grow more premium cigar filler and binder strains. I found out too late that a lot of what I had been growing were wrapper strains.

 

[Nickerson]

Sounds almost like infusing.

 

[Fourtotheflush]

I would be very surprised. Isnt it Padron that states the only thing they spray their leaf with is water?

 

[Clint]

I know a bee who swears that petunias taste as if they've been putuned...

 

[TreeFrog Frank]

I know a bee who swears that petunias taste as if they've been putuned...

:rolling:

 

[hdroadglide]

i used to spit tabacky into a petune:ccowboy:

 

[TreeFrog Frank]

Didn't Bill Clinton get his cigars petuned??

 

[Clint]

My car needs a petune-up

 

[Thegreekone]

My car needs a petune-up

roflmao!

 

[Fourtotheflush]

Some of the worst jokes eva!