Pics of Your Sticks
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The wrapper dried feeling like velvet. It didn't taste too bad either. Still looking for my spice though.Looking good mate!
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Been trying to find a new blend worthy of stashing 50 quickies. Slow going. I want to use this FX CT wrapper you see below. I have plenty of LO Honduran viso I should use up. So, two constants. Then I have batches of four different ligeros which it's high time I find a good use for: criollo, corojo, habano, San V. Like to use at least one leaf of one of those four ligeros in each. For binder, I'd like to use either Butcher's KY Sumatra or his PA broad wrapper. So I vary binders & ligeros with two visos and one of those ligeros. So far have only found one blend which is acceptable... but not top notch. This bend is two LO Hond visos, one criollo ligero, 1/4 Butcher's PA wrapper for binder, 1/2 FX CT wrapper.
The latest FX CT wrapper is difficult to work with. Not real big and super delicate. But it sure likes to lay down nicely. And looks like it would cure to a nice color. So a good challenge.
Just something off with the blends so far. Start out smoking well; get stanky half an hour in. Open to suggestion.
Not too hard to get these quickies smooth, straight, and evenly parallel. Always tough to get the heads firm.
The latest FX CT wrapper is difficult to work with. Not real big and super delicate. But it sure likes to lay down nicely. And looks like it would cure to a nice color. So a good challenge.
Just something off with the blends so far. Start out smoking well; get stanky half an hour in. Open to suggestion.
Not too hard to get these quickies smooth, straight, and evenly parallel. Always tough to get the heads firm.
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It's hard to place a bet on the felt with this info, because you leave the whole question of secos untouched. Is the assumption that you won't use any, and we're supposed to just pitch some ligero your way and some general ratios; or that you have all of the retail secos and we should suggest which ones go with that viso and one of your ligeros, and in what combo? Also you don't give the usual "needs spice/too strong" kinda guidance....Been trying to find a new blend worthy of stashing 50 quickies. Slow going. I want to use this FX CT wrapper you see below. I have plenty of LO Honduran viso I should use up. So, two constants. Then I have batches of four different ligeros which it's high time I find a good use for: criollo, corojo, habano, San V. Like to use at least one leaf of one of those four ligeros in each. For binder, I'd like to use either Butcher's KY Sumatra or his PA broad wrapper. So I vary binders & ligeros with two visos and one of those ligeros. So far have only found one blend which is acceptable... but not top notch. This bend is two LO Hond visos, one criollo ligero, 1/4 Butcher's PA wrapper for binder, 1/2 FX CT wrapper.
The latest FX CT wrapper is difficult to work with. Not real big and super delicate. But it sure likes to lay down nicely. And looks like it would cure to a nice color. So a good challenge.
Just something off with the blends so far. Start out smoking well; get stanky half an hour in. Open to suggestion.
Not too hard to get these quickies smooth, straight, and evenly parallel. Always tough to get the heads firm.
from this batch of variances in the stuff that dude wanted to use for some kind of Amazonian blend kits back when that was a thing. it was so firm i thought the dam thing would be a bust. tight draw, split shoulder, lit while driving and just would not disappoint after it got through the lighting and slit shoulder seal up. would have been an easy 2hr + toro. slow, lots of smoke, turned into this consistent thing that was between fcking nice and, really fcking nice. had to take a pic. (first phone cam pic) this is right after the first ashing. perfect burn ash coning.
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Now this has promise! This is the Colombian blend but i put CBL into the filler. Not only does it burn great in the middle, the flavor has that chocolate you want from CBL, without the hassle of wrapping with broadleaf!
Now it's still only a few weeks old, but definitely going to age well... essentially a mocha blend
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Now it's still only a few weeks old, but definitely going to age well... essentially a mocha blend
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Lol!! I for one love this. I can apply this to homebrew as wellMaybe not 100% of y'all share my sense of humor, but that's cool. Anyhow: here, I made us this helpful chart.
I stepped in half this chart in these past days.. I plan on jumpin on it right about now too.Maybe not 100% of y'all share my sense of humor, but that's cool. Anyhow: here, I made us this helpful chart.
Marc, those look gorgeous, especially compared to my mini torpedoes I'm banging out again. i figure they don't even have to look good since cc shorty's are ugly
Edit: i love the figarado shape you do on the feet of your sticks
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