Reading down, I noticed the non-mentioning of NOT TO DRAW IN when doing this. It's kind of common sense as well as to push out the steam produced in purpose.
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Hey @blisscigarco, smoking the darker wrapped torpedo, creamy, baking spices, hints of cinnamon. Occasional young grassy bite. Don't remember what the blend was.
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Shorties rolled from damaged leave wrapped in Honuduran Havano Seco. (#54 x 5+")
The leave is very thing and narrow and gave me some problems in the beginning, but now I love to work with it !
My wife had me to hang those faces on the wall so I gave the cigars some couleur locale !
The leave is very thing and narrow and gave me some problems in the beginning, but now I love to work with it !
My wife had me to hang those faces on the wall so I gave the cigars some couleur locale !
Dominican56
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I didn't go back and re-read my instructions on the microwave drying trick, but if I recall correctly, I said that one should BLOW the steam out.
Dominican56
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My experience has been that I get a significant tobacco flavor from the Dominican binder. I use it in most of my blends, but I wouldn't call it neutral at all. It's good leaf, however.
Dominican56
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The microwave trick works like a charm. However, it's easy to over-dry a cigar. Once can judge how much more microwaving is required by observing the amount of steam you're blowing out. Also the cigar can tighten up so that you cannot blow steam through it. (the wet leaf swells up to choke off air flow)
Play around with the process a bit so you get a feel of how much microwavin' you need. Your microwave could be newer than mine and so your cigars would require less time being exposed to microwaves.
akpreacherplayz
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Yeah I went back and looked at an old thread about it and did it last night. Worked great!
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Let me clarify, LO Dominican binder is quite neutral.
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http://www.botl.org/threads/microwave-drying-with-excellent-results.87599/
My first success was to punch or cut the end of the cigar and them mic it for only 10 seconds. (standard household microwave heats one cigar very quickly) then remove the cigar and blow in the end to remove the steam from inside the cigar. You can actually see the steam blowing out the end if you do it under a light. (I blow it into the vent fan under the microwave and can clearly see the steam blowing out).
Then, another 10 seconds and blow it out again. By the third time the steam had diminished to little to none coming out. Stop, it's done. Let it cool for half an hour and it's ready to smoke. Like it's rested for 4 months. Yes, it really is that easy.
Good advice!
I find that when the moisture is removed properly the leaf actually shrinks down a bit and opens up the draw. Conversely, an overly moist cigar can swell to the point of splitting the wrapper and making a tight draw.
Credit goes to Foundry Cigars, War Of Currents, Shoreham. as far as I can tell.
My mate says he like the Honduran flavor, so I rolled a few more of these for him:
1 Honduran Ligero
1 Nic Viso
1 Nic binder
1 Ecu Seco Wrapper
All from LO.
Await further testing by myself.
1 Honduran Ligero
1 Nic Viso
1 Nic binder
1 Ecu Seco Wrapper
All from LO.
Await further testing by myself.
Dominican56
CRA #99997657
Good instructions
I cool in the fridge or freezer because the air is really dry there. And it saves time
My process for one right off the rolling table:
Dry in a 170 degree oven (my lowest setting) I set the kitchen timer for 8 minutes from room temp to 170. After 8 minutes I take the stick out and let it cool. (Use the fridge) Then I nuke it once or twice at 8 seconds each, cooling between each evolution of nuking. ( I use the fridge to hasten the process)
This is for a fresh roll. The oven dryers the binder, wrapper and glue. The microwave process dries the inside of the fresh roll.
Dominican56
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Incidentally, the process stinks up the kitchen.
