Pics of Your Sticks
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Best of my first batch, when i thought glue went on the whole wrapper. Good tobacco, good pectin, it holds up better than expected.
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I'm really curious how you got that idea.
I had no idea, that's how. Definitely didn't see anyone else do it, and i must've barely done any learning on it.
Most recent, so much better a burn but i liked the leaf in my first batch more even with all the error and glue.
Maybe it's the pectin that makes it better. I should try that.
Ick.Maybe it's the pectin that makes it better. I should try that.
Looking back at joeheadjoe's last cigar pic I noticed the white specs in the ash so I looked at the wrapper more carefully and saw the nice little teeth. I love a toothy wrapper. The super smooth ones don't give me the tactile sensation that I prefer.
Toothy?And I'll give you my beginner secret, make the pectin 90 or 95 percent water so it barely works, then brush the wrapper underside, then wrap. I really shouldn't have improvised my first cigars, but what's done is done. You guys have no idea how much you've helped, ha!
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There's 3 diff wrappers here: corojo oscuro (3 of the first 4), ec Maduro (next 2), and ec CT shade (#3 and last 2).
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Yeah that one Shade was so dark and orangy that I decided to put it with the Corojo ones for the photo. I've had that batch of Jorge Ec CT Shade for 3.5 years.
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Beautiful rolls you got there, how do they taste? Ever tried to roll a box press figurado like the oliva melanio V'sI rolled a few yesterday, Easter Sunday. You can see the blend codes on the back of the labels. These are blend tests for this vitola.
A couple more shots from this roll :
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Thanks. Well, those were nearly four years and thousands of sticks ago and I don't remember how they tasted. That was a lot of different blends so I reckon some were great, some good and some less good.
While I have rolled things along the general lines of that Oliva, I've never attempted to box press it afterward. I've only ever box pressed petit coronas.
I have box pressed some of my rolls and it has worked well.
After the binder is applied I put the sticks on the table (one stick or a few side-by-side) and put a stick of wood on each side and put a big C-clamp on it to provide pressure and squeeze them to flatten the sides. Then I take a flat board and put it on top with a weight. This squeezes the top and bottom to flatten them. After 30 minutes or more I'll apply the wrapper and put them back into the press.
It's worked quite well for me. It doesn't require that you roll to an exact size. If you do it to a few at a time then they need to be similar in size so the top and bottom will flatten evenly.
After the binder is applied I put the sticks on the table (one stick or a few side-by-side) and put a stick of wood on each side and put a big C-clamp on it to provide pressure and squeeze them to flatten the sides. Then I take a flat board and put it on top with a weight. This squeezes the top and bottom to flatten them. After 30 minutes or more I'll apply the wrapper and put them back into the press.
It's worked quite well for me. It doesn't require that you roll to an exact size. If you do it to a few at a time then they need to be similar in size so the top and bottom will flatten evenly.
First candidate for the Kgar corona blend:
Equal amounts of Piloto Seco and Rene seco, with a Dominican binder and a Nicaraguan Rosado wrapper.
The Rosado has a rather rough texture. But the color is nice, and the flavor just right. This blend is aromatic, and starts sweet, then morphs bitter near the head. Prolly could profit by some age.
Looks like I had a bit of baccy lint on this one.
Limbering up some Dom binder now, so's I can pack a tenner into the mold.
Equal amounts of Piloto Seco and Rene seco, with a Dominican binder and a Nicaraguan Rosado wrapper.
The Rosado has a rather rough texture. But the color is nice, and the flavor just right. This blend is aromatic, and starts sweet, then morphs bitter near the head. Prolly could profit by some age.
Looks like I had a bit of baccy lint on this one.
Limbering up some Dom binder now, so's I can pack a tenner into the mold.