Mixing blends.....Do you?

[IHT]

Originally Posted by smokinmojo

Timely bump! I was going to post in "tonights smoke" this afternoon, a hybrid English
(Ashton old London Pebblecut, Esoterica Penzance/Smokershaven Krumble Kake, McClellands Blackwoods Flake,McClelland 2015, C&D Kajun Kake, MaC Baren Vintage Syrian and McClellands Grand Orientals Yenidje Supreme)............

that I've been working on the past few months. I seem to mix tobacco like I cook. (no end to what I'll try and how much I'll waste.)


The blend is big in Latakia, big in orientals, big in Virginia's and big in perique!

Man thats big!

oh, i'm not talking "that" big until i get the right mix down. i can picture you with a damn table mixer out, big metal bowls, flour all over the kitchen counter, wearing an aprin that says "kiss the cook".

nah, i'm gonna do small cups. mix like 5 parts Marlin Flake, 1 part Dark Flake, or some crazy crap like that. or some other good straight VA.
i love the dark flake taste, but there are times when i don't want to be overpowered by it and only get the hints of flavors, not the "shaky knees, holy crap that sh*t is strong", flavors.

[smokinmojo]

Originally Posted by IHT

oh,
i love the dark flake taste, but there are times when i don't want to be overpowered by it and only get the hints of flavors, not the "shaky knees, holy crap that sh*t is strong", flavors.

I mixed the last of the DF you sent a while back with Orlik DSK. You know that unscented DF scent is amazing. I can only imagine the scented version. The DSK brought it down a notch, and gave it a little nutty background.

[Alyks]

I mixed a coupled of aromatics which I was getting bored with on the count that they were so one dimentional, and thought they could use a little added flavour. Some bulk Vanilla, McC's Columbian coffee flavoured stuff and some straight burley. It's pretty good. The wife likes it cause it's smells like coffee and a little sweet.

[EvanS]

so far I have never mixed any blends together.
But what I have taken to doing is running a simple, basic Burley thru and aro-based pipe every so often. A very unique smoke, very old-time smelling, usually ensues. The wife gets reminded of her G'Pa. I usually enjoy the smoke very much as the aro ghosts the Burley a bit, yet the one bowl of Burley doesn't seem to leave anything in the aro pipe

[smokehouse]

Never mixed before. I did layer once. I had half a bowl of Mac Baren HH Virginia and half bowl of Stonehaven left so a put the Virginia on the bottom and the Stonehaven on the top. It was good. I would do it again.

[EvanS]

Originally Posted by smokehouse

Never mixed before. I did layer once. I had half a bowl of Mac Baren HH Virginia and half bowl of Stonehaven left so a put the Virginia on the bottom and the Stonehaven on the top. It was good. I would do it again.

sullying Stonehaven???

well, I never!!

[fordkustom]

i do it all the time. i like adding a pinch of oriental english to anything too sweet .

[smokehouse]

Originally Posted by EvanS

sullying Stonehaven???

well, I never!!

The devil made me do it.

[Mad Hatter]

actually one thing I do is stack my tobaccos. I sometimes pack a dull or flavorless tobacco in the bottom of my bowl and then in the top I will add something more flavorful that I think might compliment the weaker tabak as it filters the smoke. Other times I will put a strong tobacco in the bottom and a more subtle tabak in the top. The aroma from the stronger one will enhance the flavor of the weaker one and when I do get burned through to the bottom half of the bowl there is a quick change to another flavor. I've been doing this since I started smoking and it works really well and helps to get rid of tobaccos that otherwise wouldn't get smoked.

[Mister Moo]

Maybe this thread was in the back of my mind. Blending coffee toward a good, reliable result is practically impossible. Can't imagine why tobacco would be any easier so I've never tried.

Sunday: had a long wait for spousal unit and a small bag of Byzantium (way deep latakia, roughly cut) and a bag of PS Proper English (sweet, fine ribbon). One is a hair too heavy and the other a hair too light.

Flip/flop - mixed the two. Seemed like it ended up smoking the best parts of both.

[F. Prefect]

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

Maybe this thread was in the back of my mind. Blending coffee toward a good, reliable result is practically impossible. Can't imagine why tobacco would be any easier so I've never tried.

Sunday: had a long wait for spousal unit and a small bag of Byzantium (way deep latakia, roughly cut) and a bag of PS Proper English (sweet, fine ribbon). One is a hair too heavy and the other a hair too light.

Flip/flop - mixed the two. Seemed like it ended up smoking the best parts of both.

Tobacco isn't any easier, probably even more difficult if I had to choose. I have the highest regard for tobacco blenders, but if you could extract the truth, most would probably admit the final touches that will make or break a blend, boils down to mostly trial and error.

Looks like you may have hit the nail on the head with the first swing of the hammer. What are you going to call it? Moogoo has a nice ring to it.

F. Prefect

[Kayak_Rat]

Originally Posted by smokinmojo

Timely bump! I was going to post in "tonights smoke" this afternoon, a hybrid English
(Ashton old London Pebblecut, Esoterica Penzance/Smokershaven Krumble Kake, McClellands Blackwoods Flake,McClelland 2015, C&D Kajun Kake, MaC Baren Vintage Syrian and McClellands Grand Orientals Yenidje Supreme)............

that I've been working on the past few months. I seem to mix tobacco like I cook. (no end to what I'll try and how much I'll waste.)


The blend is big in Latakia, big in orientals, big in Virginia's and big in perique!

Man thats big!

Is this the blend you sent me?? It was labeled Hybrid English. I finished it up last night and never got a bad bowl out of it. I have also never had the flavors really jump out that much.

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by F. Prefect

Tobacco isn't any easier... What are you going to call it?

Beginner's Luck

[F. Prefect]

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

Beginner's Luck

Ah, ya gotta give yourself a little credit. I probably only hit on one smokable mixture out of 50 attempts. Maybe beginners luck does fit the bill about as well as anything else.

It's kind of funny how you can take a couple of aromatic blends that aren't all that bad by themselves and no matter what ratio is tried, the result is only fit for the trashcan. Beginners luck or not, enjoy your creation.

PS Give this one a try. 50.3% Altadis B-30, 44.7% Lane BCA, 1% Perique, 4% infused N2O. Yummy. My patent attorney says I should soon be laughing all the way to the bank.

F. Prefect

[smokinmojo]

Originally Posted by Kayak_Rat

Is this the blend you sent me?? It was labeled Hybrid English. I finished it up last night and never got a bad bowl out of it. I have also never had the flavors really jump out that much.

I'd like to say its close, but probably not. The last to parts I added were the Vintage Syrian and Grand Orientals. I really liked it before........Now I'm thinking about putting baby Intercom on the jar.....so I can hear it age!