Thanks for taking the time to do that, Kuzi! As a relatively inexperienced smoker, I can see that is a nice basic reference I'll look go to on more than one occassion.
Do you think we could get the CCOM guys to buy off on this? They could put it in their catalog and/or newsletter. We could call the column "Kuzi's Corner."
Thanks for putting forth the effort Kuzi. I was thinking of growing tobacco in the Philippines when I retire and have been reading a bit about rolling and so forth. This was great stuff. Just a quick question. What do you know about Pilato?
its a strain of cuban tobacco taken from cuba and imported first to the DR in 1962. Its is a smaller (shorter) strain with larger leaves. its, from what i understand, a fairly good filler leaf. Im not so sure on how it does as a wrapper. ill look more into that after i get home from work.
Nice piece! There are some great videos out on the web of some of the masters like AJ Fernandez going through the process of examining tobacco for it's qualities and blending tobaccos for taste. They are quite interesting to watch and informative. You get a sense of how well he "knows" tobacco as he looks at it and handles it. Also he always has a stick with him, I like that.
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