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kenro · Joined: 01 Jun 2009 Posts: 10 Location: Monroe, Michigan

Dan. what are some good filler blends?

Dan · Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 10:29 am Post subject:

I like to mix it up and here's why; when I realized that no matter how proficient I became at making tobacco I couldn't consistently produce the same tobacco year after year. I don't have the facilities or know how to cure and age tobacco the way the pro's do. Another reason was that I wanted to smoke my stuff. I couldn't wait years for it to age. As soon as the ammonia was out I'd roll. Sometimes before it was all gone but that don't make for a good smoke.
So let me put it this way. I use all, except #19, of my tobacco's for filler. I use all of them for binder. When I'm feeling creative I cut the fine leaf between veins of #6, 9, 1, 12 or 13 and use that for finish wrapper. But usually I wrap them up with #19. Even though I don't shade it, the leaf still makes a good wrapper but I don't like it as a filler. That's my personal taste.

kenro · Joined: 01 Jun 2009 Posts: 10 Location: Monroe, Michigan

dan i am trying to grow this year is little dutch, long red, comstock spanish, glessnor, pennsylvania red and havana 263. i hope these are good strains to try? what do you think?

kenro · Joined: 01 Jun 2009 Posts: 10 Location: Monroe, Michigan

does anyone have any filler blends they like to share with us?

kenro · Joined: 01 Jun 2009 Posts: 10 Location: Monroe, Michigan

here are a few fillers for you to view ; PA broadleaf is sweet moderate flavor with moderately dry notes, Connecticut broadleaf is sweet and cedary, San Andres Mexico is sweet and a tad bit dry with notes of brown sugar, Sumatra Indonesia is papery with hints of sweetness and a long finish, Mata Fina Brazil is spicy and woody, Habano Peuu is sweet and moderate, Habano Domincan is very mild to moderate leaf with cedary and leathery flavor, Habano Pamama is sweet with a moderate to full flavor. rich and complex.

kenro · Joined: 01 Jun 2009 Posts: 10 Location: Monroe, Michigan

Also there is Habano Jalapa Nicaragua is sweet moderate flavor with moderartely dry notes, Habano Condega Nigaragua is sweet and dry yet not huge on flavor, a good base tobacco, Habano Ometepe Nicaragua is very sweet, almost Cuban like tobacco very right and flavorful, grown on fresh water island., Habano Esteil Nicaragua is dark and earthly tobacco with a spicy dry flavor, Habano Jamastran Honduras is rich and earthly tobacco with sweet notes. Slightly damp texture, Habano Copan Honduras is a very earthly tobacco with a moderate flavor that is chewy, Habano Somoto Nicaragua is a rare seen filler, somoto is between condega and jalapa in flavor, Habano Costa Rica is dark and oily filler with maple type flavor, Cubita Columbia is this tobacco imparts a very toasty quality to a cigar and Alemania Germany is a dark and toothy filler; peppery and complex

kenro · Joined: 01 Jun 2009 Posts: 10 Location: Monroe, Michigan

there is five basic types from five different regions, Bahia- this is grown in brazil and one of the oldest native-seed tobaccos. Broadleaf- widely grown, especially in the u.s., this style resulted from the migration of natives from the andes area into north america, Habanesis Hybrids- these styles developed from seeds brought to cuba from mexico in 1534 and form the base of the cuban seed tobacco family, San Andres Negro- planted in mexico and was cultivated by the aztecs, Sumatra- originally planted on the indonesian island of sumatra from seeds brought by dutch explorer and traders of the 1500's