Blending Question

The longer, the better.

Thanks guys! Headed to Walmart for jars.

I am about to go mad scientist!!

Have fun... Just make sure you mix blends that compliment each other.

If you do then if you put your ear right up to the jar you can just about hear, 'you smell divine,' and 'I love your colours.'

You don't get that with blends that don't compliment each other.

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I am going to be making my Donegal Bay blend pretty soon. Aim is a smooth English blend with plenty of bright virginias and Turkish leaf in the same vein as nightcap. The more I learn about blending the better. thanks for this. Are there any blending websites or videos you may recommend?

Does it contain the seaweed found in the bay? I could ship some over to you.

I’m no expert and even the experts that do know what they’re doing will say it’s something that you always continue to learn new things about. With that said, in my short amount of time experimenting, here is some things that I’ve learned that have helped me.
Tobacco is a lot like diamonds. Depending on how you work them will depend on what you get out of them. They are created with time, pressure and heat. Tobacco is mostly created with time but pressure can help speed things along and a little bit of heat can as well. Although heat is not necessarily needed, a small amount of it can do a lot of things to tobacco and change things up. It’s not something I’ve messed with too much but I’ve heard of some interesting experiments with what one can do. Your main thing is going to be time and pressure.
In my few experiments I have mixed things together and some I have left sit in a jar for a week and have smoked them others I have let sit for two and even three weeks. My best tasting experiments in my opinion has come from stuff that I put into a food vacuum bag and once I pulled the air out, I let sit for 30 days. That seemed to really help get the flavors to meld together. They will eventually meld if left sitting in a jar but vacuum packing them will get that going faster.
The next thing is time. Some blends are good from the start and others need aging, like years of aging. Because of that putting together some of your own blends is going to be a lifelong journey. I for one am excited to see what comes during my endeavors.
High pressure can also change things as well. Using a C-clamp you can let a mixture sit for about two weeks under a lot more pressure than a food vacuum can do and its flavor will mellow and you will make something that’s more like a cake.
Hope you report on your trials.