N.E.T Creations and Reviews (Naturally Extracted Tobaccos or Teas)

Kinnikinnick · January 5, 2016, 12:52am

Nice thinking @Errl!

http://www.westmarine.com/buy/west-marine--stainless-steel-o-rings--P002_060_006_002

Errl · January 5, 2016, 1:04am

yep, thats where I’ve seen them! about 13 years ago when i had a job there as a young lad lol

d_fabes · January 5, 2016, 1:32am

Yeah, good idea @Errl. My funnel is slightly tapered. It’s 3 inch at the top, and 2.75 inch at the bottom, where the filter paper sits. It’s 1.75 inches deep. If I could find something like those, that were 2.75 OD and made out of square stock, it would be perfect.

Errl · January 5, 2016, 2:59am

here ya go buddy, I think they have 2.76 square

http://www.jbprince.com/professional-culinary-molds/ring-molds.asp?viewall=1

like this here might work: http://www.jbprince.com/molds/valrhona-perforated-square-tart-ring-2.75-inches-length.asp

d_fabes · January 5, 2016, 12:10pm

I think that 2.75 dia round one might just do the trick.

Thanks Errl!

Errl · January 5, 2016, 4:38pm

no problem! glad I could help! I thought you were saying you needed a square one… I did think a square funnel was odd

The_Good_Way · July 31, 2016, 6:08pm

Oh dear, yet another useful thread that I will have to comb through in the coming weeks.

Kinnikinnick · July 31, 2016, 6:28pm

Yup. There are a few useful NET threads here on ELR. Not too many folks make their own NET around here, but those that do will be glad to share their trial and error methods, even if it has been discussed in a thread already.

I’m vaping on a creation right now! Very tasty and satisfyingly tobacco ladened!

The_Good_Way · July 31, 2016, 6:33pm

Looks nice! 10% EM I’m assuming this is in the dessert category. I’m glad to see a NET mixed with synthetic flavors. Once I manage to source single variety tobacco here in Canada I’ll definitely be trying some hybrids with synthetic flavors added.

Kinnikinnick · July 31, 2016, 7:04pm

It’s a 9:1 dilution. 9 parts PG/1 part ethyl maltol crystals. It gives my NET mixes a nice burnt sugar or caramel note.

You can buy a small bag of EM crystals from many flavor vendors and have enough for a lifetime of mixing; most folks just buy it premixed for ease of use.

Here’s a happy little link for educational purposes:

Kinnikinnick · July 31, 2016, 7:44pm

I do it quite often when I want a bit more tobacco umph in my synthetic mixes and in reverse when I want a bit of something to flavor my NET.

The_Good_Way · July 31, 2016, 10:16pm

Hey nice article! They also have one on Coumarin that I checked out. I do have a bottle of “Coumarin Pipe Tobacco” by FW that I haven’t payed much attention to. I recall making a 3% tester and not being wowed. Maybe time to give it another go. At least it will be properly steeped by now.

Kinnikinnick · August 2, 2016, 1:12am

I am thinking of going with an Aeropress for my extraction/filtering process. I’ve read a few good things about this “tool” for the hobby.

Between that and some 2.5um filters, it should improve things on the gunk factor of my NET.

Sometimes it’s just the natural dextrose in the tobacco, from which one can’t escape, that causes the gunk; Virginia tobaccos especially.

The_Good_Way · August 2, 2016, 4:48am

That looks nice. Not too pricey either. Definitely within my DIY budget. Added to my shopping list!

Kinnikinnick · August 2, 2016, 6:13am

I read that these fit with ease in the filter cap:

Josephine_van_Rijn · August 2, 2016, 10:50am

It needs to be mixed between 15-20% (their own recommendation) for it to be any good. I’ve got a bottle of it myself but FW is rather weak. It has been a while so I don’t recollect the taste but I see in my stash I gave it 4 stars. I guess it is ok but not great, will have to revisit.

The_Good_Way · August 2, 2016, 2:44pm

Awesome! Just need to find some actual leaf here in Canada and I’ll be good to go. Gonna try to avoid blends and aromatics. Just untreated single variety. Will have to see if I can order from US but I kinda doubt it on account of the nicotine.

The_Good_Way · August 2, 2016, 2:48pm

15-20% is a heck of a lot! I found the tester I did and it’s a 5%. Will try it out later today and maybe mix up a 15%. I’ve never smoked real coumarin tobacco so not sure what to expect. I’m sort guessing it’s in the condiment category but if that’s the case then it will have to be mixed in much lower percentages. Will make a post on results.

The_Good_Way · August 2, 2016, 8:23pm

Okidoki, all caught up on this thread. Not to be a wet rag but anyone looked into negative health effects of NETs? I know many e-juice companies send their mixes off for testing and I wonder if any NET e-juice companies have done the same. Or anyone making NETs for that matter.

I realize we’re all guinea pigs in the great vape experiment but I do try to be as informed as possible on the health side of things.

Kinnikinnick · August 2, 2016, 11:54pm

I couldn’t tell you where to look for info such as that. But, what I imagine is that as long as we are omitting the combustion part of the scenario with using tobacco, it’s probably no worse than inhaling all of the synthetic molecules related with other flavors. I gave up sucking tar and 4000 other nasty chemicals into my lungs, so I don’t feel the least bit bad about inhaling a NET.