I read some good reviews about Picayune. I will try it next! Thanks for the suggestions!
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It’s good stuff 
…don’t know where you’re reading reviews, but of course, one thing to think about… 
Most of the reviews about tobacco are from actual folks that light fire to the stuff 
, inhale the burning leaf, and then give their options about their experience. That’s great and all (not)… Now, there’s a big difference between inhaling burning tobacco leaves and vaping the extraction of a leaf. What’s that difference, one might ask? 
I’ll tell you.
One is, you’re not killing yourself slowly with every lung full of tar you intake into your body when you set fire to the leaf. I’ll elaborate on this if anyone can’t figure it out for themselves.
Next, we as NET vapers, can actually taste what the leaf actually tastes like, as it rolls across our tongue and wafts through our olfactory senses.
Point being… take tobacco reviews from tobacco smokers with a front end loaders worth salt. 
It tastes incredibly different as a vape… so, so, so much better than if you set fire to it. But, reading reviews from smokers is a good place to start.
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I do agree, tobacco never tasted so good until I started vaping it instead of smoking it! The Solani Aged Burley Flake was a suggestion by someone on reddit, I haven’t tried it yet. I have enough NET to last a while, so now I am letting them sit longer as advised by my fellow NET makers. I don’t get many opportunities to browse for good tobacco suggestions, been too busy. I buy about 3 small cans at a time and I will be placing an order soon. So far Picayune is the only one on the list.
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Found another great tobacco for extraction: Barbary Coast ~ GL Pease
https://www.tobaccoreviews.com/blend/1425/g-l-pease-barbary-coast
Although I’m typically a non-aromatic tobacco fan… this one doesn’t reek of the casing flavor applied to the tobacco; Brandy, being the casing, is minimal at best. It is the awesome flavor of the tobacco itself (hints of black walnut, dark chocolate, and dried fruits), up front and center, which is stellar. 
I cellared quite a few GL Pease choices a while back… this is the first of the bunch; not disappointed! 
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Decided to excavate this thread for those on the hunt for some good tobacco to macerate and filter into NET extracts.
Over time, I’ll mention some worthy tobaccos which I’ve come across since February '20; last post in this thread. Since then, I’ve run across a few tobaccos which are worth keeping in the rotation. And perhaps, there were some choices which shouldn’t have been made. Live and learn.
There will be some fresh (hopeful) buy postings, I’m sure; tobaccos which looked/sounded too good to pass by on the vendor site. Speaking of that scenario… I’ll kick it off:
I have high hopes for this one; fingers crossed.
Since it was a very limited production run, I was very lucky to snag a couple of tins, before the whole stock got snatched up by others. I was a bit taken aback, being stuck in an online cue, awaiting my chance to purchase this tobacco. This, after I had set an alarm for 6pm (start of the online tobacco sale) and immediately opened the website at that time; took about 30 minutes to be allowed onto the site. At least the site had an “auto-refresh” cycle. Otherwise, it would have been an unhappy buying experience. Within about 50 minutes 5000 tins were sold and the online shelves were stripped clean of Firebird!
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Hey buddy. I wanted to share something for you to think about. I believe it’s really important, especially for those who struggle with extracting cigars and certain tobaccos that smell like hay. I’m new to this, but I’ve found in some YouTube videos that toasting tobacco in the oven gives it those very spicy notes we’re aiming for. So, I decided to test it myself. I took an Il Coloniale cigar (which barely had any smell) and toasted it. Oh my god, it smelled amazing! The same thing happened with Peter Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake: initially, it smelled like raw hay, something reminiscent of tea, but definitely not tobacco. After toasting, its aroma transformed into that of a beautiful, dry, aromatic, richly smokable tobacco.
I’ll also include a link that can serve as food for thought.
https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/stoving-tobacco-and-thoughts.103466/
Little package from CT today! 
Leaf Only has always been my go-to for loose leaf; quality into the jar… quality out of the jar! 1/4lb sample offerings is a special thing; not many other vendors offer that option up front.
Planning on splitting this between jars for NET and the pressure cooker for some DIY Snus. Yummy!
A split between Burley and Rustica makes for some darn fine tasting Snus! The nic-kick is nothing to sneeze at either!
Missing hair on your chest? A batch of my Snus will cure that!
(Having just opened the ship box, I’m enjoying the fact, the tobacco barn smell in the house right now is delightfully, olfactory tinglingly wonderful!)
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