I’m just now starting out with the FLV Red Burley myself; loving it. I have a couple of mixes in the steep closet and working on a couple of more on the chalk board! A few post back I threw up a mix with the Red Burley which has a lot of promise so far; coupled it with the FLV cured tobacco and a few other favorites.
It’s been a while since I used any form of Western tobacco, but perhaps it’s time to revisit that concentrate!
This is one I’m working on at the moment. The original was good simple mix, but I felt like it was always missing depth. Perhaps the Red Burley can cure that issue.
Oh nice, finally a recipe from you that I have (almost) all the flavors for Bookmarked and added to my “get these flavors on next order” folder.
I look forward to a time when I can upgrade my steeping drawer to an entire closet!! Although, my wallet would beg to differ but wallets know nothing of long term savings lol.
And ya, Western is proving to be pretty useful. Gives that leathery taste that I was looking for. Maybe it’s cuz I’m new and haven’t found anything better yet but as far as TFA tobacco flavors, I think it’s at the front of the class.
Ok, just finished reading this entire thread, a little each day since I started hanging out on the forum here. Yes, I know it’s a bit extreme but what self respecting tobacco enthusiast would not do the same? Now on to NETs!!
Western TPA gives me that leathery taste which cuts through the FLV Red Burley I’ve been using as a base. This combo is really doing it for me. And DNB adds the lovely ash. But I feel something missing from this mix still. Looking for a convincing cigar flavor to add in. Would “INW Tobacco Absolute Cuban Cigar” do the trick? If not, any better suggestions?
I love the INW Cuban cigar as an additive! It’s a somewhat dry cigar flavor, so be prepared for that…
The SC Maxx Blend from BCF is one of my “go to” cigar concentrates…that, and the SC Black n Mild (chocolate backnote with this one). These two together make for a very nice ADV cigar vape.
Damnit! I forgot you were in Canada! Sorry about the psych-up.
Weeeeell, the FA Maxx blend is more like a fresh opened pack of cigarettes in flavor; not a choice for in your face flavor. The other FA cigar offerings really aren’t that much of a WOW either.
The SC is not the same as the one from FA. www.juicefactory.com.au sells SC Maxx Blend and I’m sure they ship to Canada. Just checked, yep they do They are my go to shop for SC’s since they don’t sell them in the EU either.
If you go to this page, :: Resources e-Liquid Calculator, there’s a whole list of Canadian Vapeshops, some of them with discount codes too.
Good find! Australian and Canadian dollar are pretty much 1:1 and shipping looks cheap too! This could be a good solution for those hard to find flavors.
Yes, please let me know if anything dawns on you. ECX does ship to Canada so it’s always a viable option. @Kinnikinnick
I’m just getting started, and probably over ambitious, but…I love tobaccos!
Like many others it seems, my last phase with analogs before/during my switch to vaping was RYO/stuffing (still have my electric stuffer). Anyway I was absolutely crazy about Peter Stokkebye’s Amsterdam Shag. I just placed an order from naturally-extracted-tobaccos.com for the following:
-Fire-cured Burley
-Flue-cured Virginia
-Izmir/Oriental
-Sun-cured Turkish
-Full Zware (Amsterdam Shag is a half-zware, but original Drum was full - hopefully I can run this straight while I learn the other flavors)
If these work out, there’s some pipe blends I would love to try to reproduce like McClelland Frog Morton or Peterson’s Old Dublin
You and @Kinnikinnick both, I’m sure he’ll have something to say about it
As for reproducing flavours, it is hard to do and never turns out the same, but you’ll find that you can make pretty good tobacco juices with a unique taste of their own so don’t get discouraged.
Inawera’s Black for Pipe is a very strong pipe tobacco that you could try in your mix.
My favorite RYO was Peter Stokkebye London Export. …sweet and smooth.
You can’t go wrong with anything at NET.com. Clay has some wonderful creations there for sale. I’m vaping on some 1 year old 7th Cut right now…very tasty cigar NET. Picked up quite a few a year ago, then started making my own. Here’s a list of the ones I purchased…every one of them was stellar.
There are a number of NET threads on ELR for your research:
About to get my feet wet, or at least dip my toes in… Arrived today, 1 sample pack from Black Note. Haven’t cracked it yet. Will review later this week. …And so begins the journey down NET road.