Was that just destemming and/or also shredding?
Whole leaf tobacco
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It really smoothed it out! I cased it in between pulling it out of oven and mixed up a topping for it that I sprayed on lightly.
I’ll work on VA next.
I also plan on toasting some Dark air cured Kentucky that I have.
I’ll work on VA next.
I also plan on toasting some Dark air cured Kentucky that I have.
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Really enjoying following your tobacco trials

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Casing was :
Distilled water, sugar, ACV equal parts by weight ( I used 16 oz as my mixing ratio)
2 oz cocoa hull mixture
2 oz licorice root tea
1 TBS molasses
Topping :
3.5 oz distilled water
2 oz Rum
1 TBS ACV
2 TBS caramel extract
1 TBS vegetable glycerin
Distilled water, sugar, ACV equal parts by weight ( I used 16 oz as my mixing ratio)
2 oz cocoa hull mixture
2 oz licorice root tea
1 TBS molasses
Topping :
3.5 oz distilled water
2 oz Rum
1 TBS ACV
2 TBS caramel extract
1 TBS vegetable glycerin
Just a hill William with a BS in Appalachian Engineering
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