"Sun Tea" Like Stoving. Serendipitous Discovery.

Sir Duke · "Sun Tea" Like Stoving. Serendipitous Discovery.

Good morning DGC's, this weekend I was sitting on my deck smoking thru a whole bunch of Grabows. I had a "pouch" of tobacco from Gold Leaf in NH. The pouch effectively was a ziplock bag, and the blend was mainly Virginia leaf with a hint of Perique. I had wearied of it and added some burley (w/a bit of golden cavendish) to it. Now it was 50/50.

I was disappointed with the result and I expected more from it. I set the bag(gie) in the shade and forgot about it for the day. Well, when I found it again, it was baking in the hot sun. "Stoving" if you will. The bag had puffed up, I assume from the moisture evaporating out of it.

I figured I had better hurry-on-up and finish this tobacco, so I smoked it next day to find that the flavors had married beautifully and the results were subline. I fully intend on re-creating this mix, "stoving" it, and then cellaring it for future consumption by fire! Twisted Evil

drbridges

Could you get a temperature reading on that stoving, Sir Duke. You are in Massachusetts. I am in Texas. I suspect my tobacco will heat up faster. Farenheit will be okay, but Celsius might be better.

I've might've been stoving my tobacco without knowing I was doing it. A ziplock bag left in the car on a sunny afternoon can sweat and blow up real good.

Sir Duke · I suspect,

"Sun Tea" Like Stoving. Serendipitous Discovery.

I suspect,