Natural Tobaccos - Part Deux
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Tobacco Absolute
Tobacco Absolute (TA) is a commercial product made by various manufacturers (most famously in Bulgaria) that was used originally in the perfume industry. Natural tobacco is distilled or extracted into an essential oil carried as a suspension in an alcohol base. TA is super-super-concentrated and must be significantly diluted (e.g., 1:100 or more) for use in flavoring eliquids.
Velvet Cloud might make their TA in San Francisco, but it tastes like Bulgaria to me.
Soooo...50% off of 55 gallon drums each of Acadian Gold and Wrangler Light comes to...
I love GeJ, and you have to hand it to them. That's a real sale, and I'm biting.
Let 'em steep, and give them some vigorous shakes once in awhile. Not sure how stocked you are on juice, but if you can wait a couple months, they blossom into nicely rounded, distinct flavors.
I dove in tonight too. I have half-pint mason jars steeping of McClelland's Blending Perique, McClelland's Blending Oriental, Mac Baren HH Acadian Perique, Brigham Legend Series Acadian Blend, and New York Pipe Club Bledsoe's Island VaPerOriental. 1/2 ounce each in 120ml of pure PG.
Right out of the freshly opened tins, the ones whose smell intrigued me the most were the Mac Baren HH Acadian Perique and the NYPC Bledsoe's Island VaPerOriental. The Mac Baren had a deep, rich, smokey scent. The Dark Fired Kentucky in it really popped. The NYPC had a nice, soft, slightly toasted natural tobacco smell.
It was interesting to see how each behaved once they were soaking, like how much volume they took up or how they stayed (or not) suspended in the PG.
Now, just to wait a month, which is going to be torture. My single varietals should be here tomorrow too, and I'm going to get a couple of them started this weekend. Now, I'm kicking back and relaxing with some Smug Juice B(r)anded as a reward for all my hard work.
whew! finally just caught up on this thread...so many posts, so little time!
I've been vaping on juices made from my 7 recent extractions, and am gearing up to write reviews of all of them now that they've had about a month to steep and I've spent enough time with them to know which ones I like most. I have to agree with Bill that cigar extractions are a bit more complicated than pipe extractions. The cigar I extracted is kind of disappointing to me, and I'm thinking that I didn't let it go long enough in the warm water bath before I filtered it (I let it go 48 hours, and I probably should have given it at least 72). But I will say that I most likely will never buy retail juice again. I mean, I'm tempted to get some Devil Dog! from Ahlusion before they take it off the market, but all of my retail NETs are sitting quietly on a shelf and have been since I made my own extracts - and I've got some goodies on that shelf including a number of NETCOM and MVJ liquids. The simplicity and excitement of making my own NETs is just so...rewarding! I'd love to be able to offer them to share and trade with others on this thread, but I have a serious lack of sample bottles at the moment...
I've been vaping on juices made from my 7 recent extractions, and am gearing up to write reviews of all of them now that they've had about a month to steep and I've spent enough time with them to know which ones I like most. I have to agree with Bill that cigar extractions are a bit more complicated than pipe extractions. The cigar I extracted is kind of disappointing to me, and I'm thinking that I didn't let it go long enough in the warm water bath before I filtered it (I let it go 48 hours, and I probably should have given it at least 72). But I will say that I most likely will never buy retail juice again. I mean, I'm tempted to get some Devil Dog! from Ahlusion before they take it off the market, but all of my retail NETs are sitting quietly on a shelf and have been since I made my own extracts - and I've got some goodies on that shelf including a number of NETCOM and MVJ liquids. The simplicity and excitement of making my own NETs is just so...rewarding! I'd love to be able to offer them to share and trade with others on this thread, but I have a serious lack of sample bottles at the moment...
Well I should be getting my Indigo NET? TA? here in a day or two. I have only had 1 juice that I know had TA in it (and a lot of it), and I could taste the perfumy-ness easily. Will see if that's the case here with these. I also was a bit confused with their description as I do know the technical difference between a NET and TA, but I guess we'll see. I suppose someone could email Tony to let him know your concerns about his blurb being somewhat misleading, if that's what it is. Or I could...
At this point, I would rather get your honest take on the liquids. If you recognize that weird green taste, that would be the TA. Perfume? TA. Oily looking residue? TA. Strange aftertaste? TA. If you can't tell, but love the liquid, who cares?!
A little Dunhill Early Morning from MVJ today. It has steeped into a nice round flavor. It has a halo of sweetness and the occasional smoky wink of latakia. I enjoy it even more now than I did early on.
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Awesome vapemail day today. RBFS stock in da house! Huge HUGE shout out to Brian from RBFS for getting these to me via VapingWatch. HHV stock from their 30% sale also arrived. 
I just read about GeJ's 50% sale.. Tempting, oh so tempting!!
I just read about GeJ's 50% sale.. Tempting, oh so tempting!!
I read that a lot of you seem to be putting cigar extractions into a category by themselves. Here's my take on it. Use the whole cigar and let it keep six weeks. Once you have the filtered concentrate and make your juice, let it steep a good, long while. Several times now I have gone back to a juice and found it to be a whole 'nother ballgame. Vaped another tank of some Ramon Bueso after a couple of weeks and it's more complex and less flowery now. I was disappointed with my mix of Java Maduro, but again I went back to it and there's much more of a coffee-chocalate note than before. So I guess it's still wait and wait some more no matter how you slice it.
True story - overheard in line at the pizza shop. -
"You want it sliced in four or six pieces?"
"Better make it four. I don't think I could eat six."
True story - overheard in line at the pizza shop. -
"You want it sliced in four or six pieces?"
"Better make it four. I don't think I could eat six."
Wow, ordered my filtering sheet yesterday. Delivered today! Never got a shipping notice just that it was delivered to my front door. Went outside - we don't use the front door just because all our friends and delivery people know to go to the back door - and there it was by the gate to the back yard. That was FAST!
Lazy dogs didn't even bark!
pardon the typos, on my phone
Lazy dogs didn't even bark!
pardon the typos, on my phone
I had an Omaha Steak delivery I didnt know was coming sit out my front door for 5 weeks as we never use it or go that way 
Thumbs up to Omaha Steak as they replaced it
Thumbs up to Omaha Steak as they replaced it
Those River Bottom Fog Sauce bottles look really nice. Are their NETs steam distilled or macerated? Wouldn't mind ordering some new "clean" NETs. I just hate the "chew spit" extracts.
Awesome vapemail day today. RBFS stock in da house! Huge HUGE shout out to Brian from RBFS for getting these to me via VapingWatch. HHV stock from their 30% sale also arrived.
I just read about GeJ's 50% sale.. Tempting, oh so tempting!!
Excellent haul. Could you please post your thoughts on the Admiral's Pipe and Petner's Pipe once you've had a chance to sample. I've been curious about them, but at RBFS prices, didn't want to commit before hearing more about them. Thanks.
Macerated, I believe. All the RBFSs that I've tried have been super-clean.
Awesome vapemail day today. RBFS stock in da house! Huge HUGE shout out to Brian from RBFS for getting these to me via VapingWatch. HHV stock from their 30% sale also arrived.
I just read about GeJ's 50% sale.. Tempting, oh so tempting!!
I knew Brian would come through, even if it took awhile. Now, the big question is what to try first!
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