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Old 11-14-2011, 10:05 AM   #94
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Default Re: Rolling your own

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Originally Posted by boxmonkey View Post
where did you learn about blending the cigars? I'm wanting to start doing this and figure I should start there.
Blending I started doing blindly, there are a limited number of leafs that you can purchase from leafonly,
I start with the Dominican seco and ligero, and I add in dried Havana 7 and some of the darker richer fronto leaves. The mos important thing I have learned is that any filler that is used has to be as close to dry as possible, otherwise it will take a long while to even out.

I am learning blending by doing small batches at a time.
More ligero= stronger
More seco= milder
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