Potent bright leaf
Posted by AllTALL on Thursday, 20-Sep-2007
What is the most potent Virginia bright leaf tobacco brand. Potent in terms of nicotine? I don't like spicy tobaccos. And I dislike burly. Most bright leaf brands that I have tried are a little weak, however. I am looking for something with more punch.
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- Re: Potent bright leaf
- Posted by Jo on Sunday, 23-Sep-2007
I had gotten the impression that burley wasn't good, but the pure virginia tobacco is kind of flat without it. Try a sample of Blend #1 & #2 from Custom Blends. Compare the two. #1 has burley in it and I like it better than the virginia without it which is #2. Both are virginia tobaccos.
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- Posted by G on Thursday, 20-Sep-2007
I haven't tried it a few years (so this may be out of date), but I remember American spirit Organic used to be all virginia and very potent.
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- Re: Potent bright leaf
- Posted by ALLTALL on Thursday, 20-Sep-2007
Not to appear crass, but do you know of anything a little cheaper?
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- Posted by G on Thursday, 20-Sep-2007
NP... All of the less expensive all Virginia tobaccos I have tried (mainly the ones from D&R) pale in comparison to the potency of the NAS Organic. From my experience with food and tobacco, organic leads to more robust- only the healthiest plants can survive without chemical help....
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In case you live in Canada, I have read (on here) that Export A is strong. I have not tried it.
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- Posted by Dano on Thursday, 20-Sep-2007
I don't mean to sound Contrary BUT... ORGANIC isn't a defined term in either the food or tobacco industry. Organic Food is like Carbon Credits, they exist for the suckers to buy them! The Term ORGANIC Presupposes the idea that there are no naturally occurring pesticides in the products so labeled. That is nowhere near the case and the public should be aware of it. For instance... I eat only McDonalds, I crap and sell you my Crap! I didn't put any fertilizer on my crap hence it's Organic! Now That IS A Bunch of Crap! :)
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- Posted by G on Thursday, 20-Sep-2007
So, in your experience there is no noticeable difference between organically and conventionally produced food/tobacco?
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Further, you think that chemical pesticide usage is irrelevant or equivalent to organic methods of pest control? Organic a fraud, akin to you selling your own feces? OK.....
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- Posted by G on Thursday, 20-Sep-2007
Just a footnote, I don't like the NAS organic enough to smoke it, but there is a very plausible case to be made that organic tobacco is a significant harm reduction measure.
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- Re: Potent bright leaf
- Posted by ALLTALL on Thursday, 20-Sep-2007
Reading about Export A here, I see the word spicy coming up more then once. As I said in my original post I don't care for spicy tobacco. Thank you for posting at any rate. I appreciate the try.
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- Posted by Dash on Thursday, 20-Sep-2007
Potent bright leaf is kind of an oxymoron isn't it?
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- Posted by ALLTALL on Friday, 21-Sep-2007
I have been smoking a couple of packs a day for about 45 years. The American Spirit he mention can make my head spin from the nicotine. So, I would say no. It's not an oxymoron.
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- Posted by Dash on Friday, 21-Sep-2007
I can't find anywhere where it says that American Spirit organic is virginia or bright (flue cured) either one. As I understand it nicotine content is more closely related to the amount of nitrogen in the soil that it is grown in then the type of tobacco, Which makes potent bright leaf an oxymoron.
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- Posted by ALLTALL on Friday, 21-Sep-2007
I couldn't care less. I'm looking for a decent smoke, not a science project.
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- Re: Potent bright leaf
- Posted by Dash on Friday, 21-Sep-2007
Then try one of the halfzwares. Bali golden shag is good and if you think AS made your head spin try Jester.
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- Posted by Yehuda Manne on Monday, 08-Oct-2007
Try D&R's Cockstrong. The most robust of their products, I've been using it as my mainstay, when the others began to taste too lite. I don't know what's happened, but smokes that used to taste strong to me don't anymore.
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