How to make tobacco?

If you are an avid smoker, then perhaps you willit is interesting to grow tobacco by yourself. More details about this you can find from the article on our portal - How to grow tobacco. But to grow good tobacco is still half the battle. Even the best quality tobacco leaves are easily spoiled if they are improperly cooked. How to cook tobacco so that as a result you get real pleasure by smoking your cigar or pipe? This will be discussed in our article.

How to prepare smoking tobacco: process

Before fresh tobacco leaves turn intofragrant smoking tobacco, they are subjected to pre-treatment. Here, such processes as processing, drying, fermentation, heat treatment, cutting and others play an important role. Let's take a closer look at each stage.

1. To begin with, peel the tobacco leaves, discard spoiled leaves and rubbish.
2. Tie together a few leaves and hangthem in a well-ventilated dark room. Drying should last at least three weeks. During the drying process, unwanted harmful substances are removed from the tobacco leaves, the taste and aroma of tobacco are formed. When air drying, a large amount of nicotine is stored.
3. Tobacco should be fermented. During this process, the chemical composition of tobacco leaves varies. Fermentation always occurs under pressure: either the own weight of the leaves, or with the help of special devices, for example, under a powerful press. In industrial production, for example, tobacco leaves are stacked in high piles in a dark room. Chemically, processes begin under the influence of pressure and lack of oxygen in the lower layers. Then the lower leaves take out and put the others. At home, with a small amount of tobacco leaves, the process is much simpler. Just gently fold the leaves into a plastic bag, tie it and put it in a dark place. Evidence that the fermentation process has been successful, will change the color of the leaves - from green to brownish yellow.
4. Thermal treatment is performed usinghot air or steam. Gently cut the tobacco leaves with a knife. Put a sheet of baking paper on the baking tray. Pour the tobacco in a thin layer and dry at a temperature of about 100 degrees. When the tobacco darkens, it's time to turn off the oven. Take care that the tobacco is not burnt. You can store ready-made tobacco in ceramic or porcelain dishes or in a tissue bag.