UK Tobacco smokers.... a bit of advise please

CHELSEA_SMOKERS_SOCIETY · Thu 19th Mar 2009 08:02 am

i dont smoke tobacco, on its own, i only use it in skinning up.

recently ive moved to rolling tobacco from buying malborogh lights cigarettes to mix with.

its cheaper, last a lot longer, i find its nice and easy to use aswell.

thing is, because im not a fag smoker....

i dont know what brand is the weakest in flavour. i dont want o have to work my way through all of them before eventually setteling on the type i want...

the first load of backy i bought was the green golden virginia, which was fine, recently ive had the yellow drum and its way to strong. tastes like pipe tobacco to me. not nice.

what is the weakest in flavour rolling backy on the UK market?

Kermit · Post by **Kermit** » Thu 19th Mar 2009 09:04 am

Cutters choice is cheap and not too strong. I dont smoke it but my good friend uses it in his joints.

Ash333 · Post by **Ash333** » Thu 19th Mar 2009 09:48 am

if you can shell out the extra few quid over baccy get silk cut silvers.

about £3 for 10, as a ciggie smoker I hate them as they contain next to no nicotine or anything else.

sh@dy · Post by **sh@dy** » Thu 19th Mar 2009 10:04 am

AAAAH! finally I can spread my knowledge about some tobacco, waited so long

The thing with usual tobacco is, there are additives in it, which makes the taste and effect awful. then there are some tobaccos you can buy, which dont have additives, you can really taste and feel that, it wont make you wasted and the taste is very neutral.
Tobacco sorts we use that are additive-free:
Pueblo
American Spirit
Pepe
you wont taste much of the tobacco with those types

puffpuffgive · Post by **puffpuffgive** » Thu 19th Mar 2009 10:23 am

You're right chelsea, rolling baccy does last long/ cheaper/ easier to roll with (slightly diff technique to fag baccy). Probably less additives in it too.
which brand you use is all down to personal preference- for example, I find the yellow Drum to be the nicest tasting tobacco in the shops- any other rolling baccy tastes godawful to me, american spirit i find terribly harsh,can't STAND fag baccy in joints etc

Sir Niall of Essex-sire · Thu 19th Mar 2009 11:48 am

Drum Gold. Its what i used to smoke and what i still use in joints.

doobydave · Post by **doobydave** » Thu 19th Mar 2009 12:15 pm

There's not a whole lot of choice in English newsagents.

Try locating some samson mild (light brown pouch) when you are next in the 'dam.
However in england however I am regrettably a cutters choice man. I must visit a proper tobacconists to see if I can get something better.

chigusa · Post by **chigusa** » Thu 19th Mar 2009 07:32 pm

asda are selling american spirit. five quid for twenty five grams. it's the yellow pack, which i think is the weakest one.

sh@dy · Post by **sh@dy** » Thu 19th Mar 2009 09:15 pm

you guys should all try some pure virginia tobacco like its used in Pepe and Pueblo, its something totaly different to smoke tobacco without additives, such a nice smoke, not even compareable to the usual tobacco in cigarettes or rolling tobacco with additives

Clayman · Post by **Clayman** » Thu 19th Mar 2009 10:26 pm

Sounds like you can get natural american spirits over there, that'd be my best reccomendation. I used to smoke their cigs but they're to expensive here. Be warned though, malboro and all them put a fuckload of chemicals into the tobacco, some of which make them burn faster (the others are far more sinister), so mix the green and brown around well. Otherwise you'll have a line of weed burn faster and unevenly.
And they don't mark the strenghts to well on the packages.
Yellow=light
Light blue=normal strenght
Green=menthol treated
Black=perican, a crazy intense strain of tobacco, def not for spliffs or anyone who smokes less than a pack a day

There's loads more, those are all I remember.

Dobern · Post by **Dobern** » Sat 21st Mar 2009 01:49 pm

I smoke baccy roll-ups instead of buying tabs (get it smuggled in from the EU, fuck paying £11 a pack!).

However I dont use this stuff for joints, visit the local tobacconists (sp) in Barnsley, get 1/2 oz of mild virginia, usually lasts me a good month and a half, and much much less strength wise than the pre packed stuff.

Gotta remember to keep it sealed though, there's nothing worse than dried out baccy!

NIZZLE · Post by **NIZZLE** » Sat 21st Mar 2009 02:42 pm

American Spirit all the way!

Clayman · Post by **Clayman** » Sat 21st Mar 2009 03:49 pm

Clayman wrote:Sounds like you can get natural american spirits over there, that'd be my best reccomendation. I used to smoke their cigs but they're to expensive here. Be warned though, malboro and all them put a fuckload of chemicals into the tobacco, some of which make them burn faster (the others are far more sinister), so mix the green and brown around well. Otherwise you'll have a line of weed burn faster and unevenly.
And they don't mark the strenghts to well on the packages.
Yellow=light
Light blue=normal strenght
Green=menthol treated
Black=perican, a crazy intense strain of tobacco, def not for spliffs or anyone who smokes less than a pack a day
There's loads more, those are all I remember.

ok heres the list of colors from wikipedia:, i was on the bus when i posted that little list and couldnt check their site.

Non-Filter Tan
Regular Filter Cyan
Medium/Charcoal Filter Celadon
Light Filter Yellow
Ultra Light Filter Yellow & White
Menthol Filter Green
Menthol Light Filter Green & White
Organic Regular Filter Maroon
Organic Light Filter Gold
Perique Black

and these are the roll your own packs available in the US, probablyt he same there.
Original Blend Cyan
U.S. Grown Royal Blue
Organic Blend Maroon
Perique Black