Smoking: Where can we buy/get Organic Tobacco (for SOTT members)?

[Foxx]

Just wanted to follow up and say that I received the KSO I ordered online (~$3.50/oz, after excessive taxes) and it's definitely a more pleasant smoke for me than the American Spirit is. According to this post AS is very high in nicotine, so perhaps that's why I'm finding the KSO more enjoyable to smoke. So far it feels a little less harsh to me and very easy to smoke. Comparing the two, especially factoring in the price (~$10/oz for AS organic), I'd recommend the KSO!

 

[echo]

Foxx,

Can you recommend an online store to buy KSO from? I would like to try it!

 

[domi]

Foxx,

Can you recommend an online store to buy KSO from? I would like to try it!

I got some from http://rollyourown.com/
They have the 1oz, 6oz and 5lbs bags.

 

[Tomek]

Oh, by the way, how are you smoking your tobacco ? I'm currently using Zig-Zag leaves, and I'm wondering if there's a healthier way to consume my lovely American Spirit. How about pipes ?

 

[ocean59]

Oh, by the way, how are you smoking your tobacco ? I'm currently using Zig-Zag leaves, and I'm wondering if there's a healthier way to consume my lovely American Spirit. How about pipes ?

Zig-Zag ultra-thin are very nice IMO. You may want to check out the main smoking thread here for lots of other ideas and opinions on different ways to smoke.

 

[Meg]

Here are a few more websites that offer Kentucky Select Organic:

_http://www.bnbtobacco.com/product/kentucky-select-organic-gold-6oz-bag

_http://www.ryocigarette.com/ptct-ks-16or.html

_http://www.pipesandcigars.com/keseorpito6o.html

 

[Foxx]

I got my KSO from _http://www.americanthrusttobacco.com, but I wasn't too impressed with their service. They added ~$10 of taxes on after the order (~$5/6oz bag), emailing me to notify me of this instead of telling me when I placed the order. It took them a little over a week to get the tobacco to me (they said they had to wait for it to arrive in stock, but didn't tell me that it wasn't in stock until I called a week after placing the order), though they did get it to me on a Saturday via Fedex. Overall, I'd try someone else before buying from them again.

I also personally smoke out of a pipe most of the time and enjoy it more than rolling cigs.

(to clarify: they were shipping in-state to me, so the transit time was only a day--it took them a week to send out the order)

 

[Ca.]

Just wanted to follow up and say that I received the KSO I ordered online (~$3.50/oz, after excessive taxes) and it's definitely a more pleasant smoke for me than the American Spirit is. According to this post AS is very high in nicotine,

i have found as well that the AS Organic, is more potent, and because of the higher concentration of nicotine, it will produce a bit of a rush, and even a mild feeling of dizziness if one is not accustomed to smoking the brand in the red pouch roll your own. The blue, and yellow pack's are much more milder, but non organic.

On paper's OCB Chanvre Bio, is a nonbleached (non chemical treatment) brown paper alternative, to the white zigzag (chemical treated) bleached paper.

 

[cubbex]

Oh, by the way, how are you smoking your tobacco ? I'm currently using Zig-Zag leaves, and I'm wondering if there's a healthier way to consume my lovely American Spirit. How about pipes ?

Zig-zag works fine. One day I tried some camel tobacco with that to taste if it was different and it was! lol

Also a pipe or a hitter would work fine.

 

[Gwenllian]

I have removed the link to a website where one can buy organic tobacco in The Netherlands. The name of the site was inappropriate. While I was in the shower it hit me what the name of the shop really meant. Apologies for not thinking this one through.

 

[Goemon_]

Here in France, it seems there is Yuma Organic tabacco in the biggest tobacconist (tabacco dealer) of each enough big city (like more of 30 000 inhabitant).

 

[Meg]

According to rollyourown.com, Kentucky Select Organic line has been discontinued. Rollyourown is already sold out.

They have a new product called Kentucky Select Natural Tobacco.

Pipesandcigars.com reports to still have some.
http://pipesandcigars.com/keseorpito6o.html

 

[Meg]

Hi everyone,
I found an outfit that grows and sells organic tobacco here in the US. It's whole leaf, so a shredder or grinder is needed. I have ordered some. I'll let you know how it is.

Uppowoc Organic Garden
http://www.uppowoc.com/

Uppowoc Whole Leaf Tobacco is 100% Organic Burley tobacco (Unprocessed), grown with NO chemical fertilizers or herbicides. Just old fashioned 100% natural whole leaf tobacco. Packed and mellowed on your choice of the following natural hardwood boards: Sugar Maple, Walnut, Cherry, Hickory. Packed in 1/2 lb. VACUUM SEALED packages. Allows you to grind your own Uppowoc smooth and mild Burley. 1/2 lb. package yields approximately one carton of cigarettes. Must be over 18 to purchase. Whole leaf unprocessed tobacco is a agricultural product.

 

[Mr. Premise]

Just remember that Burley by itself can be pretty harsh.
I don't know why the only organic whole leaf you can buy is Burley. To smooth out burley, I recommend toasting it. Just spray with water until wet,'put it on a bling pan in an oven at 200F until bone dry, flipping it over once. Take it out of the oven, lightly spray it again to rehydrate and seal it in a jar or ziploc overnight. Burley is. High pH tobacco so you can lower the pH by putting a teaspoon of honey in the spray solution. That will lower pH and make it smoother but toasting works well with just water if you want to maintain 100% no additives.

 

[Mr. Premise]

I checked out the Uppowoc site and it looks like they've already added flavorings so it's not additive free but they may have already toasted it. Let us know how it tastes! Prices aren't too bad. About 3 to 4 times whole leaf Burley non organic. There's another vendor of organic Burley called "baccy grower" from New Hampshire whose burley has no flavorings. His stuff definitely needs toasting. Aging or kilning would help too. Last year his prices were $25 a pound.

Hmm.. Looks like there's a good market for organic whole leaf in other varieties. I've got about 30 pounds of 18 varieties hanging or still on the plant...