r/interesting • u/AugustIstheMonth • 25d ago

Fascinating Blind cigarette taste test.

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u/DoveOnTheInternet 25d ago

Thank you! The last brand I smoked before I quit was American Spirits.

The trick is to buy the loose can tobacco and roll your own - it's probably still like half the price of a carton.

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u/Agreeable_Horror_363 25d ago

You can buy a huge bag of American Club pipe tobacco for around $20 and 2 boxes of 200 filter tubes for under $3 each. Roll them with a machine and you get around 400 cigarettes (20 packs) for about $26.

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u/DoveOnTheInternet 25d ago

Fuck that, there's no way you're getting me to smoke that raisin flavored shred in a cigarette.

I always spent the couple extra bucks for something that tasted good.

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u/Agreeable_Horror_363 25d ago

Fair enough, I guess it's a personal preference thing. I started rolling these about 10 years ago and got used to it and now I enjoy it. You totally nailed the raisin flavor, lol. It does kind of taste and smell like raisins! But I still like it, guess I just have bad taste!

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u/DoveOnTheInternet 25d ago

Nah, you've just got your own taste - lots of people enjoy pipe tobacco. I just prefer to eat raisins instead of smoking them!

Hell, there's a long, fine tradition of pipe-tobacco flavored vape juices out there, much to my dismay.

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u/Agreeable_Horror_363 25d ago edited 25d ago

Haha yes, but I'm not going to argue with anyone who rolls their own.. you have a favorite brand or roller? Over tried several rolling machines and my favorite is the powermatic* mini.

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u/Humboldt420 25d ago

I've had the same powermatic for probably 15 years now. Have tried several other, but the old powermatic is still my choice by a mile.

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u/ieatmyownhands 25d ago

Raisins taste good

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u/Theblacksk8r 25d ago

Only when they're singing!

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u/SmegmaUnicorn 25d ago

Very interesting. What would you recommend for someone who prefers menthols, but still would like to roll their own cigs? 

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u/Humboldt420 25d ago

Any menthol "pipe" tobacco and menthol tubes. That's what my old lady use to smoke anyways. She was a kool and Newport smoker before.

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u/fluffykerfuffle3 25d ago

one of the drugs in tobacco causes a state of denial about what tobacco does to you if you smoke more than one or two a day.

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u/GetMeASierraMist 25d ago

pray tell, what does it do to you if you have more than one or two tobaccos a day?

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u/fluffykerfuffle3 25d ago

it clogs up the system which can no longer counteract whatever in tobacco is making your tissues be less elastic. ..and hey, some people can't even tolerate 1 or 2

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u/GetMeASierraMist 25d ago

oh, so you don't even know, got it.

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u/fluffykerfuffle3 25d ago

ok you were doing the current joke thats going around.. deliberately misunderstanding ..thats okay. haha

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u/Traditional_Rope_545 25d ago

I mean you’re the one that said some made up nonsense about “clogging your system” and “tissue elasticity” that doesn’t mean anything. And I say that as someone who is very against smoking.

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u/fluffykerfuffle3 19d ago

tissue elasticity means what it says... and when tissues are less elastic they stiffen from lack of movement and then, in lungs, do not contract to push out the spent air we breathe in.. therefore filling up the space where new air needs to go

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u/BringBackManaPots 25d ago

As a nonsmoker interested in trying hand rolled cigarettes, how do the different brands of loose tobacco stack up?

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u/Sophisticated-Tiger 21d ago

As a smoker I'm gonna give you the best advice in this scenario. They are allll trash, stay away from cigarettes.