Little melted beads
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Yakster
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@EllenJ said:
Never saw these before. This is far and away my favorite cigar, ever, but...
WTF are they?
Manganese deposits, IIRC. Let me find the thread for you, stand by, I'll update this message.
Ah, no I misspoke, magnesium deposits or pockets of oil. See this thread for a more complete answer.
https://forum.cigar.com/discussion/comment/966947
Actually, this thread is the more recent with a more complete answer.
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deadman
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I don’t understand what’s going on but you can “melt” ash also and it will pool into spheres
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EllenJ
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@Deadman yup! That's it exactly. Reminds me of a panic-y fifteen mile drive in the middle of the night to the nearest emergency avian veteranarian with a desparately ill budgie, hard little growths emerging willie-nilly all over the poor creature, only to find she was just molting. New feathers coming in, for those of you not familiar with birds (as were m'wife and I back then). Anyway, thanks Deadman et al.
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silvermouse
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When was the last time you saw "organically grown and processed" cigars?
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silvermouse
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Table 1: Pesticides Commonly Used on Domestic Tobacco, 1990-98
Primary use(s) Pesticide
Insecticide Acephate, aldicarb, Bacillus thuringiensis, carbaryl,
carbofuran, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, disulfoton,
endosulfan, ethoprop, fenamiphos, fonofos,
imidacloprid, malathion, methidathion, methomyl,
spinosad, trichlorfon
Herbicide Benefin, clomazone, diphenamid, isopropalin,
napropamide, pebulate, pendimethalin, sethoxydim,
sulfentrazone
Fungicide Dimethomorph, mancozeb, mefenoxam, metalaxyl
Plant growth regulator Ethephon, flumetralin
Plant growth regulator, herbicide Maleic hydrazide
Fumigant, insecticide Chloropicrin
Fumigant, insecticide, herbicide Methyl bromide
Fungicide, insecticide, herbicide 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D)
Source: EPA, International Organization for Standardization, National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, and USDA.
Note: GAO’s analysis of EPA, International Organization for Standardization, National Center for
Food and Agricultural Policy, and USDA data.https://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03485.pdf
What Foliar Insecticides Are Recommended for Tobacco in 2017?
https://tobacco.ces.ncsu.edu/2016/12/what-foliar-insecticides-are-recommended-for-tobacco-in-2017/
"EPA has concluded that low levels of residues in tobacco smoke do not pose short-term health concerns requiring mitigation. EPA does not assess intermediate or long-term risks to smokers because of the severity of health effects linked to use of tobacco products themselves. While EPA regulates the specific pesticides that may be used on tobacco and other crops and specifies how the pesticides may be used, it does not otherwise regulate residues of pesticides approved for use on tobacco."
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Flavor crystals
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Secret ingredient for the little blue pills.... 😜😜
@Deadman, ShawnOL, et al,
That's funny (yes, I remember flavor beads or buds or crystals, or whatever) but it also touches on a real area of concern. I really like these cigars and I got to thinking, "I really like Cuervo Gold, too. And Montezuma Blue. And I know what those are made of". Are there actually any legal restrictions on what can be added or sprayed on the tobacco; you know, like flavor enhancers and stuff like that?" 'all natural' doesn't necessarily mean the same thing in Nicaragua as it does in the USA. In fact, comforting statements like that often don't mean what we might be expected to believe here at home, either, ifyaknowwhattamean.
I do believe the beads are as have been explained here. And I'm not really so paranoid as to think major world-class tobacco producers, with reputations to maintain, would do such things (despite that only federal regulations prevent whiskey bottlers from doing what was once normal procedure for "top-shelf" whiskey). Does anyone happen to have, on any authority other than the tobacconists' or merchants' own claims or "well, everyone knows..." just what is and isn't allowed?
Just askin'