The making of smoking tobacco

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Further processing

Loose cut tobacco
Cutting in many different widths from 1.4 mm to 5.0 mm and drying are the only further processes after the first steps when loose cut tobacco is made. This simple method is used for several of our finest tobaccos.

Flake tobacco
Drying and storing are necessary before pressing flake tobaccos. Otherwise the caising would ooze out during pressing, for which a very powerful and sometimes heated hydraulic press is used. Not only does the pressing give the flake tobacco durability and firm consistency, but also the desired taste and aroma.
The squared tobacco cakes are 22-76 mm thick and vary in weight between 1 kg and 10 kg. They are stored for at least 4 weeks. The cakes are then divided and cut into flakes between 1.2 mm and 1.8 mm thick. The whole tobacco cake can also be cut, which then becomes “cut cake”.

Ready rubbed tobacco
Rubbed tobacco is “cake” tobacco where the cut slices are divided again, so that the tobacco is ready to be filled into the pipe. The cutting is often more coarse than for flake tobacco.

Mixture tobacco
Many mixtures are composed from both loose cut and rubbed tobacco. They are easy to fill and smoke, and have greater robustness and taste variety than loose cut tobacco on its own.

Spun cut tobacco (tobacco bits)
Spinning involves 3 leaves of different tobacco types. The cover leaf is often a 50 cm long hand stripped Virginia, which must be strong and undamaged. Inside the cover leaf are two different leaves: one bright and one dark tobacco, which are also hand stripped. The leaves are placed on a table in a row, and during spinning the tobacco is twisted into a tight rope which is rolled up. 
The spun tobacco is stored on reels for 14 days. Both maturing and drying take place during storage, and the tobacco ropes become firm. Cutting gives spun cut tobacco its finished shape. The slices are between 1.2 mm and 1.8 mm thick.

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