~30 years ago I smoked occasional kretek clove cigarettes when I could beg/borrow/save the cash to buy some. I'm trying to ID them or get some tips on the right tobacco flavoring for making a vape equivalent.
These would have been the most popular, most easily-found brand in a typical U.S. tobacco shops. They had no filter. The cigs were white or maybe tan. I can't remember if they came in a box-like or paper package, but it held something less than 20. It was just tobacco and sweet clove, no cherry or vanilla or other flavors. They were very sweet on the lips. It wasn't Djarum, but I think the name was a single word. Anyone have any idea?
If I can ID them I can research what tobaccos they used, because that's my real question. Did typical kretek (if there is such a thing as 'typical') use Oriental, Virginia, Burley, Turkish.... ?
I'm using Hangsen's TAB, but I've also tried various other single-tobacco flavors. None seem tobacco-y enough. Maybe I'm mis-remembering. Some who knows kretek, help?
These would have been the most popular, most easily-found brand in a typical U.S. tobacco shops. They had no filter. The cigs were white or maybe tan. I can't remember if they came in a box-like or paper package, but it held something less than 20. It was just tobacco and sweet clove, no cherry or vanilla or other flavors. They were very sweet on the lips. It wasn't Djarum, but I think the name was a single word. Anyone have any idea?
If I can ID them I can research what tobaccos they used, because that's my real question. Did typical kretek (if there is such a thing as 'typical') use Oriental, Virginia, Burley, Turkish.... ?
I'm using Hangsen's TAB, but I've also tried various other single-tobacco flavors. None seem tobacco-y enough. Maybe I'm mis-remembering. Some who knows kretek, help?