Sources for bulk varietal Oriental tobaccos for blending

[Haebar]

Does anyone know where I can find various types of different Oriental tobaccos for tasting and blending?

I have found some of these, Izmir and Smyrna in bulk, but can't find any more. I am getting into blending and am looking for sources.

[Bruck]

wholeleaftobacco.com has prilep. BUT... if you want to try it, PM me your address and I'll send you some. Our friend Tobias Lutz sent me some a while back but I haven't been able to do much with it. Maybe you can :)

leafonly.com has Indonesian cigar leaf, but that's probably not what you want in "Oriental" pipe tobacco which usually means Turkish.

leafonly has yenidje as well, which is the best Turkish IMHO.

P&C has blending latakia.

[c.ortiz108]

McClelland?

[OnePyroTec]

Haebar Cornell and Diehl (http://www.cornellanddiehl.com/index.cfm)

[Haebar]

McClelland?

Thanks, They do have the Grand Orientals series in tins, but they all have Virginia added to them. They do have a blending "Oriental" in a tin, but I'm looking for each individual variety.

[GWBowman]

Please let us know of you progress. Good luck.

[Haebar]

Please let us know of you progress. Good luck.

Well, I took Bruck 's suggestions and went to LeafOnly.com and WholeLeafTobacco.com and found some Yenijde, like he said they had. I also purchased a bunch more of whole leaf tobaccos for blending (Burleys, Virginias, Izmir, as well as some Fronto, which I had never heard of. I am really excited about working with whole leaf tobacco for blending. I even got a manual shredder for processing the leaf. Thank you, Bruce!

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Bruck again.

Will someone give him a dose of reputation for his good suggestion for me?

[BryGuySC]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Bruck again.



Same

[Haebar]

Haebar Cornell and Diehl (http://www.cornellanddiehl.com/index.cfm)

Thanks for the suggestion Wayne. I ordered some of their blending tobaccos from Pipe & Leaf last week and got some Izmir and Latakia. I just searched the website from the link you sent me and didn't see any more Oriental varietals. They have lots of excellent blends with orientals in them though.

[GWBowman]

I bumped Bruce. Always enjoy his comments, especially in the DIY area.