fire-cured
Hardwood smoke preserved
Fire-cured describes tobacco dried over open wood fires, which infuses the leaves with a distinctive smoky flavor and aroma.
The process takes several weeks and produces dark, robust tobacco used primarily in pipe blends, snuff, and certain chewing tobaccos: fire-cured Kentucky tobacco.
The method contrasts with air-cured and flue-cured processes.
Mid-Atlantic American state
- burleyLight air-cured tobacco
- smokehouseStructure for preserving with fumes
- hardwoodDense deciduous timber
- hickoryDense North American hardwood
oak · nicotine · leaf · flue · Kentucky · wrapper · filler · cigar
Filled with combustion haze
- pungentSharply strong-smelling
- boldCourageous and daring
- intenseExtreme in degree
- campfireOutdoor fire for gathering
woodsy · charred · rich · strong · acrid · tarry · dark · robust
Inhaling burning tobacco
- dryingMoisture removal process
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- low heatMinimal cooking temperature
- smolderingBurning slowly, no flame
hanging · aging · fermentation · moisture · temperature · ventilation · blackening · oxidation
Virginia
Mid-Atlantic American state
- burleyLight air-cured tobacco
- smokehouseStructure for preserving with fumes
- hardwoodDense deciduous timber
hickory · oak · nicotine · leaf · flue · Kentucky · wrapper · filler · cigar · pipe tobacco
smoky
Filled with combustion haze
campfire · woodsy · charred · rich · strong · acrid · tarry · dark · robust · deep
smoking
Inhaling burning tobacco
- dryingMoisture removal process
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- low heatMinimal cooking temperature
smoldering · hanging · aging · fermentation · moisture · temperature · ventilation · blackening · oxidation · traditional