Malawi Style Cob Curing.

CaptainLucky said:

Thanks I appreciate your thoughts n I’ll see when dubi thinks I should. CL.

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Hombre del mont said:

I just chop the buds off the sticks and compress.
You can just take whole colas and stick a few of those together.
I wouldn't grind or cut the buds in anyway.

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wutwut said:

i've tried to make some cobs. this method seems to be most interesting one to me. i follow tangwena's guide but i like to compress these flowers with a mold. i'm still searching for perfect way to make them. i tried to sweat the buds before pressing them and i tried sweating after pressing the brick. both seems to work in their own way. it's important to use about 65-70% hydration level stuff. too dry will not ferment well enough and too wet will get moldy very fast when drying it for curing stage. i also believe that success with this style of pressing depends more on the amount of material. too small cobs break up easily and too big cobs take longer time to finish. 30-40g seems to be a sweet spot. smaller one is about 15gr and bigger one is 55gr (still a bit moisty).

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wutwut said:

one more brick. this one is about 25-30gr. now you can see some comparison of different sizes. in my opinion 35-40g would be perfect. what do you think?

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Hombre del mont said:

@wutwut , they look perfect my friend!

How old is it? How's it smell?

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Tangwena said:

Magic creation brother I would buy one of those in a flash if I saw one for sale.
Yes how old, what smells and what was it made from?

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funkyhorse said:

Tangwena
I hope not offtopic
In South America you only got your fingers yellow when you just start
After that you turn to the tail smoking artifacts like this type
Some things survive the pass of time, this is canna anthropology/paleonthology and I love it
I hope you do too
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wutwut said:

thanks! this is only about 2 months old brick. first it was sweated for 24 hours in 40c temp, then fermented for 7 days in 30c, and after that i let it cure for a couple of months in room temperature 22-25c.

the smell is not very strong, but still prominent. i'm not good at scents.. i tell you, it's "weed", about to woody and something that i don't recognize well, maybe a little musky..?

i'm still doing some experiments with cobs, so this cob is mostly made of lower buds. and unfortunately this one have mostly indica genetics inside. BUT next time i will have some golden tiger and panama in my hands. and now i think i might know how to make cobs right. hmm.. this hobby gets more exciting everytime.

thanks for sharing your knowledge tangwena!

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airplane said:

So to smoke cobs - just unwrap and smoke ? right (1-1.5 gr cobs) no rolling just unseal a cob and smoke it - guess bigger cobs one can break off what is needed - smoke in pipe Assuming this is correct ?

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Hombre del mont said:

Looks awesome!, beautiful colours!.

Sorry to hear your feeling unwell. Hopefully the medicine will sort you out.

Today is original haze for us.

Looking forward to another tight game today.

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I call this a rustic cob. It was harvested it when Mrs DM and myself were both unwell with the flu. I didn't clean the weed like I normally would, so there is a lot more leaf in it than I'd normally use.

It's amazing cob! Very clear and energetic. Motivating and euphoric.

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Tangwena said:

Today I'm aiming for some planet far away from here ha ha.
been sick with the flu for a couple of weeks so now I'm better time to hit the space race with the best cobs I have made in a long while.
This is a blend of two plants a purple pheno of Mulanje/Malawi Gold x Malawi/Ethiopian I made in June 2021.
First pic the cob made in 2021

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Then after curing and ready to age.

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And now a chunk I have in a jar for daily use the jar still smells of lime/pine which comes across nicely with a fermented fruit smell when chewed.
The high is pure mayhem laughter, dancing fired up brain very creative and lots of energy really makes life beautiful.

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Tangwena said:

Cobs are way to dense to smoke like a joint my friend plus you could never finish one unless it was thin like a match stick.
You just brake off a chunk and grind it up as normal it burns like charcoal if cured right and dried.

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blondie said:

The word envy is coming to mind when I see these wonderful cobbs. Have to say.. not smoked anything in many weeks, have not eaten anything in many many weeks, except small cbd piece a week or two ago now. It actually hurt quite badly. Missing the gift that keeps me on the same plane of existence as tangwena and others. I’m afraid I may be losing my gall bladder soon. Not sure yet and not sure what that may mean.

When the day comes, I’m ready with these. They look to be aging slowly but steadily. Note The shorter dry seems to darken more. Seems on track from what I’ve read here. Soon I’ll add two large ka5h plants to the Cobb pile, with improvements. Good health to all.

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