So, it seems like this type of thing isn't really that tough. After about a week of collecting ingredients I made my first few portions today.
The top three are all one gram DIY portions and the bottom one is a standard commercial portion. For the square ones I made a two gram portion then used the edge of the iron to cut it in half. This doesn't work very well but I think the longer portion is kinda like the 01/02 style portions so that seems pretty good to me. The DIY portions also seem a little bigger then the commercial portions but at least I have total control over that.
I picked up a bottle of liquid stevia at Whole Foods for $8.50.
I ordered my 4 flavorings from www.faeriesfinest.com $13.95 + $6 shipping.
I ordered my t-sacs (size 1) from amazon.com $4.50 + $3.95 shipping.
and 2 cans of Oden's extra sterk los from getsnus.com $6.50 + $2.95 shipping.
I also baked some baking soda for 2 hours at 400 degrees to make sodium carbonate.
The process was simply measuring out a gram of los on my food scale and adding 1-2 drops of stevia and 2-4 drops of flavoring. I mixed it up with a knife and used a spoon to put it in the bottom of the t-sac. Then I evened it out on the bottom of the bag and used a little portable iron that I have for bonding wood laminate. I think any iron would work.
I have not gotten around to testing the ph of the stevia and flavor solution so I did not try adding any sodium carbonate yet. I plan on making a 10% solution with distilled water if I need to raise the ph of my flavoring solution. Then just adding the appropriate amount of drops to bring the flavoring solution up to ph 8.5.
The only hitch I found was that using the edge of my iron made a very small seal which does not work very well for cutting with scissors. But the heat sealing works amazingly well. In the future I plan on cutting off the portion before sealing the top so that i can simply lay the iron flat and then i can make the seal as wide as I would like. Also, the sealed edges are a little crispy but I don't notice any difference in my mouth.
I gotta say the Oden's extra sterk has some major kick. I was pacing around my house for two hours on that stuff and it seems to me a portion of this stuff can last two hours+. It also has the best straight tobacco flavor that I have had to date. I do plan on making mini's but I haven't gotten that far on my heat sealing technique.
So far the flavors that I have tried were root beer, which i just dripped onto a General portion this morning, and lavender, which is what the two square portions are. These two flavors were great and it seems like less root beer flavoring is required compared to the lavender.
The long portion is peach, but that one will have to wait until after dinner.
So, for $46.65 I've got a full kit to make 90 full size portions and the bulk of that cost should last for many many cans of los in the future.
I hope others will give this a try and maybe we can start sharing our creations with each other.
The top three are all one gram DIY portions and the bottom one is a standard commercial portion. For the square ones I made a two gram portion then used the edge of the iron to cut it in half. This doesn't work very well but I think the longer portion is kinda like the 01/02 style portions so that seems pretty good to me. The DIY portions also seem a little bigger then the commercial portions but at least I have total control over that.
I picked up a bottle of liquid stevia at Whole Foods for $8.50.
I ordered my 4 flavorings from www.faeriesfinest.com $13.95 + $6 shipping.
I ordered my t-sacs (size 1) from amazon.com $4.50 + $3.95 shipping.
and 2 cans of Oden's extra sterk los from getsnus.com $6.50 + $2.95 shipping.
I also baked some baking soda for 2 hours at 400 degrees to make sodium carbonate.
The process was simply measuring out a gram of los on my food scale and adding 1-2 drops of stevia and 2-4 drops of flavoring. I mixed it up with a knife and used a spoon to put it in the bottom of the t-sac. Then I evened it out on the bottom of the bag and used a little portable iron that I have for bonding wood laminate. I think any iron would work.
I have not gotten around to testing the ph of the stevia and flavor solution so I did not try adding any sodium carbonate yet. I plan on making a 10% solution with distilled water if I need to raise the ph of my flavoring solution. Then just adding the appropriate amount of drops to bring the flavoring solution up to ph 8.5.
The only hitch I found was that using the edge of my iron made a very small seal which does not work very well for cutting with scissors. But the heat sealing works amazingly well. In the future I plan on cutting off the portion before sealing the top so that i can simply lay the iron flat and then i can make the seal as wide as I would like. Also, the sealed edges are a little crispy but I don't notice any difference in my mouth.
I gotta say the Oden's extra sterk has some major kick. I was pacing around my house for two hours on that stuff and it seems to me a portion of this stuff can last two hours+. It also has the best straight tobacco flavor that I have had to date. I do plan on making mini's but I haven't gotten that far on my heat sealing technique.
So far the flavors that I have tried were root beer, which i just dripped onto a General portion this morning, and lavender, which is what the two square portions are. These two flavors were great and it seems like less root beer flavoring is required compared to the lavender.
The long portion is peach, but that one will have to wait until after dinner.
So, for $46.65 I've got a full kit to make 90 full size portions and the bulk of that cost should last for many many cans of los in the future.
I hope others will give this a try and maybe we can start sharing our creations with each other.
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