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What is Oriental Tobacco?

Abstract: What is oriental tobacco? Oriental tobacco, also known as Turkish tobacco and oriental tobacco, is a special type of safflower tobacco, which originated in Mediterranean coastal countries. What are the uses of oriental tobacco? Oriental tobacco What is oriental tobacco? What's the use of oriental tobacco?

What is Oriental Tobacco?

Solanaceae, Nicotiana, Panicum. Its plant type is compact, its leaves are small, its stems are thin, it is easy to burn, its filling power is strong, its fragrance is good, and its fragrance is mellow, so it is called "oriental tobacco".

Oriental tobacco, also known as Turkish tobacco and oriental tobacco, is a special tobacco type of Nicotianatobacum, which originated in Mediterranean countries. Oriental tobacco has special application value in tobacco products because of its rich aroma and pure taste. It is one of the important raw materials for producing mixed, exotic and aromatic cigarettes and cut tobacco. Especially mixed cigarettes, with strong fragrance and wide materials, can effectively reduce tar content, thus reducing the harm of smoking to human health. They are favored by smokers and become popular cigarette types in the world today.

There are three kinds of oriental tobacco: Izmir, samson and BASMA. At present, only Sanxian and BASMA are planted in China. At present, there are 10 grades of oriental tobacco in China.

The use of oriental tobacco

Oriental tobacco is the main raw material for producing mixed cigarettes, accounting for about 10- 15% in the formula of mixed cigarettes. The production of oriental tobacco is distributed in more than 30 countries on four continents, mainly in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. The most famous country is Greece, followed by Turkey and Thailand. Turkey is the largest producer of spices, with an annual output of more than 250,000 tons, accounting for about 40% of the world's spice production. Greece (about 13.3%), Bulgaria (5. 1%), Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Moldova, Uzbekistan (all about 4.5%) and China (about 3.8%). Oriental tobacco produced in Turkey and Greece is a typical high-quality oriental tobacco internationally recognized. Eastern European countries such as the former Soviet Union and Bulgaria also produce this kind of cigarette. However, the yield of Luzhou-flavor tobacco leaves is low, generally about 40-50 kilograms per mu, so the price is high and only a small amount can be used to produce mixed cigarettes. This kind of tobacco leaves is not produced in the world. China imported oriental tobacco from 195 1 Turkey, and conducted multi-point experiments from south to north.

Characteristics of oriental tobacco

The fragrance mainly comes from glandular hair secretion or exudate, and its fragrance is closely related to soil, climate and cultivation measures, so it is suitable for planting in hillside sandy land with little organic matter, low fertility and thin soil layer. In the production, the leaves of oriental tobacco are required to be small and thick, so the planting density is high and the fertilization amount is generally small. In particular, it is necessary to control nitrogen fertilizer, properly apply phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, and do not top it. The quality of tobacco leaves is the best in the top leaves, and they are harvested from bottom to top in stages. The preparation method is to dry it in the sun until it withers and turns yellow, and then expose it to the sun. Nicotine content is low, and other chemical components are between flue-cured tobacco and sun-cured red tobacco.