going to show how i personally make cannarillos. remember there are a million ways to do things, this is just my way, and will likely evolve as i learn more. @MadScientist
the mold:
i found a suitable length of hard wood 2 x 4,
drill a 1/8th inch hole straight through the center of where you want your cigar. ( i made two in one mold)
that is the hole for the bamboo skewer and also a pilot hole for the bigger drill bit.
next i drilled out the space with a 1/2 inch drill bit forming the body of the cigar. ( make it deep but not too deep)
then i sawed the 2x4 in half with a band saw.
and here it is
then we gather supplies
mold
bamboo skewers
foil or parchment paper
fresh buds (i use the popcorn/airy buds) (you can use dry but i like using fresh)
clamp or vise
at this point, if you used fresh buds, you can choose to ferment, i believe we have a resident fermenter @ReikoX who could at least explain the process (edited, my mistake friend), (there is also a thread on it) or you can dry and cure. i use a vacuum sealer to sweat/cure to avoid the buds shrinking away from the skewer.
for the wrapping i use leaf i have pressed in a book for at least a month. longer is better. the i re-moisten by layering them with paper towels, placing in a ziplock bag, and adding 2 wet paper towels on top and bottom. seal and place in a warm place.
It’s super easy to do, once you have the mold, will go to a wood shop here to see if they will make it for me, don’t have the necessary tools to make one myself.
If it’s not too much to ask, let’s see the wrapping process bro!
Still waiting on concentrate… but I haven’t forgot about showing the wrapping section. I’m hoping dude is here tomorrow. Or I may have to adapt as I was hoping to have the done for my bday…
(normally I’d press the shatter to make one solid thin sheet to wrap the entire cigar in, but i didn’t get enough this time)
so we take some shatter and make some snakes around the cob.
Yeah the cap end goes in the mouth. I pushed the stick back through to make a small hole in the cap. those are two different cigars both done the same way…
Once you vacuum seal it the leaf smoothes out nicely.
@Dewb Do you have any more pictures of cannacigars you’ve made lately ?
Have you made a better mold or does that one you made work well ?
I really gotta try making a mold to make them. They look so tasty too. Was just reminiscing on past threads and came across this gem.
I haven’t made any in a while… haven’t been growing while I’m trying to get in the legal game in Oklahoma… I plan on perfecting them once I’m legal though…
I don’t particularly like the way they burn with the skewer hole down the middle. They tend to burn from the middle out… and the hit is not what I was wanting,
Been trying to come up with a better way.
Like taking a wooden dowel and shaping it like a cigar, wrapping the leave around it and packing it like a cone…
