Blunt Talking

Blunts are very popular across America and the UK at the moment, having passed boring old cocaine in the hip charts to become something of a must-have fashion accessory in some quarters.

Blunts were first used by the Jamaican community in New York in the early years of the 1980s as an alternative to joints, and although there are some people who use illegal substances as the filling they can be filled with any herb or mixture of herbs you desire.

The distinguishing feature of the blunt is its envelope of cigar leaves.  These are typically of the Phillies Blunt brand – hence the name – but other varieties of cigars can be used if you are not too fussy.  The advantage of using cigar leaves is that they burn more evenly and more slowly than paper and the blunt can be set aside and picked up later, making it more economical than the average smoke.

The filling consists of tobacco and various herbal mixtures, and there is something of an art to mixing these, although all the ingredients for a legal high can be easily obtained online.

The smoke produced by a Phillies Blunt roll-up is generally considered by those in the know to be sweeter and much gentler on the taste buds than that produced by other brands of cigar leaf, and the wrapper itself has a physical robustness that facilitates its filling.

Blunts have become so mainstream in the US now that they feature on baseball caps and various items of leisurewear.

Posted in Blunts, Smoking by jungle at February 23rd, 2011.
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