Many tobacco connoisseurs like to roll their own smokes.The added bonus of doing so is that they can mix and match various types of tobacco and flavored wraps.Purchasing a pre-rolled product is more expensive than rolling your own.
Step 1: Prepare tobacco.
Put aside two-to-three grams of tobacco if you use a food scale.The amount of tobacco required will depend on the size of the wrap and personal preference, but three-grams is the average.Many smokers prefer a slower burning cigarillo.To roll a cigarillo that burns slower, pack it densely.
Step 2: Roll your wrap.
When cigarillo wraps are packaged at the factory, they are rolled around a soft plastic tube that protects them from any folding that can occur during transit.If you are rolling a cigarillo for the first time, you may want to consider purchasing a couple of wraps since they are delicate and can tear easily.You can buy cigars at your local tobacco specialty shop, convenience store, or gas station.The cigar can be used as a wrap.
Step 3: The wrap should be placed on a stable surface.
Place the wrap so that it's facing upward.The tobacco can be held in place while you roll.If the wrap is flat, you can use a pencil or pen.
Step 4: The wrap should be filled with tobacco.
Use your thumb, index, and middle fingers to spread the tobacco evenly.If the tobacco is distributed evenly, the cigarillo will burn evenly.If you overfill the wrap, you won't be able to seal it.
Step 5: The wrap needs to be picked up.
If you have both hands, use your thumb and index finger to pick up the wrap.When you pick up the wrap, support it from beneath with your thumb, index, and middle fingers.Your hands should be facing you.
Step 6: The fingers should be moved to the center.
You should slide your fingertips to the center of the wrap.You will start rolling in the middle and finish at the tips.
Step 7: Place the wrap between your fingers.
Begin with a very small back-and-forth motion, as if you are rubbing your thumb and index fingertips together, and work your way up to a larger roll.Tobacco may start to spill out of the sides.Don't fret.
Step 8: The wrap needs to be Tucked in.
Roll your thumbs down until the cigarillo is being pinched between the tips of your thumb and index and middle fingers.Roll the edge of the cigarillo wrap over the tobacco and tuck it under the other side.It will take a bit of practice.You may crease the wrap if you pinch to hard.
Step 9: Roll your fingers outward.
Begin with a small back-and-forth motion and work your way to a larger roll.To tuck the edges in, use your thumbs.
Step 10: Continue rolling until you get to each tip.
The cigarillo is rolled and ready to be sealed.You will be able to produce more consistently rolled cigarillos with practice.
Step 11: The cigarillo needs to be sealed.
Roll the edge over the top of the cigarillo if it has not been tucked in.As the wrap dries and seals, apply pressure.
Step 12: Prepare tobacco.
If you are using a cigarillo-sized hand roller, you will need between two and three grams of tobacco.The amount will be determined by the wrap you choose.There are different cigarette, cigarillo, and cigar sizes to choose from.The rollers work the same way.
Step 13: The pin needs to be pulled up and out.
There are two rolling pins in a hand roller.To open the hand roller, you need a rolling pin.The filling chamber will be exposed by this.
Step 14: Tobacco can be filled with the roller.
Rolling pins can jam if you use too much.If you can evenly distribute the tobacco throughout the chamber, you will get a nice and even smoke.
Step 15: The hand roller needs to be closed.
To close the hand roller, take the rolling pin back to its original position.Tobacco tips that are not on the rolling pins will be pulled in once you start rolling.
Step 16: The rolling pin can be used to pack the cigarillo.
The non-sliding pin must be rolled downward until it rotates at least one full time.The thinner and denser the cigarillo is the more times you roll the pin.It is difficult to draw from Cigarillos that have been over packed.
Step 17: The cigarillo wrap should be placed between the two rolling pins.
Place the strip at the top of the wrap to make sure it faces toward the rolling pin.
Step 18: Roll the pin downward.
When packing tobacco, gently rotate the rolling pin downward.As you roll, the cigarillo wrap will be pulled into the hand roller.When only the edge of the wrap is exposed, stop rolling.
Step 19: The edge or strip should be moist.
You can either lick the wrap directly or run it along the edge.
Step 20: Continue rotating the pin until the wrap is pulled in.
If you can't see the wrap anymore, go ahead and rotation the rolling pin one full rotation.Roll the pin that does not open.
Step 21: The way to open the hand roller is the same as the way you did in step two.
It will take a few minutes for your cigarillo to stick to itself and seal.It is ready to be smoked once it is dry.To roll a cigarette, use cigarette paper.You can roll with or without a filter.