Onze tabak - Heupink & Bloemen Tabak

1. The origins of our tobacco

The best varieties of tobacco from all over the world find their way to Ootmarsum. Tobacco leaves from plantations in North and South America, Africa, Asia and Europe are stored…

2. Drying process

After harvesting, the tobacco leaves are dried (cured) and fermented. We have air cured, fire cured, flue cured and sun cured tobaccos. The drying technique affects the flavour, strength and…

3. Tobacco auction

Heupink & Bloemen Tabak purchases its tobacco after the tobacco auction. We receive samples from the plantations, which we test for quality, aroma and flavour. We liaise with our tobacco…

4. Tobacco processing

The dried tobacco leaves are treated in Heupink & Bloemen’s vacuum chamber to make them soft and moist for processing. The soft warm leaves go from the vacuum chamber to…