American Dip |
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Dip, or moist smokeless tobacco, is a shredded tobacco product and the younger of the two. The most recognized name in Dip and the first brand name, Copenhagen, was invented in 1822 by George Weyman in his tobacco shop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The way it’s made is by taking sun dried, American grown tobaccos and hanging them in large curing barns. Once hung, large smoldering fires, made from either Oak or Hickory sawdust, are built under the hanging tobaccos. The tobacco is then allowed to absorb the smoke for up to 12 weeks. This curing is what gives the Dip it’s unique base flavor. |