Lemon Wood Sawdust for Smoking Lacor Smokey 600g

For a bar that smokes every day and works with clear drinks: gin, vodka, tequila, citrus. A citrus wood stays in the same register as what is already in the glass. A bar manager building a smoked list usually keeps two woods, one for aged spirits and one for white spirits: this is the second.

Six hundred grams of lemon wood sawdust is the stock format. A venue serving a smoked drink every night from the small bag reorders often, and every forgotten reorder is a drink off the list for a few days. The number of smokes per pack is not stated: it depends on how much sawdust is loaded.

At home it is for anyone who has a Lacor smoke infuser and uses it in the kitchen too, on fish and fresh cheese, as well as on the glass.

Load a pinch of sawdust into the burn chamber of the smoke infuser, light it and take the smoke where it is needed. At the bar there are two routes. The first is the cloche: the finished drink goes under the glass, the smoke fills the cloche and it is served at the table, where the guest watches it lifted. The second is the covered glass: fill the empty glass with smoke, cover it with a coaster and pour the drink when the order comes in.

In both cases contact lasts one or two minutes. Beyond that the smoke covers the spirit and the drink comes back. This is cold smoking: the smoke scents, it does not heat and it does not cook.

Sawdust, not chips

Wood for smoking comes in three grains: curls, chips and sawdust. This is sawdust, the finest. Lacor states it for its own portable smoke infusers, which have a small burn chamber. It is a difference to check before ordering, because each device works with its own grain.

What Lacor states

The maker describes it as special wood sawdust with 99.9% purity. It states a dense smoke and a slow burn at low temperature, which leaves a delicate aroma on the food. It also states compliance with the regulations for food contact use. The content is given in grams on the maker’s website.

Which smoke infusers it is used with

Lacor states compatibility with its own smoke infusers: the Magic (reference 69221) and the Instant (reference 69321). For devices from other brands the maker states nothing, and we do not write it in its place: the grain is that of a sawdust, and every device says in its manual which grain it takes. Anyone with a different smoke infuser should check there before ordering.

Specifications

• Product: wood sawdust for smoke infusers
• Wood: lemon
• Content: 600g
• Stated purity: 99.9%
• Stated compatibility: Lacor Magic (69221) and Instant (69321) smoke infusers
• Brand and range: Lacor, Smokey
• MPN: Lacor 69557
• Sold: singly

The more you buy, the less you pay: 4 pieces -5%, 6 -7%, 8 -10%, on the same item. The discount applies automatically in the basket.

Storage

Keep lemon wood sawdust dry and resealed. Near the sink or the ice machine it takes on damp, is hard to light and smokes badly. There is no expiry date on the maker’s website.

Lemon wood sawdust and the rest of the kit

Cloches, smoke infusers and the other woods are in the smoking category. The same range has 100g bags of olive and orange, and the whisky and cognac types.

FAQ

Is this lemon wood sawdust suitable for cocktails? Yes, for cold smoking under a cloche or in a covered glass. Contact lasts one or two minutes.

Is it in grams or millilitres? In grams: 600. It is the unit the maker states.

Which smoke infuser is it used with? Lacor states its own Magic and Instant. For other devices, check the manual.

Is it suitable for food? Yes. Lacor states compliance with the regulations for food use.

Dispatched from Rome, Italy.