Cherry Wood Chips for Smoking, 250ml Pack

For anyone starting to smoke drinks and unsure which wood to begin with. Cherry sits in the middle of the scale: it reads without covering, and it works across a wider range of drinks than any other wood.

Smoking well is mostly a question of quantity and time, and with a wood at either extreme it is hard to see where you went wrong: too delicate and nothing comes through, too strong and nothing else does. Cherry chips give a readable result, so you know at once whether the pinch was too generous or the minute under the cloche too long.

• Wood: cherry
• Intensity: medium, round and slightly sweet
• Format: 250ml pack
• Use: burn chamber of a smoking gun
• Weight: 0.2kg

What they go with

With almost everything: bourbon, rye, rum, vermouth, amari. The sweet note of cherry works with aged spirits, where it meets the vanilla and caramel of the cask, and it does not jar on citrus drinks either, where it stays in the background. It is the wood to keep if you keep only one.

How much to use

A pinch, chamber half full. Excess wood does not burn better: it smothers the burn and gives a dense, acrid smoke, with the heavy compounds that bring the ash note. Less wood and a minute longer under the cloche is better, and that is how the aroma goes in rather than settling on top.

How much wood an evening uses

Less than you would think. One load of the chamber covers one or two sessions, and a 250ml pack holds several dozen loads: two or three smoked drinks a night will run for months on one box. So it makes sense to keep two different woods rather than a deep stock of one, because variety changes a menu and quantity does not.

Smoked ice

Almost nobody tries this, and with cherry chips it works well: put the cubes in a container, fill it with smoke, cover it and leave it a few minutes. The ice takes on the aroma and gives it back slowly as it melts, so the drink smokes progressively instead of all at the start. It is a way to get a long effect without weight.

Storage

Closed and dry, away from the sink. Damp wood steams instead of smoking and leaves an off smell that goes straight into the glass. Shut the pack after every use.

FAQ

What smoke do cherry wood chips give? Round and slightly sweet, medium in intensity.

Which drinks are they for? Almost all of them: bourbon, rye, rum, vermouth and amari, and citrus drinks too.

Are they the right wood to start with? Yes, because the result is readable and you learn to dose.

Can ice be smoked? Yes, and with this wood it gives a progressive effect as the cube melts.

Do they work on food as well? Yes, they are the same chips used to cold smoke meat, fish, vegetables and cheese.

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

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