What are Tea Leaf Blunts and Botanical Wraps?

Everybody loves a blunt. Smoother, fuller flavored and slower-burning than its pre-rolled joint cousins, the blunt is the third-favorite form for smokers, according to recent studies.

But in the modern cannabis industry and marketplace, every legal market prohibits mixing tobacco and cannabis, effectively making it impossible to sell a traditional pre-rolled blunt. And that choice has led to a rise of non-tobacco blunt wrap alternatives, options like the now-standard hemp wrap, hybrid hemp wraps, palm leaves and more.

Among the most popular alternative blunt wraps are tea leaf and other botanical blunt wraps that add a touch of flavor while still providing a slow-burning pre-rolled blunt experience.

So what is a tea leaf blunt wrap? And what makes tea leaf blunt wraps different from hemp wraps?

You have questions, the Pre-Roll Experts have answers.

What is a Tea Leaf Blunt Wrap?

Put simply, tea leaf blunt wraps are blunt wraps made from tea leaves.

Instead of hemp or tobacco, tea leaves – usually combined with other plant fibers – are the primary botanical fiber that is pulped to create a paper.

Once the pulp is created, it is spread over a screen or belt and pressed into thin sheets that are about the thickness of a tobacco leaf. Those sheets are slowly dried and cured before being cut into the size needed for creating blunt wraps and pre-rolled blunt cones.

What Does a Tea Leaf Blunt Wrap Taste Like?

The taste of your tea leaf wrap depends on a few things, like the type of tea used to make the pulp and if any flavorings are added during the process.

For example, tea leaf blunt wraps can be made from black tea or green tea, which have a faint aroma, but do not add much flavor to the wrap on their own, particularly after processing, though there is always a hint of the wrap’s former life.

Popular additions include chamomile, common in teas. The flower adds a light, familiar flavor. Custom Cones USA’s tea leaf blunt wraps, for example, have a light chamomile taste with hints of cocoa and vanilla.

Other companies add flavors like peach, apple, watermelon or cream to their tea leaf wraps, often spraying or soaking the tea wraps. There is some question, however, to the safety of adding some flavorings, because while they may be FDA safe, that is for ingestion, not necessarily combustion.

Tea Leaf Wraps with Premium Filter Tips

Like any other blunt wrap pre-rolled cone or tube, tea leaf blunt wrap cones have multiple filter options, from the standard paper “w” to paper spirals and higher end options.

But the best way to get the full flavor of a tea leaf wrap is through a premium filter tip that helps cool the smoke, like smooth glass or premium ceramic. Both substances have natural cooling properties that reduce harshness and allow for the flavor of both your flower and your wrap to come through better.

The filters can either be added to or embedded in the ends of the pre-rolled blunt tube as well. The former allows for consumers to experience the high-end feel of the filter tip itself while the latter provides all the benefits of a premium filter tip while still allowing for the natural feel of the wrap on the lips.

It really comes down to preference for both the smoker and the brand.

Botanical Blunt Wraps

While the tea leaf wrap is perhaps the most popular alternative to hemp wraps, it is not the only alternative. There are a variety of other botanical blunt wraps and pre-rolled blunt cone varieties around, each with their own unique taste and experience.

Goji Berry Blunts

Among the botanical blunt wrap options, the coolest looking choice by far is the goji berry pre-rolled blunt cone or wrap.

With a bright orange color and fruity overtones during smoking, goji berry blunt cones and wraps are immediately eye-catching and conversation starters that will have people talking.

Lemongrass Blunt Cones

Light in color and flavor, lemongrass wraps use the long familiar leaves of the lemongrass plant as the base for their pulp, creating a wrap that is not as heavy as some of the others.

The plant also adds a slight citrusy/herbal note to the experience, but never crosses into the “flavored wrap” territory.

Cocoa Blunt Wrap Cones

Made from the same cocoa plant we get chocolate from, cocoa wraps have a dark color and rich aroma, adding the chocolate notes you’d expect.

Cocoa wraps tend to be a little heavier and thicker from some of the others, producing a slower burn that some smokers say seems heavier.

Lavender Blunts

One of the most familiar flowers and smells, lavender wraps are made with the plant’s fibers. While everyone is familiar with the aroma and flavor of lavender, using the plant fibers instead of adding an oil to the process delivers a lighter lavender smell than many would expect.

But pair it with a strain high in linalool and you’ve got pure magic that will definitely find its audience.

Chamomile Botanical Cones

We mentioned chamomile before as a flavoring or being used as part of a tea leaf wrap’s fiber pulp, but the flower itself can also be used as the base for making wraps.

Like the others, this creates a chamomile blunt wrap with a mild flavor to it, instead of adding an oil to something like hemp, which creates a stronger chamomile aroma that burns off as the pre-rolled blunt cone gets smoked.

Customizing Tea Leaf Blunts and Botanical Blunt Cones

Like any pre-rolled blunt cone, tea leaf and botanical blunt cones can be customized in just about every way. From the choice of wrap and size of the cone to the filter tip you put in them, you can create the exact tea leaf blunt of your dreams.

You can also customize tea leaf blunt wrap pre-rolls with a custom cigar band featuring your brand’s colors, logo and messaging. You can create a custom dieline for the cigar band itself, further personalizing your tea leaf blunts so smokers always know exactly where that high-quality pre-roll came from.

Potential Concerns

Aside from the aforementioned flavoring issues, tea leaf and botanical cones have a few other issues to watch out for.

First, tea leaf wraps and botanical wraps are prone to drying out and cracking or crumbling. This is easily mitigated, however, through the use of moisture packs or a humidor, and dry cones can often be brought back to life with a few hours in a humidor.

Beyond that, these are natural products made from plants, which not only retain some moisture, but also can absorb pesticides and heavy metals from the soil, which can be dangerous if combusted and inhaled.

But unlike the cannabis industry, the rolling paper and blunt wrap industry does not require extensive testing, so there can be no telling exactly what you are getting in your tea leaf or botanical blunt wraps.

That’s why it’s so important to partner with a pre-roll supply company that keeps your customers’ health and your company’s best interests in mind. Custom Cones USA tests all of our pre-roll products to the highest standards in the industry for pesticides, heavy metals and microbials, and we keep the paperwork on hand if you want to see it.

That way, you’ll know for sure that the only thing your customers will get from your tea leaf and botanical cones is a great tasting smoke.

Contact the Pre-Roll Experts today to find out how tea leaf blunt wraps and botanical pre-rolled blunt cones can help you take your pre-roll line to the next level.