Alternative Method of Tobacco Curing

"The saucepan is filled with no more than an inch in
depth of water which is brought to the boil.
put your leaf in the saucepan, poke it well down, and then put the
lid on. It needs to float in the water, you tip the bad stuff away, It depends on the size of your saucepan and your leaves, usually use @6 leaves for one boiling. Allow it to boil for about ten minutes, and then let
it simmer for the rest of the time. Always aim at one hour
for each boiling."
Drain, rinse , drain again,press to a block and dry it - this block needs to be dry fully to not mold.
Then tin the block up.
{ strip the centre leaf stem out of the middle and discard it before you put the leaf in the pan. }

You see, the original Three Castles used a method of Chinese origin whereby the tobacco, after cut, is placed in water and soaked until most of the tobacco juices are removed. The Chinese actually boiled their tobacco, but from what I have been able to find out from both the very few true experts left on this blend and from my own testing of the last five 50 gram tins that I got my hands on several years ago, this tobacco was washed, diluted or however you wish to describe it. Like a tea bag after use. While it was considered a fine cut for its time and as it was not that fine compared to Euro halfzware, in making that assessment the actual Three Castles was simply not a true fine cut. It was a very long cut, but each strand was at least twice as wide as all other subsequent attempts at this blend. The original was mild when smoked in its original condition (in other words being packaged in an airtight metal tin with many decades of shelf life it was very moist tobacco).

I can't figure out if it is really necessary to use a kiln or not.