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Thank you Mr. Russell ;)

Thanks all!

Welcome and I second (or third?) the suggestion to get thyself to Peretti's posthaste. Their Tashkent is one of my favorite blends. :D

Grab yourself some C&D Pirate Kake if a latbomb is what you're after. 75% latakia.

For some reason I'm always drawn to the dark craggy rusticated pipes.

Well I picked up molasses, maple sugar, anise extract, orange extract, and a couple other things and when I get a chance this weekend I'll try a couple of things.

Yep, looks like Peretti's London Flake and Oxford Flake were sourced from McClelland's as well and are gone for good. At least Cambridge Flake and No. 8 Slice appear to be safe.

Thanks Jim et al. Guess I should try the PH and the DS then!

Taste is primarily olfactory. Taste buds only transmit sweet, sour, bitter, salty and umami. That's why when your sinuses are plugged during a cold things don't taste like much. So yes whether or not one intentionally retrohales most of what you sense of a tobacco's flavor comes from your nose.

Thanks guys. Well my intent is to try to get as close as I can to 5100 Red Cake.  So tangy, dark fruit and some toasty and caramel flavors would be the profile I am trying for... So maybe a little molasses, honey, vinegar, lemon, some sort of fruit extract?

On a lark I bought some whole leaf from wholeleaftobacco.com. I figured I'd shred and age it and see what I end up with. Has anyone else here done this? If so what did you do for casing (or did you?). I'm guessing the perique and turkish won't need any case but the red virginia could use...

Can anyone comment on how these two compare to MacBaren's HH Old Dark Fired?  I suppose ODF differs by the addition of burley of course.

Thanks everyone! :o

Being a cigar guy with a predilection towards heavy ligero content Nicaraguan sticks, I really need to buy a tin of this and give it a try :D

Nashua area these days but I grew up not far from Winnepesaukee in a little town called Sanbornton.