Sasquatch
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One of the things that I like to do is order tobaccos that no one seems to like over much, and see if they are actually crappy or if I can coax them to life. Not just any tobacco though - there truly are too many absolutely mundane or low quality blends that I'm not going to necromance - probably no one could.
But there are also dozens or even hundreds of tobaccos out there that no one talks about, or when they do, it's as a write-off "not much here" type thing.
In this spirit, I opened a tin of King Charles "high class smoking mixture" from Germain. It's their typical ran-out-of-things-from-the-20th-century wrap job - square pop-top tin and wax paper. These devices conceal a shaggy English mix - latakia and orientals ring strongly in the tin note.
I just grabbed a gob of this stuff and shoved it in the pipe.
Smoked on and off over a whole day, and I tell you - this is lovely stuff. Not a latakia bomb, not a nic-bomb either. Pleasant all day strength, and a nice mixture of flavors. Sweet enough to leave a really nice smell in your whiskers too - and for a few hours after I was left unable to concentrate on conversations around me; I was lost in a sensual world, distracted by the flavors haunting me.
I liked this a lot, it's a neat blend, and shows what blending is about with the subtle balance of all the ingredients.
No idea if Charles was a good king but it's a damn fine tobacco imho.
But there are also dozens or even hundreds of tobaccos out there that no one talks about, or when they do, it's as a write-off "not much here" type thing.
In this spirit, I opened a tin of King Charles "high class smoking mixture" from Germain. It's their typical ran-out-of-things-from-the-20th-century wrap job - square pop-top tin and wax paper. These devices conceal a shaggy English mix - latakia and orientals ring strongly in the tin note.
I just grabbed a gob of this stuff and shoved it in the pipe.
Smoked on and off over a whole day, and I tell you - this is lovely stuff. Not a latakia bomb, not a nic-bomb either. Pleasant all day strength, and a nice mixture of flavors. Sweet enough to leave a really nice smell in your whiskers too - and for a few hours after I was left unable to concentrate on conversations around me; I was lost in a sensual world, distracted by the flavors haunting me.
I liked this a lot, it's a neat blend, and shows what blending is about with the subtle balance of all the ingredients.
No idea if Charles was a good king but it's a damn fine tobacco imho.
