monbla256
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I opened a tin of Former's Cross Grain Flake that I got in my "bombardment" Friday evening and have to say, it is a SLEEPER !! The blurb from the blender says: "A full bodied "sweet" traditional Flake tobacco prepared with only the finest grade of Virginia leaf with a pinch of Perique. Aged to perfection in order to bring out the best in this cool smoking, magnificent flake." and man they are not at all wrong !! It's not a Red Va based mixture but rather seems to be a flue cured Bright Va with a TINY,TINY bit of Perique added which really is almost non existant tatse wise with just a bit of peppery note way in the background with the Va's being the predominate note. NO burley or casing that I can discern, just some nice sweet Va's with the usual citrusy.hay notes one gets with good straight Vas. It's a sort of broken flake which rubs out well, lights easily and except for when I put the pipe down and let it go out would stay lit to the bottom if one smoked it un-interrupted as I don't !! And the concept of "bite" is NOWHERE to be found in this blend/mixture AT ALL !! Smokes cool. smooth and ends with a nice dry grey ash to the bottom !! I am IMPRESSED with it !! It's priced almost the same as my beloved RY so is reasonable IMHO. I will add that the bro who sent it to me had marked the tin 12/31/2010 so I can't say how a "fresh" tin would be as this one's got almost 4 years on it but I can't think it would be all that different. I HIGHLY recommend it !! :twisted: