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<blockquote data-quote="Zeno Marx" data-source="post: 549841" data-attributes="member: 1211"><p>I meant a couple things. For one, because some tobaccos are no longer available in a blend, they've used other tobaccos as a substitute. Not only because they've changed producers, but because the actual ingredient tobaccos are no longer available. Part of the recipe has gone the way of the Dodo. Lastly, when the producers have indeed changed, something about their process is not the same. Equipment? Tobacco supply? Recipe? Skill level or craftsmanship?</p><p></p><p>As for the lesser bug, I meant specifically for me that with changing producers, different tobacco supplies, or whatever, English blends have taken the worst hit. English blends don't taste as rich, as complex, as smokey, as...they once did. It could be me. It probably is, but I know when I tried Beck's, I felt like I was transported to long ago. None of the 759 re-makes, or 965 re-makes, or the Crown Achievement re-make have done that for me. It wasn't just that they didn't taste like 759, 965, or CA, but they didn't even take me back to the flavors of old. I don't have this issue with Virginias. Even if some don't taste like their namesake, I still find the flavors of old in Virginia blends here and there. It's probably yet another reason I've moved to smoking so many more VAs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zeno Marx, post: 549841, member: 1211"] I meant a couple things. For one, because some tobaccos are no longer available in a blend, they've used other tobaccos as a substitute. Not only because they've changed producers, but because the actual ingredient tobaccos are no longer available. Part of the recipe has gone the way of the Dodo. Lastly, when the producers have indeed changed, something about their process is not the same. Equipment? Tobacco supply? Recipe? Skill level or craftsmanship? As for the lesser bug, I meant specifically for me that with changing producers, different tobacco supplies, or whatever, English blends have taken the worst hit. English blends don't taste as rich, as complex, as smokey, as...they once did. It could be me. It probably is, but I know when I tried Beck's, I felt like I was transported to long ago. None of the 759 re-makes, or 965 re-makes, or the Crown Achievement re-make have done that for me. It wasn't just that they didn't taste like 759, 965, or CA, but they didn't even take me back to the flavors of old. I don't have this issue with Virginias. Even if some don't taste like their namesake, I still find the flavors of old in Virginia blends here and there. It's probably yet another reason I've moved to smoking so many more VAs. [/QUOTE]
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