Storm_Crow
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While I've tried a great many blends, VA, burly, cigar leaf blends, aromatics, orientals...my consumption of latakia has been severely lacking, so I've decided to expand my horizons. Lat blends are at the top of my 2012 TADs.
As it stands, my top 3 blends with lat in them are Sillems Black (tasty and marshmellowy neo-english), Black House (lat bomb to my senses), and Epiphany(a lat blend to me in flavor where in truth its mostly burley).
I've also tried 123 Mix as well as Northwoods and Countryside from Boswell and Red Rapparee along with Black Malloroy. The funny thing is that I have a very hard time distinguishing any truly noteworthy difference between any two blends that contain more than maybe 5%-10% lat. The smell and flavor seem to hit me with far more acuity than most folks and it just overwhelms everything else in the smoke to my taste buds.
I immediately smell and taste latakia in blends where others don't detect it. I'll win that prop bet with a quick trip to tobaccoreviews.com every time. :lol:
I figure I'll give some McClelland, C&D, and GL Pease lat blends a try and see if anything appeals to me. I'd welcome any suggestions. I'd favor any blend in which flavors other than the latakia particularly stand out. As it stands, while I do detect differences, the only time I reach for any one of my latakia blends is when the answer to the question "am I in the mood for campfire" = yes, and that happens only once in awhile.
As it stands, my top 3 blends with lat in them are Sillems Black (tasty and marshmellowy neo-english), Black House (lat bomb to my senses), and Epiphany(a lat blend to me in flavor where in truth its mostly burley).
I've also tried 123 Mix as well as Northwoods and Countryside from Boswell and Red Rapparee along with Black Malloroy. The funny thing is that I have a very hard time distinguishing any truly noteworthy difference between any two blends that contain more than maybe 5%-10% lat. The smell and flavor seem to hit me with far more acuity than most folks and it just overwhelms everything else in the smoke to my taste buds.
I immediately smell and taste latakia in blends where others don't detect it. I'll win that prop bet with a quick trip to tobaccoreviews.com every time. :lol:
I figure I'll give some McClelland, C&D, and GL Pease lat blends a try and see if anything appeals to me. I'd welcome any suggestions. I'd favor any blend in which flavors other than the latakia particularly stand out. As it stands, while I do detect differences, the only time I reach for any one of my latakia blends is when the answer to the question "am I in the mood for campfire" = yes, and that happens only once in awhile.