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Why are McC Orientals so unique?
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<blockquote data-quote="DrumsAndBeer" data-source="post: 506810" data-attributes="member: 2403"><p>Well, one can only speculate on McClelland's process. </p><p></p><p>But I would say it's a combination of Mike McNeil's experience with sourcing tobaccos and his connections. The Pipes Magazine Radio Show had a 2 part interview with him and he discusses a lot interesting things about McClelland. For some years they floundered in a tiny niche and the business was helped by Mike's big tobacco connections. I believe there's also a segment where he discusses how he grades tobaccos and when he finds a tobacco he thinks will make the grade, he buys a bit of it, tastes it, blends with it, but if it doesn't turn out well in a blend it's a no go & he's not left with a bunch of leaf to use that doesn't work. I guess he's had several experiences where he's gotten a hold of tobacco that he thinks is absolutely primo, only to find that it doesn't hold in their recipes. If it does work though, obviously he buys it up. For the Orientals, I can only assume that he's got some very old, well established connections.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrumsAndBeer, post: 506810, member: 2403"] Well, one can only speculate on McClelland's process. But I would say it's a combination of Mike McNeil's experience with sourcing tobaccos and his connections. The Pipes Magazine Radio Show had a 2 part interview with him and he discusses a lot interesting things about McClelland. For some years they floundered in a tiny niche and the business was helped by Mike's big tobacco connections. I believe there's also a segment where he discusses how he grades tobaccos and when he finds a tobacco he thinks will make the grade, he buys a bit of it, tastes it, blends with it, but if it doesn't turn out well in a blend it's a no go & he's not left with a bunch of leaf to use that doesn't work. I guess he's had several experiences where he's gotten a hold of tobacco that he thinks is absolutely primo, only to find that it doesn't hold in their recipes. If it does work though, obviously he buys it up. For the Orientals, I can only assume that he's got some very old, well established connections. [/QUOTE]
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