tobacco reviews
-
HU Makhuwa is a ribbon cut blend of Burley, Virginia, and Perique. The tin note includes figs, graham cracker, and a floral aroma. Upon lighting, it presents a bright floral aroma with notes of nuts, hints of cocoa, hay, lemon zest, wood, and tangy spice on the palate. The finish is smooth and creamy with
-
The latest in G.L. Pease’s Zeitgeist series, Horizons is a flake of Turkish Latakia, Red Virginia, Bright Virginia, and Orientals. Smoky, sweet, and savory with notes of mesquite, steak sauce, earth, and leather, with occasional hints of citrus. The retrohale is smoky with a light pepper spice. The finish is rich with notes of leather,
-
Presented in a large tin without an airtight seal, the tobacco is in a plastic bag inside. The blend consists of cube-cut Virginias, cube-cut Burleys, Cavendish, and Perique. It is deep, sweet, and creamy, with notes of stewed fruit, dark chocolate, nuts, and rye bread. There is almost no spice, but warm cedar notes are
-
One of GL Pease’s Original Mixtures, Barbary Coast is a blend of cube-cut Burley, Red Virginia, and Perique with a “kiss” of brandy. It is one of the few blends from GL Pease that you may want to give a few minutes of drying time before smoking. I find that it works best in a
-
One of the highlights of my career as a tobacconist has been the privilege of working with Jeremy Reeves, the head blender at Cornell & Diehl, and Kaz Walters from Laudisi Distribution Group, on a series of pipe tobacco blends that would essentially be a tobacco line extension to Kurt Kendall’s storied 7-20-4 cigar brand.
-
One of GL Pease’s Original Mixtures, Barbary Coast is a blend of cube-cut Burley, Red Virginia, and Perique with a “kiss” of brandy. It is one of the few blends from GL Pease that you may want to give a few minutes of drying time before smoking. I find that it works best in a
-
Cringle Flake has been an annual release from Sutliff since 2019, always featuring top grade aged Red Virginias. The original blend was a straight Red Virginia flake, while the subsequent years (2020-2023) were Virginia Perique blends. For the first time since its inception, Cringle Flake 2024 is again a straight Virginia flake. A blend of
-
HU Tobacco is a German company founded by master blender Hans Wiedemann, with a strong following in the pipe community. Thanks to a new relationship with Laudisi Enterprises, HU tobaccos are now available in the US domestic market for the first time in 100g tins. Dark Moor is a ribbon-cut blend of Brown Virginia, Kentucky,
-
G.L. Pease Cumberland is one of my all-time favorite tobaccos. I have been smoking it since it came out around 2000 and have almost always had a tin with me since. This ribbon-cut blend of Dark Fired Kentucky, Red Virginia, and a bit of Perique enhances and complements each component in such a way that
-
Savinelli’s 145, their 145th anniversary blend, has been re-released. It is a crumble cake blend of St. James Perique, Bright and Red Virginia, and double fermented Dark Fired Kentucky from the Tuscan Tiber Valley region in Italy. The cake breaks apart easily and rubs out to broken ribbon and lights easily. You can watch my
Not Just Blowing Smoke with Pastor Padron 