I bought the tin yesterday - however it is safe to assume that it has a few years of age on it. The tin was rusty (See image)
I used a cigar cutter to cut it into neat coins. Knowing its reputation, I only took a small coin for my first smoke. (As in the image below)
I broke the coin with my fingers into very thick ribbon like shards. I let it dry for about 2 hours, then loaded into one of my smallest pipes. Even then, it filled half the pipe. I gravity filled it, with a little gentle push to ease it in.
On the first charring light it rose to fill almost 3/4th of the bowl. I tamped it down, and lit it again.
Tasting Notes
Right off the bowl I got the barbecue like smell and taste, as others have often talked about. If I would like to pinpoint the exact smell and taste, I would state that it smelled and tasted like soft wood chunks slathered in clarified butter and burnt. When I continued to puff I distinctly got the sweet taste I like in almost every puff, made very rich with the burning smell. I also got wisps of some additional oily smell which I could not place.
This tobacco deserves respect, and I slow puffed it (As gently as possible). Boy! it was delicious! Every puff reminded me that it is loaded with Nicotine, and need to be handled gently. A tiny weeny bit irritation felt in my mouth linings, but nothing to talk about. Required relights but not as much as others talked about, but that I believe is due to the age, and the 2+ hours of drying. Every puff was a celebration.
After smoking half a bowl, I started to get a little lightheaded and a little buzzed. While I was enjoying it, since I am also baby-sitting my two kids (Wife away at the mall), I decided to put it down after about 2/3 bowls.
This burns very cool, and unlikely to bite, though your mileage may vary. Burns into fine white ash (See picture).
Verdict
This is a glorious special occasion smoke, in small quantities. There is nothing I have ever tasted like this. However there will only be a few people in the world who can smoke this regularly. As an occasional smoke, this gets 100/100.
I used a cigar cutter to cut it into neat coins. Knowing its reputation, I only took a small coin for my first smoke. (As in the image below)
I broke the coin with my fingers into very thick ribbon like shards. I let it dry for about 2 hours, then loaded into one of my smallest pipes. Even then, it filled half the pipe. I gravity filled it, with a little gentle push to ease it in.
On the first charring light it rose to fill almost 3/4th of the bowl. I tamped it down, and lit it again.
Tasting Notes
Right off the bowl I got the barbecue like smell and taste, as others have often talked about. If I would like to pinpoint the exact smell and taste, I would state that it smelled and tasted like soft wood chunks slathered in clarified butter and burnt. When I continued to puff I distinctly got the sweet taste I like in almost every puff, made very rich with the burning smell. I also got wisps of some additional oily smell which I could not place.
This tobacco deserves respect, and I slow puffed it (As gently as possible). Boy! it was delicious! Every puff reminded me that it is loaded with Nicotine, and need to be handled gently. A tiny weeny bit irritation felt in my mouth linings, but nothing to talk about. Required relights but not as much as others talked about, but that I believe is due to the age, and the 2+ hours of drying. Every puff was a celebration.
After smoking half a bowl, I started to get a little lightheaded and a little buzzed. While I was enjoying it, since I am also baby-sitting my two kids (Wife away at the mall), I decided to put it down after about 2/3 bowls.
This burns very cool, and unlikely to bite, though your mileage may vary. Burns into fine white ash (See picture).
Verdict
This is a glorious special occasion smoke, in small quantities. There is nothing I have ever tasted like this. However there will only be a few people in the world who can smoke this regularly. As an occasional smoke, this gets 100/100.