Yes, I know the short story:
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Legend has it that in 1585 the English navigator Sir Thomas Cavendish on an expedition to Virginia with Sir Richard Grenville, for the return trip to England he pressed and crammed virginia tobacco leaves in barrels previously used to transport rum. During the crossing, the pressed tobacco leaves underwent an unwanted natural fermentation process, acquiring a characteristic rhum flavor. As soon as landed at home, the “new” tobacco treated in this way met with an unexpected and immediate success and over time the casually created manufacturing process was institutionalized
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But tonight digging in the bottom of a crate full of tobacco I found a quarter bag of Smoker’s Pride Black Cavendish with the zip seal ripped. It has to be over ten years old.
And it’s still candy sweet, flavorful, mild, and delicious. I like lots of tobaccos but just this one, would do.
Does anyone know who first made and marketed a lot of the traditional black, gooey, sweet, inexpensive Black Cavendish?
There had to be a Prince Albert of Black Cavendish, you know?
Was it Lane?
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Legend has it that in 1585 the English navigator Sir Thomas Cavendish on an expedition to Virginia with Sir Richard Grenville, for the return trip to England he pressed and crammed virginia tobacco leaves in barrels previously used to transport rum. During the crossing, the pressed tobacco leaves underwent an unwanted natural fermentation process, acquiring a characteristic rhum flavor. As soon as landed at home, the “new” tobacco treated in this way met with an unexpected and immediate success and over time the casually created manufacturing process was institutionalized
—-
But tonight digging in the bottom of a crate full of tobacco I found a quarter bag of Smoker’s Pride Black Cavendish with the zip seal ripped. It has to be over ten years old.
And it’s still candy sweet, flavorful, mild, and delicious. I like lots of tobaccos but just this one, would do.
Does anyone know who first made and marketed a lot of the traditional black, gooey, sweet, inexpensive Black Cavendish?
There had to be a Prince Albert of Black Cavendish, you know?
Was it Lane?