I had a spell away from Latakia blends recently but it didn't last long,I missed that deep smokeyness.I ordered a tin of Robert Lewis' Tree Mixture ( named after a Col.Tree not the leafy one )It's great,straight Virginia/Latakia mix,if I remember from the dim and distant past it's very like Balkan Sobranie used to be.Good stuff.I still smoke the non-lats,mainly MacBarens Navy Flake and some Orlik Bulls Eye.My aros of choice right now are MacBarens Vanilla Flake and 7 Seas Regular and Royal. ::