I greatly enjoy Balkan Sasieni and have bought many tins (~$10/50g tin) over the years. Recently, I purchased several pounds of this in bulk from Cup O Joes at ~$40/lb. This represents quite a savings. However, after going through a pound of this weed, over the last couple of months, I can not convince myself that the bulk version is one and the same as the tin version. Is Cup O Joes "Balkan Sasieni" simply an in-house recreation of the blend, in which case it would approach, but not necessarily be identical with, the actual the blend itself, as represented by the 50g tin? Or are they one and the same? Both products carry the exact same description: "Original formula Balkan pipe tobacco smoking mixture was created in London at the beginning of the century by a gifted family of Master Tobacco Blenders, who first combined the aromatic pleasures of the choicest of Macedonia and Latakia leaf with the richness of Old Virginia, to give the pipe smoker an unrivaled smoking pleasure. Old timers know this blend as Balkan Sobranie".
from http://www.cupojoes.com/cgi-bin/spgm?dpt=H&srch=KW&item=balsas50
Anyone else out there that has tried these blends in a side-by-side comparison?
Happy Smoking.
from http://www.cupojoes.com/cgi-bin/spgm?dpt=H&srch=KW&item=balsas50
Anyone else out there that has tried these blends in a side-by-side comparison?
Happy Smoking.
