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In my questionable quest to explore as many blends as I can, I came up with these two interesting blends. Torben Dansk (Dan) tobacco's Black Velvet, and Vauen's Black Pepper. Black Velvet is supposedly flavored like the drink Black Velvet which consists of part Guinness Stout and part Champagne, and Black Pepper is supposed to have some black pepper flavor. In both cases I say supposedly, because I don't quite get the claimed flavor in either. The Black Velvet is more successful of the two, because the tin note has some of that rich flavor that is Guinness, and I can detect a little alcohol note. But mostly I taste Latakia, and Virginia. Kind of an English Aromatic. It comes as a broken flake I guess would be the best description, and is overall a nice smoke. I've had a Black Velvet drink before, and this reminds me a LITTLE of that drink.
Now the Black Pepper is a whole different animal. I didn't really get black pepper from the tin note, it actually reminded me of Ramsgate, kind of fruity and a little licorice. Drawing through the unlit pipe I did notice a black pepper essence. Smoking this ribbon cut was nothing like Ramsgate though! Here I noticed the black pepper in the background for sure, although it lessened as I smoked down the bowl. To me it was rather Virginia forward with the tongue numbing effect of black pepper. An interesting smoke that's not bad, but my least favorite of the two. One thing I can say for sure is that these are not typical aromatics, you can really taste the tobacco with these blends, but you do get the odd flavorings a little bit.
The thing is, I really enjoy trying new blends that I know will be different from anything I've tried before. If I don't like them, I can try them later to see if I like them enough to keep, or just gift them to someone else.
Now the Black Pepper is a whole different animal. I didn't really get black pepper from the tin note, it actually reminded me of Ramsgate, kind of fruity and a little licorice. Drawing through the unlit pipe I did notice a black pepper essence. Smoking this ribbon cut was nothing like Ramsgate though! Here I noticed the black pepper in the background for sure, although it lessened as I smoked down the bowl. To me it was rather Virginia forward with the tongue numbing effect of black pepper. An interesting smoke that's not bad, but my least favorite of the two. One thing I can say for sure is that these are not typical aromatics, you can really taste the tobacco with these blends, but you do get the odd flavorings a little bit.
The thing is, I really enjoy trying new blends that I know will be different from anything I've tried before. If I don't like them, I can try them later to see if I like them enough to keep, or just gift them to someone else.
