For my entire piping life (5 or so years) I've avoided Oriental tobaccos very purposefully. I smoked EMP once, which I believe has oriental, hated the experience, and never revisited. I've slowly built a modest cellar full of quality Virginias, VaPers, and Latakia blends which are gaining age....there is no burley (keep trying it, keep hating it) and no Virginia.
Except....that one little jar of Frog Morton On the Town which I never got around to trying. I didn't really realize that Basma was an oriental leaf. Yesterday, randomly, I popped it open and tried it.
And freaking loved it. Tried it again today. And freaking loved it.
Holy crap, after buying and cellaring all this tobacco and making darn sure nothing had orientals....could I have been astray all this time?
Except....that one little jar of Frog Morton On the Town which I never got around to trying. I didn't really realize that Basma was an oriental leaf. Yesterday, randomly, I popped it open and tried it.
And freaking loved it. Tried it again today. And freaking loved it.
Holy crap, after buying and cellaring all this tobacco and making darn sure nothing had orientals....could I have been astray all this time?