Essence of Burley?
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Nutty is the one nearly everyone tastes and recognizes. When various burleys are blended, you get over- and undertones that are pretty wide ranging, if you are someone who can taste burley. Some can't taste it at all; some don't like the taste; and some enjoy it selectively. Then some of us seem to like most single-leaf and burley blends, if not all. With some blends I can get a little twang of pear, nutmeg, jerky. Maybe even some floral in some, not aromatic flavoring. But these are faint and subtle, along with the omnipresent nutty. Chinese dim sum ... but only when I'm hungry.
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Most burleys have some sort of topping, I think. Their primary similarity is their nicotine content.
An untopped burley can taste sour and develop toward a more sweet taste, a process that involves not only development of the particular bowl being smoked but the smoker's pallet.
An untopped burley can taste sour and develop toward a more sweet taste, a process that involves not only development of the particular bowl being smoked but the smoker's pallet.
NewBroom: As a former(and somewhat current?cigarette/cigar guy)I cant help wondering is it this round ,nutty biteyless taste punched up with some nicotine which especially appeals to me in medium strong Burley blends,Yet I love that Kentucky Dark fired in moderation,
Blasphemy! I'd offer to send some, but I doubt it would make it through the trip with all flavor intact.
Agreed with @perdurabo about some of the great Burleys, and @Sean regarding five brothers, and inevitably @mso4889 will mention Semois, which is also good. I have to speak up for Cotton Boll Twist as well.
Nuts and cocoa and porridge and hay. So many great burleys mentioned already, but I will suggest Solani's ABF and Silver Flake, GL Pease's JackKnife Plug and Savenilli's Doblone d'Oro as well as Mac Baren's ODF and BK. Some of these contain other types of tobacco leaf, but the burley (often dark fired burleys) lends these blends a delicious je ne sais quoi.
I want to like burley, but I'm just not a fan. I've tried Haunted Bookshop, and other fabled blends, but I just can't get into them. I don't mind burley mixed into an other type of blend, say an English, like PS English Oriental Supreme. It adds a nice note next to the cavendish. But burley based blends just aren't for me.
However, nutty or woody is how I would describe them.
However, nutty or woody is how I would describe them.
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