Considering trying some of his blends for my next tad order. Thoughts on the tobacco and what your favorite blends are?
G.L. Pease blends
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I think he makes -- overall --- the best line of tobaccos on the market today.
The ones I recommend the highest are:
Odyssey (best Balkan around, IMO)
Maltese Falcon (a great all-day English)
Chelsea Morning (a great light English)
Filmore (my favorite Va/Per)
Cairo (orientals and VA)
Sextant (a Navy flake with latakia)
The ones I recommend the highest are:
Odyssey (best Balkan around, IMO)
Maltese Falcon (a great all-day English)
Chelsea Morning (a great light English)
Filmore (my favorite Va/Per)
Cairo (orientals and VA)
Sextant (a Navy flake with latakia)
It's nearly impossible to go wrong with a G.L. Pease blend.
My favorites -
Maltese Falcon
Lagonda
Sextant
Westminster
All of those are pretty much in the English-style.
For a really great Virginia, try Union Square. It's delicious.
My favorites -
Maltese Falcon
Lagonda
Sextant
Westminster
All of those are pretty much in the English-style.
For a really great Virginia, try Union Square. It's delicious.
I have only sampled GLP Westminster. This blend is on par with Samuel Gawith offerings. As I'll make my way through other GLP blends I'll have more thoughts. But I was thoroughly satisfied.
Haddo's and Jackknife Plug are two of my favorites. When I was an English smoker, I used to smoke a lot of Pease blends, I thought he made just about the best English blends on the market.
I've thought about maybe grabbing a GL Pease blend. I'm not into Latkia/Oriental tobaccos at all really. So, I'd have to hunt down a VA, VAPer, or VA/Burley blend in his line.
All the hype over Odyssey made smoking it a bit of a let down. It's not a lat bomb or the best balkan I have ever had. It's decent, but I found it lacking latakia and lacking VAs/Orientals: allow me to explain. The latakia was very strong, but not as strong as (in my opinion) 3 Oaks Syrian. It was also not balanced enough to make the latakia an equal partner in the blend, like (in my opinion) Robert McConnell Oriental. It was neither enough latakia nor too little and for me it wasn't "just right" it was just meh. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't BAD, far from it, but when you read reviews, you expect to be WOWed, and I wasn't.
Bottom line: you just have to try them for yourself to see. :lol: Happy shopping!
Bottom line: you just have to try them for yourself to see. :lol: Happy shopping!
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