Mixture 79 is like Brylon pipes. Few if any on Forums is a fan, but clearly, someone out there is buying this blend, and pipe smokers have for many many decades. Why? They haven't tried anything else? It's available to them and other blends aren't? There's a genetic demographic that tastes it differently, and to them it is superb? Maybe they smoke it in their Brylon pipes. Actually, regarding Brylon, one Forums member who does reclamation of buildings after major fires likes his Brylon for its sheer durability, and the fact that it can be cleaned after being handled in really messy work situations -- so that's fair and understandable. But that can't account for all of Brylon pipes, nor solve the mystery of Mixture 79. These are like mantras, mysteries to be meditated.