Potlach is a celebration of cavendish, luxury burley, Virginias, Latakia, Perique and orientals. First of all the tin note the smell of this tobacco is Latakia heavy I get a good BBQ tin note on this one which I love. The tobacco is a ribbon cut and is pretty much ready to smoke out of the tin. The moisture on this stuff for myself was ideal to load and go. Now the light using a charring method stayed lit until a nice gray ash. In the 1/3 of the bowl I got a very nice virginia sweetness with the cavendish being noted upfront as I retro hale the perique tingles my nose. The 2/3 of the bowl the perique really dominates I get a ton of spice from this and the burley used is providing some vitamin N as well as a pleasant earthy taste. The Latakia and orientals are much in the background on this one but the Latakia is there. I did not notice much of a zing from the orientals. The 3/3 part of this bowl the perique is well there to stay in this one it is a very pleasant spice though so I am not complaining. The Latakia is still noted much in the background on this and for me no zing from the orientals. All in all this is another fine blend from Joe Lankford and company and I am glad I bought two 8oz tins. I was actually very surprised of how the Latakia stayed on the background on this one. Almost as though it's aged tobacco with fresh perique. I think a lot of people who enjoy Vapers would enjoy this blend. Probably the only thing I was a little disappointed with was the orientals. The ones used just didn't give me that zing that most orientals provide. This blend is a true hodgepodge though and I am sure the smoking experience will vary being that a variety of tobacco leaves were used in this blend. That all being said and a first impression on this I would highly recommend this stuff. It is available at pipes and cigars for $29.99 for 8oz and 10.99 for 2 oz. The pipe used while smoking this was a Boswell poker nose warmer. I hope all enjoyed this review and it's summertime so this blend should be ideal.
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