After making enquiries on another thread about tonquin flavouring in tobacco it was suggested to me to try Samuel Gawith's '1792 Flake' which I promptly did.
Unfortunately for me I was unable to detect anything like the flavours suggested by forum members. It was an ok smoke but nothing special. That was until yesterday when I stumbled upon the forgotten tin, now with very dried out tobacco in it. I thought what the heck and loaded a bowl with the dark desiccated twigs that were once 1792 Flake and fired it up. Wahey, I could taste something I can only describe as very like the confectionery we had as kids called Parma Violets. I presume at last I had tasted the mythical (to me at least) tonquin flavour.
Regards,
Jay.
Unfortunately for me I was unable to detect anything like the flavours suggested by forum members. It was an ok smoke but nothing special. That was until yesterday when I stumbled upon the forgotten tin, now with very dried out tobacco in it. I thought what the heck and loaded a bowl with the dark desiccated twigs that were once 1792 Flake and fired it up. Wahey, I could taste something I can only describe as very like the confectionery we had as kids called Parma Violets. I presume at last I had tasted the mythical (to me at least) tonquin flavour.
Regards,
Jay.
