I know I'm coming very late to this posting and my comments are not actually about meets but cobs. If you stick to Missouri meerschaum cobs AND take care of them instead of treating them like trash you'll have a beautiful smoker that will last 20 years or more. To get the most out of your cob google the Corn Cob Primer. That will tell you all you need to know to for proper care and feeding of your cob. And what ever you do stay away from those cheap Chinese cobs
100% Latakia Blend and Meerschaum Question
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My local tobbacconist mentioned to me before that straight latkia was the best way to break in a good meershaum actually.
This comment makes me wonder how much this tobacconist really knows about pipes and tobacco, tbh. One does not smoke straight latakia.
Welcome to the forum. Why are you posting about cobs in a year old thread about meers and latakia? There's lots of threads about cobs around here.
Found this on line.
Rattray's Highland Targe
Short broken ribbons in black, brown and tan with a few olive strands here and there. The tin nose is toasty and sweet, with hints of caramel, brown sugar, and allspice. The mixture most certainly contains a light aromatic topping, but it is anything if not carefully integrated into the flavor profile of the base tobaccos.
According to its current blender, Kohlhase and Kopp, Highland Targe is: “eine Mischung aus hellen Virginiatabaken, Black Cavendish, Orient und würzigem Latakia” (‘a mixture of bright Virginia tobaccos, black Cavendish, Oriental and spicy Latakia’). Thus a Scottish mixture in the full sense of the term – a genre both perfected and popularized by Charles Rattray in any case – Highland Targe is not shy about its identity. Comprised of tobaccos familiar to other mixtures in the line as to many other blends born in the British Isles now produced by the prolific German blender, it offers a pleasant, middle-of-the-road example of the genre.
Mild to medium body with a soft and rounded mouthfeel, Highland Targe offers a core of unsweetened black Cavendish and sweet Virginias augmented by a measured dose of flavorful Orientals and a hint of smoky Latakia. Possessing a tendency to bite if not treated with care, it offers flavors reminiscent of a sugared café au lait topped with a dash of nutmeg. The topping, while lightly applied, is prevalent throughout the bowl. Neither overly sweet nor particularly rich, it possesses a charming brightness which makes it an ideal morning smoke, just bracing enough to clear the head yet light enough to not overwhelm the palate.
While neither the boldest nor most flavorful among the other Scottish mixtures represented in the current incarnation of the famed Rattray’s line, Highland Targe is nevertheless a nice diversion for those who enjoy a bit of Cavendished tobaccos along with their Orientals and Latakia. Be warned, however, that as with everything produced by K&K this one is quite heavy on the humectants and, presumably, the cocktail of preservatives normally found in the offerings of the major continental blending houses.
Rattray's Highland Targe
Short broken ribbons in black, brown and tan with a few olive strands here and there. The tin nose is toasty and sweet, with hints of caramel, brown sugar, and allspice. The mixture most certainly contains a light aromatic topping, but it is anything if not carefully integrated into the flavor profile of the base tobaccos.
According to its current blender, Kohlhase and Kopp, Highland Targe is: “eine Mischung aus hellen Virginiatabaken, Black Cavendish, Orient und würzigem Latakia” (‘a mixture of bright Virginia tobaccos, black Cavendish, Oriental and spicy Latakia’). Thus a Scottish mixture in the full sense of the term – a genre both perfected and popularized by Charles Rattray in any case – Highland Targe is not shy about its identity. Comprised of tobaccos familiar to other mixtures in the line as to many other blends born in the British Isles now produced by the prolific German blender, it offers a pleasant, middle-of-the-road example of the genre.
Mild to medium body with a soft and rounded mouthfeel, Highland Targe offers a core of unsweetened black Cavendish and sweet Virginias augmented by a measured dose of flavorful Orientals and a hint of smoky Latakia. Possessing a tendency to bite if not treated with care, it offers flavors reminiscent of a sugared café au lait topped with a dash of nutmeg. The topping, while lightly applied, is prevalent throughout the bowl. Neither overly sweet nor particularly rich, it possesses a charming brightness which makes it an ideal morning smoke, just bracing enough to clear the head yet light enough to not overwhelm the palate.
While neither the boldest nor most flavorful among the other Scottish mixtures represented in the current incarnation of the famed Rattray’s line, Highland Targe is nevertheless a nice diversion for those who enjoy a bit of Cavendished tobaccos along with their Orientals and Latakia. Be warned, however, that as with everything produced by K&K this one is quite heavy on the humectants and, presumably, the cocktail of preservatives normally found in the offerings of the major continental blending houses.
I worked at the Tinder Box a numbers of years ago and we sold straight Latakia for blending. On a dare from myself to myself, I ATTEMPTED to smoke a bowl of pure Latakia, just to see what it was like. BIG mistake. My eyes watered, my hair stood up on ends and I thought the gates of hell had opened up. I smoke a blend that I get here in Germany from Peter Heinrichs that has a lot of Latakia, but I can't smoke too much of it. I don't know if it's available in the states, but Plumbcake has a bit of Latakia, and my wife can just barely tolerate it. I have to be alone to smoke the heavier blend though.
Peter Heinrich's is awesome. Is the blend you speak of the 211? That's the strongest one I have had from them. If you like aros you should give the Crue Pierre Henri series a try (I don't smoke a lot of aros, but these re just that good).
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