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sablebrush52

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I also stopped chasing after eight legged, lion maned unicorn like kirin. They are hard to get as everyone knows, and they are offered very few times a year. Why chase after an elusive beast when there are ton of other blends readily available?
I haven't found them difficult to get. I just make a couple of phone calls to B&M's that carry them when there's a drop. Have well over 30 lbs in the cellar.
That said, they aren't better than all other blends. Germain's has a house style. And there are a lot of other house styles that satisfy me just as much.
 

abdulaziz

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I was able to by around 6 of their blends from a B&M last month. Kept in the back. I saw some for sale this week at another B&M along with Balkan Sobranie rerelease. Taste is subjective and I personally like their offerings. Be patient and it will come to you. I will repeat what so many others have said that there are other great blends to choose from. Enjoy the blends available until you run up on Esoterica. May I suggest Watch City House Blends.
I have seen many praising Watch City blends here and there, I will see if I can get some.
 

abdulaziz

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I finally diagnosed my problem last night, I am out of tobacco, I mean good tobacco, and when someone is out of tobacco, I think, they will crave everything they see specifically the rare blends. I have some Frog Morton "Original" from 2014 and age did not help this blend because it lost its taste. The other blends I have are all aromatics which I do not enjoy smoking on a daily or weekly basis, except for Sillem's Black, and my latest order might take up to a month before it gets here, it might never get to me here because a lot of packages "get lost," but let us hope it does. I ordered more than 20 blends to compensate for the shipping expenses and I count the time minute by minute and that is exhausting and distracting. I hope when they finally get here this Esoterica fever I have will be cured.
 
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abdulaziz

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It's easy.


Just ^^^^^^ Clicky ^^^^^ Clicky puffy
I hope it is as easy as a click, shipping a 2 or 3 pounds box to my country can cost me up to 100 USD and sometimes more and I have to use a mail forwarding service because non of the online retailers use DHL, which is the only working courier right now where I live, so I have to pay for shipping twice and wait up to a month and a half or two for the shipment to arrive or the news of my packages getting lost. Nevertheless, I will try their blends in the future.
 
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