A new source of Perique tobacco in Laos with the help of Tsuge Pipe Company and L.A. Poche
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It seems like a positive development to me.An interesting PR release dropped yesterday on a new source of Perique in Laos. It's a new partnership between Tsuge Pipe Company (Japan) and L.A. Poche' Perique Tobacco centered on the production and marketing of the rare and unique Perique-type tobacco
Tsuge Pipe and L.A. Poche Forge Global Strategic Partnership for the Production and Marketing of Perique Tobacco
/PRNewswire/ -- Tsuge Pipe Company and L.A. Poche' Perique Tobacco announced a new partnership today centered on the production and marketing of the rare and...www.prnewswire.com
Thoughts?
Nice to see news about industry growth instead of the gloom of recent times, onwards and upwards as you can’t keep a good pipe smoking man down!
Is it cigarette tobacco consumption that puts them over the top?
Scottish mother-in-law
Never lost her Glaswegian accent despite her 40 years in Australia.
Only ever drank Scotch (always with milk !).
I ran out of Scotch on one occasion. She politely accepted a cognac, but I noticed it was hardly touched when she left
The two things I wanted out of this:
1- Pipe nerds debating the relative virtues of St James vs Laotian perique.
2- Some absolute MADMAN to release a blend with Laotian perique and Vietnamese rustica ("Laotian Drug", I believe they call it, only, you know, in Vietnamese)
Edit: And if that madman is on this forum, call it "SEA #4", that's a good name for a blend. And probably appropriate to it's nicotine content.
1- Pipe nerds debating the relative virtues of St James vs Laotian perique.
2- Some absolute MADMAN to release a blend with Laotian perique and Vietnamese rustica ("Laotian Drug", I believe they call it, only, you know, in Vietnamese)
Edit: And if that madman is on this forum, call it "SEA #4", that's a good name for a blend. And probably appropriate to it's nicotine content.
Both areas have very similar climate and alluvial river soils. A lot of industries operate in both geographic locations such as rice farming, sugar and a lot of crawfish are farmed in Vietnam/Laos/Cambodia now. Half or more the shrimpers out here in the Gulf of Mexico are Vietnamese dudes. I used to fish off the back of Capt. Than’s boat near South Thimbalier. I would think it a positive for the industry, but of course prefer St. James if I can get it only for nostalgic reasons.
South-East Asia is perfectly suited for tobacco growingAn interesting PR release dropped yesterday on a new source of Perique in Laos. It's a new partnership between Tsuge Pipe Company (Japan) and L.A. Poche' Perique Tobacco centered on the production and marketing of the rare and unique Perique-type tobacco
Tsuge Pipe and L.A. Poche Forge Global Strategic Partnership for the Production and Marketing of Perique Tobacco
/PRNewswire/ -- Tsuge Pipe Company and L.A. Poche' Perique Tobacco announced a new partnership today centered on the production and marketing of the rare and...
Thoughts?
Indonesia has a long-established history - presumably started by the Dutch to supply their tobacco industry back in the Netherlands.
While there is a huge local market for cigarettes and especially kreteks (clove cigarettes), I'm surprised that the Indonesians have not done more to develop their cigar and pipe tobacco industries
I thought he had completely retired.
He sold D&R but he's still running La Poche.
A new source for Perique, if it turns out to be good quality, is great news. Maybe companies will return to using it instead of subbing DFK, which doesn't work.
I'm going to have to find his contact information again. I've been to the facility several times since its only about 90 miles from me.
Your very insightful, as the origins of Japanese Whisky production modelled itself on Scotches. They just can't call themselves a Scotch, because it's not made there. There are a few though that have recently hit US markets that have been experimenting with making some very interesting variations on the whole whisky theme.
All scotch is whisky, and whiskey is not scotch
I think the Canadian distilleries would beg to differ with your classification of “everything else” to their whisky.And yes it is “whisky” as the preferred spelling for what everyone else calls “Scotch”. Whiskey is the spelling for “everything else”. How’s that for pedantic?
On the actual topic, it’s pretty cool to see.
I’m thinking I need to buy some red whole leaf Virginia and kimchi it to see if I could become a tobacco magnate…
This is a screen shot from a trade data service showing customs declarations related to Tsuge Lao Co.
Here's a link if you'd like to take a look: TSUGE LAO CO., LTD. | Import Data | Export Data | Customs Data | NBD Trade Data - https://en.nbd.ltd/trader/info/NBDDIY372834978
Here's a link if you'd like to take a look: TSUGE LAO CO., LTD. | Import Data | Export Data | Customs Data | NBD Trade Data - https://en.nbd.ltd/trader/info/NBDDIY372834978
Well now, that's fascinating that they're shipping perique from Laos to the Philippines. Tabacalera Cigars in Manila happens to make cigars with perique.