Aged Flake Tobacco

[hauntedmyst]

Over the past six months I’ve wanted to try an aged flake but have none since I haven’t been a flake guy in the past. Tonight’ I found this sitting in the back of an old tobacco drawer. 15 year old Germain Latakia Flake. I’m hoping it surprises me in a good way

 

[rushx9]

Gorgeous! Look at that greasy brown paper! Let us know how it smokes!

 

[alaskanpiper]

The Germain’s paper in the SLF tins is always pretty greasy, but that stuff looks totally penetrated! Enjoy!

 

[hauntedmyst]

Smoking it now and it's very good. It's light as you'd expect with 15 years on it. The latakia has almost no presence left but a hair of smokeiness. The Virginias are at the center with some spiciness from the orientals coming through. I can definitely see this being a find summer smoke when I what an English that isn't heavy. I'm the fall and winter I like my latakia to be fresh and rich.

 

[lukasstrifeson]

I'm surprised after 15 years you can taste the latakia at all. I've found in my experience they have a tendency to go "flat" after 5 years or so.

 

[logs]

I'm surprised after 15 years you can taste the latakia at all. I've found in my experience they have a tendency to go "flat" after 5 years or so.

It's more of a softening in my experience. I can still taste it but it's lost a lot of it's fire.

 

[magicpiper]

Looks good enough to eat! Let us know how it smokes.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I prefer aged latakia. As a Virginia smoker mostly, I can better appreciate the more subtle delicate flavors that latakia brings to the mix, without having a mouthful of overwhelming diesel smoke.

Enjoy!!!

 

[hauntedmyst]

Diesel? I never got that. I get campfire and enjoy that flavor explosion. Then again I trouble with detecting more subtle sweet tastes in tobacco. That's right, my name is John and I have a tobacco handicap! They say the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. Don't look at me. :sniff: I'm still a man....I'm still a pipeman damit!

 

[chopper]

Diesel? I never got that. I get campfire and enjoy that flavor explosion. Then again I trouble with detecting more subtle sweet tastes in tobacco. That's right, my name is John and I have a tobacco handicap! They say the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. Don't look at me. :sniff: I'm still a man....I'm still a pipeman damit!

"Subtle"? My first experience with latakia was a generous sample of Becks ol' Limey Bastard from 4Noggins.
At the time I described the bag note as "Asphalt, burnt rubber & butt" lol.
Latakia is far from subtle & for me at least, was an acquired taste.

Thankfully it didn't taste too bad & was much better after I mixed it 50/50 with Windsail Virginia. : )

 

[DavidT]

Are you sure that's not bacon? lol
Nice find.

 

[kwg116]

I worked at a pipe shop years ago that had tons of old tobacco hidden away in their cabinets. Back then, around 2005, aged tobacco wasn’t really a ‘thing.’ I found a few tins of McConnel Scottish Flake that had become a solid mass of tobacco. It was delicious. I wish I still had some of those tins I smoked through.

 

[BROBS]

Over the past six months I’ve wanted to try an aged flake but have none since I haven’t been a flake guy in the past. Tonight’ I found this sitting in the back of an old tobacco drawer. 15 year old Germain Latakia Flake. I’m hoping it surprises me in a good way

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Nice! Was the tin opened or sealed?

 

[hauntedmyst]

Nice! Was the tin opened or sealed?

Sealed. I think I had opened it at one time but resealed it with shoo goo. It did a fine job!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Diesel? I never got that.

Fresh latakia is just too much for me. It is LIKE diesel exhaust on my tongue. A little too spicy, too campfiry, too... salty. My tastes are tuned to subtlety, delicate nuances, and fresh latakia is like a screeching fire alarm in a room that has been full of quiet classical music.

 

[cigrmaster]

Glad to hear you enjoyed the smoke. I don't smoke anything with Latakia or Orientals so I don't know what they taste like aged. All my aged flakes are VA,Vaper or Vabur and they all age very nicely.
I am currently smoking through a tin of 1998 Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky that is sublime I had smoked my last tin of 1997 DSK before I opened the 98 and couldn't detect any difference. Both were amazing and I am hoping my large batch of 2016 DSK ages as well as these.

 

[maulragoth]

What an excellent find! Happy for you and glad to hear of the good fortune.