Anise / Licorice

[khiddy]

Longtime absinthe fan here. I don’t suggest using absinthe if you want to case/top your tobacco with anise flavor, unless you also want the accompanying extreme bitterness. Anise is just one of the three herbs that make up the “holy trinity” of flavor ingredients in absinthe; the other two are fennel (a complementary flavor to anise, though earthier) and wormwood, which is *extremely* bitter and not pleasant on its own (it’s the primary flavoring of Malört, if you’ve ever had the misfortune of tasting that). Most expressions of absinthe also have other, nondisclosed herbs that are proprietary to the recipe.

So using absinthe to flavor your tobacco will bring a lot more than you bargain for. Much better to use ouzo, anisette, raki/arak, or sambuca, which are purer expressions of anise on its own. (Though ouzo, anisette, and sambuca also bring sugar to the table, so be aware of that as well.)

 

[hakchuma]

I’m a fan of licorice. I bought a 5 pack of Toscano licorice last weekend. They taste more like a woman’s perfume than they do licorice and terrible to me.

 

[pinem]

Longtime absinthe fan here. I don’t suggest using absinthe if you want to case/top your tobacco with anise flavor, unless you also want the accompanying extreme bitterness. Anise is just one of the three herbs that make up the “holy trinity” of flavor ingredients in absinthe; the other two are fennel (a complementary flavor to anise, though earthier) and wormwood, which is *extremely* bitter and not pleasant on its own (it’s the primary flavoring of Malört, if you’ve ever had the misfortune of tasting that). Most expressions of absinthe also have other, nondisclosed herbs that are proprietary to the recipe.

So using absinthe to flavor your tobacco will bring a lot more than you bargain for. Much better to use ouzo, anisette, raki/arak, or sambuca, which are purer expressions of anise on its own. (Though ouzo, anisette, and sambuca also bring sugar to the table, so be aware of that as well.)

Hmm, reminds me I need to go down to the cellar and bring up another bottle of arak. Good stuff.

 

[Chasing Embers]

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Is that anise or anus?

I'd take it over anything produced by Germains or Esoterica.

 

[f4phantomdriver]

My Grandfather's Dad, my great grandfather smoked Avanti Cigars. So did a family friend. They smelled wonderful. At Christmas time when my two Great Grandfather's were in the same house at our Christmas party, awww man. The smell that cae from the basement was heavenly. My grandfather and grandma had a full finished basement with a bar, a kitchen, tables, a piano, it looked like a saloon. My grandma's Dad smoked a pipe and my other great grandfather smoked the Avanti cigars. That with the Italian food aroma's, That was the best smell! What I do to capture that smell again is to chop up an Avanti stogie and mix it with Prince Albert. Everyone absolutely loves the smell when I smoke that!