Recently I've discovered two new to me blends that I will be ordering more of for sure. I don't often try a new blend and find I like it so much after smoking it for a couple of weeks or so. I may come back to a new blend from time to time, but these two I can't help smoking one or the other every day. I'm sure the desire will wear off after a while, but I feel I'll always find these in my current rotation.
First I tried Peterson's Hyde Park, which is a broken flake, and I know is a love or hate blend for many. My surprise from the description was that I really didn't taste the maple or even much rum said to be in the topping. Whatever topping is there is quite tastey, but the noticeable Lakeland essence was the real surprise! Certainly not as strong as most Lakeland essences, but the mix of the tobaccos and other flavors keep drawing me back in, but then again I like Lakeland flavors.
The other one I found I'm drawn to is Rattray's Exotic Orange. This is another tobacco I tried thanks to Duane the Master of the Black Frigate. One of the most interesting aromatic tobaccos that I've come across. One thing I noticed though, is that when I draw through the pipe prior to lighting to test the draw, it tastes just like what I remember so many tobacco shops smelled like in the 80s and 90s. I have not noticed that as much with any other blend. Smoking it doesn't relate to that memory, but it has the best flavor of real tobaccos with a bit of orange and vanilla. This is just a really nice relaxing smoke for me.
I'm sure that if I continue to smoke these blends out of the same pipe all the time they would ghost them, so I usually smoke the Hyde Park in pipes I would normally use for Lakeland blends, and the Exotic Orange in the pipes usually reserved for aros.
Have any of you found a new blend that you are particularly enamored with?
First I tried Peterson's Hyde Park, which is a broken flake, and I know is a love or hate blend for many. My surprise from the description was that I really didn't taste the maple or even much rum said to be in the topping. Whatever topping is there is quite tastey, but the noticeable Lakeland essence was the real surprise! Certainly not as strong as most Lakeland essences, but the mix of the tobaccos and other flavors keep drawing me back in, but then again I like Lakeland flavors.
The other one I found I'm drawn to is Rattray's Exotic Orange. This is another tobacco I tried thanks to Duane the Master of the Black Frigate. One of the most interesting aromatic tobaccos that I've come across. One thing I noticed though, is that when I draw through the pipe prior to lighting to test the draw, it tastes just like what I remember so many tobacco shops smelled like in the 80s and 90s. I have not noticed that as much with any other blend. Smoking it doesn't relate to that memory, but it has the best flavor of real tobaccos with a bit of orange and vanilla. This is just a really nice relaxing smoke for me.
I'm sure that if I continue to smoke these blends out of the same pipe all the time they would ghost them, so I usually smoke the Hyde Park in pipes I would normally use for Lakeland blends, and the Exotic Orange in the pipes usually reserved for aros.
Have any of you found a new blend that you are particularly enamored with?
