I very much enjoy smoking aromatics, just curious if anyone has been smoking on these and which ones do you enjoy? I just picked up Bellamy, Drake and Graham to try.
Anyone smoking the Caribbean Blue series from K&K?
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I have been enjoying the Graham and the Seegar. I have smoked one tin of each and frankly, I'm debating whether to order some of the others or just reorder what I have. I can't really pick a favorite from either.
So far I have tried both Graham and Drake with the latter being preferred. I normally smoke virginias and some vapers with the occasional aromatic (devil's holiday) and very intermittent English blend. Drake is a very nice summer blend and might also be a good blend around the holidays.
Yeah from what I’ve read about Graham it seems like its the least “tropical” flavored of the bunch I ordered. Blackberry doesnt remind me much of the Caribbean more of the end of summer/fall here in the north east so I’ll probably pop that later on.
Really more curious about the tropical flavorings of Drake and Bellamy, they’ll be arriving today so I’ll know soon enough.
Really more curious about the tropical flavorings of Drake and Bellamy, they’ll be arriving today so I’ll know soon enough.
honestly not yet but I look forward to trying them. I haven't felt this excited about trying an aro in a long time. But I just have a good feeling about these.
The tins look nice, I'm kind of curious about the one with tonkin flavouring. When is the Enya blend being released?
Same here. I’m envisioning blazing through a tin or 2 on vacation at the end of the month and expecting greatness
Sometimes you just want something that is tasty in a blunt kind of lean back and watch the sunset or rise while sipping on something that ignores your dieticians advice
I ordered a tin each of Graham and Rackham. I put the others in my wishlist. Haven't gotten around to cracking them open yet (I don't like more than one aro open at a time), but I plan to order one of each of the others when I get some more money.
I'm rather curious, following to see what others think since it's going to be a while before I even get to my first one.
I'm rather curious, following to see what others think since it's going to be a while before I even get to my first one.
Yeah I’m just envisioning some classic Danish Blend action but with a more Caribbean lean. Classic flavors being swapped to their island equivalents where possible .
It seems like you could smoke a lot of it all day long with out getting bored or overdosed on nicotine
It seems like you could smoke a lot of it all day long with out getting bored or overdosed on nicotine
Smoked 3 bowls of Drake so far and I get Pineapple more then the Banana and Vanilla. The banana that I do taste is like a rummy, funky kind of banana over a fresh one or candied one. It says Madigascar Vanilla on the back of the tin but I don't detect it. Very good if smoked slowly, I pushed it and it didn't play nice. Room note is solid.
I bought a tin of Drake and Seegar but haven't had a chance to crack either of them yet. Drake is the one that interests me the most. I plan on getting all six to try since they at least have an interesting list of flavors, not just your run of the mill vanilla or cocoa like so many other aros.
On my 3rd bowl of Bellamy and yeah all I get is Captain Crunch Crunchberries. Pretty nice. The tin note is very fruity candy.
Well, I finally had my first bowl, which was of Bellamy. This one I was least excited to try, but it came in today with the seal already popped so I decided to start with this one, happy accident as that was the plan anyway. The outermost layer of tobacco was fairly dry, but the inside was more moist. Now that it's off of a 10,000° truck and in a controlled environment, moisture should even out.
One bowl is hardly enough to go on, but here's my initial impression...
If Lakelands are "grandma's soap", then this one is "your wife's scented candle". I mean that in a good way though (I like Lakeland essence personally).
The flavor is listed as honeydew, banana and orange. I can't seem to detect any of these individually except the banana on a few occasions, but I get an overall mixed-tropical fruit vibe that is neither sweet nor tart nor tangy, and definitely more on the melon and banana "neutral" side of fruit flavors. If it went any way from neutral, it would be towards sweet, but it's quite a subtle sweet. The three flavors seem to really meld together fully into one another. It was mostly very, very consistent start to finish, the flavor remained moderate the whole way and smoked fairly cool. The only low point was the initial lighting, which kind of had an off kind of taste, but that went away quickly (just a few puffs).
Taste while smoking is moderate. Aftertaste is subtle to moderate and lingers more in the nose than mouth, but doesn't linger too long. Room note smells great, subtle to moderate, discernable but not overwhelming. In all these regards, for me it's perfect for "strong aromatics" (I usually prefer more subtle aros like EGR blend). Wasn't harsh at all.
I'll have to have a few more bowls to really solidify an opinion. But for the first bowl of my least anticipated of the 6 in the series, it does make me excited for the rest of them (side-note, Graham is the one I am most excited to try).
One bowl is hardly enough to go on, but here's my initial impression...
If Lakelands are "grandma's soap", then this one is "your wife's scented candle". I mean that in a good way though (I like Lakeland essence personally).
The flavor is listed as honeydew, banana and orange. I can't seem to detect any of these individually except the banana on a few occasions, but I get an overall mixed-tropical fruit vibe that is neither sweet nor tart nor tangy, and definitely more on the melon and banana "neutral" side of fruit flavors. If it went any way from neutral, it would be towards sweet, but it's quite a subtle sweet. The three flavors seem to really meld together fully into one another. It was mostly very, very consistent start to finish, the flavor remained moderate the whole way and smoked fairly cool. The only low point was the initial lighting, which kind of had an off kind of taste, but that went away quickly (just a few puffs).
Taste while smoking is moderate. Aftertaste is subtle to moderate and lingers more in the nose than mouth, but doesn't linger too long. Room note smells great, subtle to moderate, discernable but not overwhelming. In all these regards, for me it's perfect for "strong aromatics" (I usually prefer more subtle aros like EGR blend). Wasn't harsh at all.
I'll have to have a few more bowls to really solidify an opinion. But for the first bowl of my least anticipated of the 6 in the series, it does make me excited for the rest of them (side-note, Graham is the one I am most excited to try).
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I got Graham because I was interested in the coconut flavor. I didn't get much coconut.
Damn, that's the part that got me most hyped about that next to the blackberry and nut. I'm still hoping it will remind me of a fruit pie (the best kind of pie). Still, it will be some time before I get that far. I'm trying to up my bowls-per-day so I can get there faster.
Oh there was something else I forgot to mention but I did get a taste that did remind me of the beach in a way.
Not like, the dirty, smelly, fishy, seaweedy, wet seagull part... I mean like, that curated part when you're in the lobby of a beach resort or some fancy beach house with all it's cobalt/cerulean blue water imagery and that "ocean breeze" kind of scent. It did have that vibe. But maybe the scents they use in those places are those same tropical fruit scents like the banana in this.
Also, I got much more of a tropical smoothie type of taste than the Captain Crunch Crunchberries mentioned by @Peter Turbo .
Not like, the dirty, smelly, fishy, seaweedy, wet seagull part... I mean like, that curated part when you're in the lobby of a beach resort or some fancy beach house with all it's cobalt/cerulean blue water imagery and that "ocean breeze" kind of scent. It did have that vibe. But maybe the scents they use in those places are those same tropical fruit scents like the banana in this.
Also, I got much more of a tropical smoothie type of taste than the Captain Crunch Crunchberries mentioned by @Peter Turbo .
It wasn't too far off from Exotic Passion but that's my untrained pallet speaking.
