Balkan Sasieni

[bowhatchie]

I have never smoked the Sobranie....but I smoke a good bit of the Sasieni....I love it..
it is one of my top five.. and I find it to be a very good smoke..

 

[hobie1dog]

the Sasieni is just too harsh for me...not that it's like hot in temperature, but a harsh flavor.

 

[mjtannen]

Balkan Sasieni is a regular go to blend for me. I always have five or six tins cellared. I have tried Balkan Supreme once and find it flat and not nearly as good as the Sasieni.

 

[admin]

I love Balkan Sasieni and smoke it on a regular basis.

 

[buck67]

I've smoked Balkan Sasieni a few times and really enjoyed it.

 

[glpease]

Ted, Balkan Sobranie didn't use Syrian after the very early 1960s. Just like everyone else, they switched to Cyprian after Syria stopped producing it. Once their stocks were depleted, that was it. After Gallaher bought the company in 1980, the Sobranie blends changed dramatically, and not just once. I agree that Sasieni isn't really like Sobranie, but the question remains, "Which Sobranie?" The Latakia content of the "real" thing ranged from 50% to 35% during different "vintages," and the fabled Yenidje tobacco was absent by the early 1980s.
Wait. Didn't your read The Stuff of Legend?

 

[tedswearingen]

Greg, guess I missed that article. Thanks for the education!

 

[dawk]

I have tried the Sasieni and I must say it is in my top 5 now. I would love to have been able to try the Sobranie.