Best Esoterica/Germain’s Blends I Should Buy?

[telescopes]

Tilbury, Dunbar, Dorchester and Margate are my favorites in that order.

Currently smoking Margate. It’s great.

 

[telescopes]

By the way, the ring is Bisbee touqouise. It’s even better than Margate.

 

[Andre_T]

Tinbids is full of scalpers and flippers selling tin sleeves and bags which were clearly bought just now.

Buy it now at $350 ($500 for Penzance!!!) is such a joke.

Well I think I know how to pay for Christmas.... (just kidding I don't actually sell stuff. I just give it away)

 

[londonbriar]

Never had any Esoterica, but Germain’s is freely available over here. Faves are:

- King Charles: light latakia/ oriental. Actually sublime, one of my all time favourites, but you need to smoke a few bowls in the same pipe to sort of “season the bowl” and really taste it.

- Royal Jersey Latakia: latakia with a slightly plummy/ boozy topping (much nicer than I thought it would be)

Royal Jersey Perique: A different presentation of perique. The base tobaccos are more dry and earthy than the usual vaper “sugar-and-spice” that we all know and love.

- Rich Dark Flake: v.similar to Stonehaven as I understand (never tried SH)

- Medium Flake: smooooooth…along the same lines as Best Brown Flake. Weird sort of orange-zest notes at first light, which dissapates through the bowl.

- Brown Flake: sits somewhere between Full Virginia Flake and Brown Rope to my tastes

Yeah…I kinda like Germain’s!!

 

[telescopes]

Germaine’s #7

 

[PipeIT]

@fishmansf so did you get anything, any pics to show us some goodies?