Burley can be polarizing. People experience it quite differently. Some can't taste it, like smoking hot air. To others it's harsh. Others throw up. Still others favor it above all other leaf and appreciate it both as a single leaf, as variants like Semois, or in blends of many kinds. Some who don't like it by itself like it in various blends. Some find it a gratifying source of nicotine, and others find its nicotine invariably too strong. So how are you doing, or not, with burley? Which kinds or blends do you like, or why don't you like burley at all? Personally, I'm favorable toward most burley and appreciate it in blends. I appreciate its image among some as a rough and ready leaf, full strength and a little disreputable. But I find it subtle, refined, and often the needed extra touch in blends that rise above others. Love it or hate it, or just say ho-hum, but how is burley for you?
