C&D Does Not Use Dark Fired In Their Bulk Blends. Wondering Why...

[karam]

The same tins of this are still on the shelves at The Briary, at least they were before covid. I bought one early on and it tasted like a kitchen sink blend to me. a whole lot of stuff in there. I didn't realize anyone liked it. You might check around at B&Ms if you want more of it. I don't think it was wildly popular. Most likely they will have some age on them as well.

I still see on smokingpipes.com, but getting stuff from the US is pretty hard for me. Still, I have 3 large tins sitting with my cousin in NYC for 1.5 years already - he's moving back to Europe soon so I'll get them eventually, and they'll have some age on them. Not for sale on German shops as far as I can see, and this is my main outlet to get quality tobacco in the pipe tobacco desert that is Greece. I reckon it wasn't popular because it's hard to pin exactly what it is, for me it is a spicy, sweet, very complex blend which tastes change with every puff, but every puff is great.

Sounds like Latakia Rolls, everything except what you're expecting. Mac Baren makes a lot of great blends but they're utterly useless at English and VaPers for some reason.

Um, their HH Latakia flake is really not bad, I had a tin but prefer other Latakia flakes or mixtures more.

3. Some of our tobaccos types are limited in availability, and some of our blends require a lot of processing like Flake, Plug, Ready Rubbed, Steamed components, etc. Given that Bulk is all about high volume, lower processing requirement blends for savings and everyday enjoyment, we don't offer blends in Bulk that contain really rare components or that require a lot of costly handwork. We also don't offer things in Bulk that don't sell well in smaller sizes. Tuskegee Airman is offered as a Cake format. While we do offer some of our Cakes in 16oz. vacuum sealed packages, Tuskegee Airman has not been a blend that we have seen enough volume in 2oz. tins to justify offering it in a larger size.

Thank you, you mentioned Bayou morning flake, I had a tin about 1.5 years ago and absolutely loved it, but the explanation makes sense