Capstan For The Top 1% Only

[kcghost]

I don't much care for straight Va's but you will look back on this in not the very far future and wish to hell you had bought a bunch of this stuff.

 

[ofafeather]

After all this talk and since I haven’t had it before, I decided to crack a tin of the Blue Ready Rubbed. Nice grassy aroma but first thought upon seeing it was - man, that’s a lot of stems! I purchase a couple tins each of the Blue RR and Gold Flake when they were on sale somewhere.

 

[BROBS]

After all this talk and since I haven’t had it before, I decided to crack a tin of the Blue Ready Rubbed. Nice grassy aroma but first thought upon seeing it was - man, that’s a lot of stems! I purchase a couple tins each of the Blue RR and Gold Flake when they were on sale somewhere.

I’ve never had the RR I always figured it was scraps from the flakes.

 

[Jacob74]

This inspires me to smoke some HH pure virginia right now!

 

[ofafeather]

I’ve never had the RR I always figured it was scraps from the flakes.

I wonder. They were out of the Flake bc of the sale.

 

[JOHN72]

Mac Baren Virginia Flake is better the HH.

In Spain is very easy to buy at the tobacco store................too Capstan for 9 or 10 euros........2 ounces 50g

 

[saltedplug]

What could be more pure than pure VA flake, and by extension a discussion of it. And yet amidst such purity comes the coating for Gandalf's nether parts and other essential irregularities.

Is nothing sacred?

 

[olkofri]

Is nothing sacred?

Yup: tobacco is. That's why we're not s'posed to smoke it.

 

[biz]

I believe the point biz was trying to make is that CB is expensive in relation to the price of other blends at twice the price per ounce. I'm sure this translates in prices in countries outside the US. Could be the quality of the leaf or the process, who knows

Yes, I will only sample a different product if reasonably priced. I already have favorites. I don't need another tobacco in my cellar. I do like to try small samples for fun.

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

Get lb boxes from estervals

this.️

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

It’s good stuff! I have a handful of tins of each Blue & Gold cellared. It’s a premium blend & I don’t mind paying the price. I prefer other straight Virginias, but I’d definitely grab more from Esterval’s once I feel better regarding shipping. ️

 

[ashdigger]

The beauty of cellaring deep a few years ago, is this thread is the sweet smell of success, instead of the bitter defeat of price increases.

 

[shaneireland]

I wonder. They were out of the Flake bc of the sale.

I’ve never had the RR I always figured it was scraps from the flakes.

I actually prefer the Ready Rubbed. It’s definitely just flakes that have been tumbled. To be fair, I’ve only been smoking both the Flake and RR from 2013, for the last 8 years. The additional surface area and larger tin (more oxygen) seem to have been kinder to the RR and since I rarely fold n’ stuff, it’s just easier.

 

[BrokenRecord]

I actually prefer the Ready Rubbed. It’s definitely just flakes that have been tumbled. To be fair, I’ve only been smoking both the Flake and RR from 2013, for the last 8 years. The additional surface area and larger tin (more oxygen) seem to have been kinder to the RR and since I rarely fold n’ stuff, it’s just easier.

Gasp....I thought gentlemen only use the fold and stuff method for flake tobaccos.

 

[BROBS]

I actually prefer the Ready Rubbed. It’s definitely just flakes that have been tumbled. To be fair, I’ve only been smoking both the Flake and RR from 2013, for the last 8 years. The additional surface area and larger tin (more oxygen) seem to have been kinder to the RR and since I rarely fold n’ stuff, it’s just easier.

Is there any chance of us being able to get our hands on the bulk 500g boxes here in the US?

good to know about the ready rubbed. I was mainly teasing about the scraps... ?

 

[BROBS]

Gasp....I thought gentlemen only use the fold and stuff method for flake tobaccos.

Fold and stuff can go off and chuff

 

[Chasing Embers]

He's like 300 years old

Being supernatural Maia, he was around long before Middle Earth and is the same age as Sauron. He walked the Earth for 2,019 years as a wizard though.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Gasp....I thought gentlemen only use the fold and stuff method for flake tobaccos.

Flakes were just an easier form of storage. Many ways of preparing them.

 

[shaneireland]

Gasp....I thought gentlemen only use the fold and stuff method for flake tobaccos.

Who said I was a gentleman? ?

 

[shaneireland]

Is there any chance of us being able to get our hands on the bulk 500g boxes here in the US?

good to know about the ready rubbed. I was mainly teasing about the scraps... ?

I’m guessing we haven’t seen bulk here due to regulatory mess. It might be possible, though.