A few months ago, I got a couple tins of 2014 Wessex Classic Virginia from another guy's cellar. It's been my favorite VA to date. I'd stockpile this for life, if I could.
(I like it far better than their more expensive and highly rated Campaign flake.)
But, having read that the recipe changed since these first tins were made, I ordered just one tin (to make sure that I liked it as much).
It's a completely different tobacco. I mean, this isn't just an adjustment to the recipe -- it's an altogether different tobacco.
The older version was a mixture of reds and browns, the tin note was stewed fruit and bread dough, and the taste was something like toasty, slightly caramelized bread.
The new version is all yellows (now with perique), the tin note is pure hayloft, and the taste is (to me) ashy.
Why do tobacco companies think it's OK to apply one tobacco's label to a different tobacco?
I know that Three Nuns is a famous example. How could a VaPer's label rightly be applied to a VaKy?
A tobacco blend is not Theseus's ship... it has no continuity of identity through time when components are replaced. If it's a different tobacco, it should have a different label.
This has not been a productive post, I guess. Just a complaint. I'm in mourning for the loss of a lady I didn't love until after she had died.
P.S. If anybody wants to suggest a replacement for the original Wessex Classic VA, as described above, I'm all ears.
(I like it far better than their more expensive and highly rated Campaign flake.)
But, having read that the recipe changed since these first tins were made, I ordered just one tin (to make sure that I liked it as much).
It's a completely different tobacco. I mean, this isn't just an adjustment to the recipe -- it's an altogether different tobacco.
The older version was a mixture of reds and browns, the tin note was stewed fruit and bread dough, and the taste was something like toasty, slightly caramelized bread.
The new version is all yellows (now with perique), the tin note is pure hayloft, and the taste is (to me) ashy.
Why do tobacco companies think it's OK to apply one tobacco's label to a different tobacco?
I know that Three Nuns is a famous example. How could a VaPer's label rightly be applied to a VaKy?
A tobacco blend is not Theseus's ship... it has no continuity of identity through time when components are replaced. If it's a different tobacco, it should have a different label.
This has not been a productive post, I guess. Just a complaint. I'm in mourning for the loss of a lady I didn't love until after she had died.
P.S. If anybody wants to suggest a replacement for the original Wessex Classic VA, as described above, I'm all ears.