I only really smoke an aromatic in the morning with my coffee. I'm really not very drawn to them overall. But, I don't consider myself genre dependent.
Maybe when I get really old...
Maybe when I get really old...
Changing Tastes...Shifting Toward Aros (Long Post)
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Yep, when you're a codger all you need us whitey tighties, instant coffee, and Super Value Vanilla.
Yep, when you're a codger all you need us whitey tighties, instant coffee, and Super Value Vanilla.
Something like 90% of pipe tobacco sold are aros. Everything else is fringe smoking.
I prefer the rum.
I went mostly non-aromatic for a while, and I'm glad I did, to get a better feel for the various kinds of tobacco without flavoring, and mostly that's what I still smoke, but I too appreciate good tobacco forward aromatics. If I can't taste the tobacco, and if the flavoring covers rather than accents the tobacco, I get bored with a blend very fast. But a blend can be good to me whether it is flavored or not, if it is done with intelligence and art. Some fine old classics have some flavoring.
Just laughing at the Super Value Rum! Maybe it's delicious!?
Though your taste for Exotic Orange has me questioning... I would prefer a tobacco to taste like Stinkor or Mossman rather than Strawberry Shortcake's bicycle seat.
nope having the opposite happen. Getting more into non aros. Still like aros but I don't go through a tin of an aro quite as fast as I do with a non aro. Though I think you hit on a great point, sometimes I like smoking an aro and seeing people catch a whiff and get a little smile on their face.
I was just about to edit my comment and say I like aros where I can taste the tobacco too. But generally I find that the aromatic qualities don't change much from start to finish of a bowl but tobacco certainly goes through flavor changes as a bowl goes on. That is probably the biggest reason I find overly aromatics kind of dull, nope still tastes like fruit in the same way.
This is also a reason I avoid aros. Nicotine is certainly part of the reason I smoke and most aros fail to deliver on that front. I can accept lower nicotine in a Latakia blend as they tend to make up for it with endless amounts of flavor. Harder to forgive in an aro.
I guess the idea is to not run off the first time smokers who usually start with some aros.. I know I did, I was almost run off by the lack of nicotine in all the aromatics That I bought. That captain black burnt my tounge so bad and for nothing. Haha no offense to people who like that stuff.. It does smell and taste pretty good. I like the taste of beer too, but I certainly am not going to buy a case of Bush NA. What are some of the stronger aromatics you've tried?
I would prefer a tobacco to taste like Stinkor or Mossman rather than Strawberry Shortcake's bicycle seat.
Stinkor and Mossman!!! Oh wow, talk about a flashback!
Actually, I ride the fence between the two.
I smoke English blends (usually Plum Pudding) in the morning and the selected aros later in the day.
I smoke English blends (usually Plum Pudding) in the morning and the selected aros later in the day.
Strong aros:
University Flake
Erinmore Flake(havent tried the current production but it used to have a respectable strength)
Royal Yacht (havent tried the current production but it used to have a respectable strength)
Dark Flake
If you dont mind lakeland flavor, Boson and Coniston cut plug are good.
Thats actually all i can think of atm.
University Flake
Erinmore Flake(havent tried the current production but it used to have a respectable strength)
Royal Yacht (havent tried the current production but it used to have a respectable strength)
Dark Flake
If you dont mind lakeland flavor, Boson and Coniston cut plug are good.
Thats actually all i can think of atm.
So University Flake is an aromatic; I thought it was a burley blend. Now I must really get me a tin!!
TR says its a burley blend, but its pretty flavor forward, it will ghost a pipe, smoked consistently.
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