Supposedly Edward G Robinson blend contains latakia but I sure can't taste it. So I mixed in a little Nightcap (about 25% by volume I reckon). Turned a nice smoke into a great one. Jim you should try this.
Thanks for the heads up on this thread Jim, I will give you a shout soon!EGR is one percent latakia. It's there more for adding a little smokiness rather than for taste. Mixing it with Nightcap does sound interesting though. Later in life, Shelby Foote cut EGR with what turns out to be Barking Dog, which has a fair amount of latakia. Pipedreamer helped me discover this or was it the other way around? He was buying what Foote was and sent me a sample to see if I knew what Foote was adding to EGR. I immediately knew it was Barking Dog. Anyway, 3/4 EGR and 1/4 Barking Dog ain't bad. Don't have any Nightcap here to try it, but it sounds worth trying.