When you refer to a "Latakia blend" are you talking about any blend with some lat in it, or one where it is dominant/not a condiment?
When you refer to a "Latakia blend" are you talking about any blend with some lat in it, or one where it is dominant/not a condiment?
Ayup, but even among the people here there's no consensus.I used the term "you" to refer specifically to what people mean when they reference it here.
for me I call anything where I can taste the latakia a latakia blend and English is a more Oriental profile. But both of those are frankly pretty broad. For example I've seen Key Largo called an English with cigar leaf but I just consider that cigar leaf. But if you ever wonder something about any blend people will happily tell you all you want to know if possible, so just ask when you're curious.I used the term "you" to refer specifically to what people mean when they reference it here.
Good article that it gives a good point of reference.
I consider most of the terms we see with regard to blends to be marketing BS and have found it much better for myself to use my own nomenclature.When you refer to a "Latakia blend" are you talking about any blend with some lat in it, or one where it is dominant/not a condiment?
Yup. There are aromatics with latakia.it is erroneous to refer to all blends that contain Latakia as ‘English Blends’
and as Cha Embers says latakia is aromatic by definition. (I assume Cha is the short form of Chasing.Yup. There are aromatics with latakia.
Ditto. Although I'm still influenced by the mention of genre in the description: if it says 'English' I scroll on and away.I don't think too much about it. I'll read the list of components in the blend just to know if it has lat. I'll go with whatever the label says.