English vs. Scottish Blends

[madox07]

I am a self declared English blend lover, and over the past years I think I have experienced with English blends far more than with other types. Every so often though, I buy a tobacco label, I open it, smoke it and then I go on tobaccoreview.com to find out that what I thought was an English is actually a Scottish blend. Apart from the fact that the Scottish seems a tad more portly than an English, I am not exactly sure what is the difference between them. Does anybody have an accepted definition for the two? Just a curiosity thing I guess ...

 

[irishearl]

You want to get me going again? :P Let's just say I have my definition.

 

[npod]

http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/scottish-blends-what-the-hell-is-it

 

[lochinvar]

The addition of cavendish to an otherwise English blend, some for sweetness mostly to stretch out the blend with a cheaper component. Black Mallory is the best example.

 

[jpmcwjr]

That one definition works just fine.

 

[Chasing Embers]

English vs. Scottish Blends

Should we be worried about Mel Gibson starring in and directing "Braveleaf"?

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Should we be worried about Mel Gibson starring in and directing "Braveleaf"?

"They may take our lives... but they will never take our Latakia!!!

 

[Chasing Embers]

They may take our lives... but they will never take our Latakia!!!

:worship:
Longshanks would have to have a churchwarden collection.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Longshanks would have to have a churchwarden collection.

Brilliant! :rofl:

 

[Chasing Embers]

:mrgreen:

 

[butsiethesungo]

The trouble with Scotts.....is that it’s full of Scotts!

 

[irishearl]

Yep, lochinvar, do believe your definition pretty well encapsulates my definition. Though, I'd add that the latakia component is added with a light hand.

 

[pitchfork]

"They may take our lives... but they will never take our Latakia!!!
:clap:

 

[Chasing Embers]

Yep, lochinvar, do believe your definition pretty well encapsulates my definition. Though, I'd add that the latakia component is added with a light hand.

965 is a bit lat heavy but still suits the description. As for everything else, Dear Lord, what have I started? 8O
:rofl:

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Dear Lord, what have I started? 8O

Shenanigans. It's what we do :mrgreen:

 

[judcole]

This is one of those terms used in the States but not in the U.K. I once asked this question, years ago, in the old Yahoo Pipe Smokers 2 group. The late Joe Harb told of touring Scottish tobacconists a number of years before, and asking each for an ounce of what they would consider their most "Scottish" blend. What he got in return tended to be more like MacBaren Mixture Scottish Blend then Black Mallory or 965.

 

[irishearl]

Never been to the UK, but would similarly guess that the term "English" blend isn't really used there either and would probably generate a range of responses if 1 asked an English tobacconist for an "English" blend.

 

[condorlover1]

I always thought the difference between and English and a Scottish blend was that if you were in a pub an Englishman would let you fill your pipe from his tobacco pouch without a murmur whilst a Scotsman would charge you for the same privilege. :rofl:

 

[crashthegrey]

It seems any original distinction was lost in time. Now blenders like to add Cavendish, a marketing ploy to lower cost. Some blenders. I enjoy MacBaren Scottish Mixture and a Scottish blend that I used to buy at Habana Premium in Colonie, NY. I don't recall what that blend was now.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

English isn’t really a type of tobacco. It’s just what people call anything that has Latakia in it. The term “English” goes back to the big misunderstanding of purity laws, which includes all of the Lakeland stuff. So really “English” should include Lakeland’s as well. But, we tend to get things screwed up in marketing and communication. Anything with Latakia could be considered English with the way we use the term now.