Esoterica Blends
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Not really, him and foursidedtriangle have been pissed for a few years because Sable and I did the legwork to find retailers and won't tell him who they are.
Look if anyone is interested I have a few bags of Stonehaven on sale for $550 a bag. 
I run a skateshop I have boards on the wall that eBay 3-4 times what I sell em for. Word gets around I could turn a quick buck or make 5 new customers that will spend $100s every 3 months and tell their friends and I make 100$s more. B&M’s play the long game plain and simple , way more money in the long game quick bucks is chump change for the myopic.
Look if anyone is interested I have a few bags of Stonehaven on sale for $550 a bag.
I pay retail for esoterica at my b&m when there's a drop.
I've always been a big fan of Penzance. I've tried GLP Quiet Nights but can't say I prefer it. As Sly Stone once said, "different strokes for different folks."
I think I'm just going to call around and see what I can find. I do really want to try Margate or Pembroke and I'm not paying more than what you'd reasonably expect from a B&M.
PM me your address and I'll get a little something out to you over the weekend.
This further reinforces my theory that by nature, pipe-smokers are good people.PM me your address and I'll get a little something out to you over the weekend.
1792 flake, bosun's cut plug, rum flake, Bob's chocolate flake. All excellent and easy to order on line in the UK. Also St Bruno flake is a very good OTC and available almost everywhere.
Perhaps my review will help you:
It has a deep cocoa taste, a bit of nuttiness, earth and wood, and is slightly bready and floral with a light brown sugar and molasses. The white burley adds mild sharp, sour, acidic notes in the background, and some strength. It's responsible for the slight bitter note at the finish. They say there's no cocoa or chocolate added. That isn't true. These toppings moderately sublimate the tobaccos. The strength and taste levels are medium. The nic-hit is in the center of mild to medium. It burns clean, cool and slow, requires some relights, and the deep, rich semi-sweet, slightly savory flavor remains consistent to the finish with very little moisture left in the bowl. It has a pleasant after taste that slightly lingers, and the room note won’t offend a normal human being. Has no dull or harsh notes, and it will not bite. It does have a few small rough edges. Can be an all day smoke for the experienced smoker, and repeatable for anyone else. Four stars.
UPDATE 7-5-2022. The blend has been changed. The deep cocoa topping was replaced by an almost medium strength, mildly sweet licorice which tones down the burleys a little more than before. I do notice cocoa far in the background. Overall, the blend is less sweet by two steps now. The burleys are different, too. The white burley has a similar ruggedness to the new Wessex Burley Flake: moderately rougher, earthier, woodier, breadier, and nuttier with a savory note new to this manufacture of ABF. Those aspects are a little less obvious here due to the licorice, but it’s still a different presence than it originally had been. The strength, nic-hit and taste levels have not changed, and all other non-updated aspects still apply. Three stars is my current rating at TR for this current production.
You sir, are a gouger. I sell them for a more reasonable price: $549.Look if anyone is interested I have a few bags of Stonehaven on sale for $550 a bag.
Same here although I have paid 50 for a bag. I have one B&M that will call me and ask me what I want when they get a drop.
Ah. I simply thought he was attempting to ruin a perfectly good thread.
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