So my 100mg tin of FMC arrived about a week ago. At nighttime, after dinner, I decided to pop open the tin and load me up a nice bowl. I couldn't really see what I was doing in the darkness. After I took my first big toke I thought to myself: Man, is this stuff disgusting or what? It was truly foul. I remember thinking to myself, Those guys and gals on pipesmagazine.com are nuts! Only later that evening did I realize why it tasted so bad. Folks, I had been smoking a stave.
Once I figured that out, I tried it again, and FMC turned out to be a nice, mellow smoke with a distinct, pleasing flavor. Perhaps too mild for me to deem it an everyday smoke, I think I'll be able to make time for it, say, a few times per week.