The McClelland closing? Worst kept secret in the pipe community. I knew about it 5, 6 months before the announcement. I'd get emails about it. I only bought a few things as I was at the tail end of buying, but I did stock up on the 40th. Having advance information on when and where it would ship was a big help.
Great Idea! Tobacco NFTs! How much do you think a Butera Kingfisher NFT will go for?
This is exactly why I like a large rotation, besides a few blends I’ve been very vocal about, I get bored smoking the same thing again and again. I love Dunbar but if I smoke it regularly, it gets boring just as everything else does but when I break it out from time to time, the first smoke of it is amazing and I always think to myself , “I need to smoke this stuff more”, rinse, repeat.
Esoterica didn't rise to the level it is now until the late 2000s when there was a missed shipment. Up until then it was just another tobacco.
I'm very much the same, though there are occasions when I'll just smoke up a tin. I don't like to have too much open at any given time.
that is so true. Most of the fancier wines I've tried, to my taste buds where worse then the 8 dollar a bottle ones. Though that one Pinot Noir was dangerously tasty. My point was just that if you like something and don't have it all that often it seems to taste even better, which might partially explain the madness with certain blends
Honestly I have to admit I don't have much of an urge to try their blends. They never called to me at all. Then again I really love Mixture 79 so my tastes might be a bit of center.
ffunny enough I find I really start enjoying a blend when I concentrate on it. But that's with favorites. There are ones I really enjoy only on occasion. A lot of the blunter aromatics are like that for me.
They've got a couple that we're alright but nothing to pay more than retail for.
Same
first mixture 79 is great and probably the most unique blend I've ever smoked. As in I can't suggest it to someone based on the other things they like. It falls into the what else is like it? Just it. And the "do you think I'll like it?" "try it that's the only way to know."
At my local shop now..... The empty spot is where my bag of Dorchester was. Jay. |
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A potentially sensible explanation.The European Tobacco Products Directive (there is a UK rough equivalent) is a burden that some manufacturers won't be able to meet. Planta sold out to Mac Baren for this stated reason
New beginnings: Mac Baren Tobacco Company to take over Berlin-based Planta Tabak-Manufaktur brand portfolio | Mac Baren Tobacco Company
Mac Baren Tobacco is pleased to announce an agreement to acquire the outstanding brands from Planta Tabak-Manufactur’s traditional portfolio.
I know that @gawithhoggarth has devoted major resources- money and management time- to coming into compliance with these regulations. I have no earthly idea what, if anything, Germain has done.
Evidently more was dropped. I received a notice of availability a couple of weeks ago.
I can see what you mean but, it has way more of a perfume/cologne taste to me. I heard earlier versions of Mix 79 were a lot more heavy on the fragrance. The stuff I tried tasted like sassafras (sarsaparilla) and licorice, bought a pouch in 2016 around the time I joined this forum. Not a bad smoke by any means, just not a favorite of mine, I still don’t get why it’s so polarizing but such is life.
