Have You Tried Mixing Different Blends?

[admin]

Whether you have or not, you might enjoy Greg Pease's latest Out of the Ashes column -
Mélange a Trois

 

[shawn622]

Interesting article Kevin. Thanks for the heads up. I've never mixed blends before, but have adjusted blends to suit my taste with blending tobacco. I'll give mixing blends a shot sometime.

 

[crk69]

Thanks for sharing Kevin... I have two "blends" that I made from different aros... And are in my regular "go to" blends.. Some that I blended together just didn't make the cut...

 

[admin]

I tired it once, and the results were so bad that I never did it again. Now after reading Greg's article, (and being better educated on tobaccos) I think I might try it again.

 

[pstlpkr]

Interesting article Kevin. Thank you Mr. Pease.

My Dad always said: "Anything worth screwing up once, is worth royally screwing up a second time." :D

I might just give it a shot again as well.
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[kennerth]

I mix a blend called Balkan Texas (a strong English) with Finck's Black vanilla (Black Cavendish) 50/50 for me 25BT/75BVfor sharing. It is great!

 

[robertelliott]

Mixing blends can be alot of fun ! For me in the past I would take some open and

old tins and bags of tobacco that I had neglected to smoke and make several blends

out of them . I had the privlige of working many years ago in a tobacco shop , so

understanding each tobacco and the blending of it was always a learning experience.

Blending is alot of fun ! I have two blends that I have mixed, the one is called Saint

Andrews Cross/ English blend the other Kobenhavn/ aromatic blend. Both tobacco's are in

glass jars and have been married for two years . I enjoy both of them and only smoke each

blend on the holidays. Happy Mortal! He who knows pleasure which a pipe bastows.

Isaac Hawkins Browne :D

 

[lazydog]

I have many failed blending experiments,but just hit in a keeper.......7 seas regular with equal part english oriental and a sprinkling of Frenchys Sunza bitches. Called English Seas. Improbable combo, but it works....Its hard to blend...Hats off to the pros..

 

[john218]

I have never tried mixing blends. I bought some Latakia and Turkish leaf to see what they taste like by themselves. I think I will try mixing them with some OTC blends, like Carter Hall, to see what happens.

 

[lazydog]

I too am a turkish izmir fan,,,, My Izmir blend is english oriental with the turkish izmir sprayed with a little mexican vanilla and redried. Turkish Star by name...

 

[cgrd]

I've mixed CAO Bella Vanilla with Amphora "Full Aroma" (red pouch) and was pleased by the result. They have a similar cut so that may be a factor.

 

[gnatjulio]

I threw together leftover NightCap with some leftover C&D Dark Cherry Cav. It was a nice smoke.
Thanks for the heads up on the article Kevin, off to read it now..............

 

[glpease]

So, um, why aren't you guys posting these excellent comments on the ARTICLE, for everyone to enjoy, instead of on the meta-article, for only a few?

 

[kennerth]

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[kennerth]

I guess we are just not that smart. 8O

 

[sjpipesmoker]

I have about 8oz of coconut tobacco and I mix it with penzance, ten to midnight or Plum pudding and it taste wonderful!!!
Sometimes I want something stronger in my aromatic but less than a english, so i'll grab a bit of both, mix them up and smoke it..Nothing new, been doing it for some time now...
I rarely mix 2 aro's or 2 english (since thats all I smoke) it's always aro + english
I have some Stanwell Vanilla that I've mixed with some ten to midnight and man, the smoky, sweet taste I get is really good...I'ts a very nice change up from either the straight aro or english!

 

[admin]

Yes, it would be nice if you guys can copy / paste your comments onto the article too, please.

 

[cigrmaster]

Greg, another great read, thanks. The only time I ever mixed anything was when I took left overs of SG Best Brown,FVF and St James flakes and smoked them together. It was actually quite good and I am sure I will do it again.

 

[tbradsim1]

I had some Dunhill 965 and mixed it with IRC Blue , the blue was not my favorite, but with the 965, quite enjoyable, and my favorite Northwoods 2/3 with 1/3 Carter Hall, call it Carter Woods. The old Cajun

 

[numbersix]

I have been regularly mixing Dunhill's Morning Pipe with various aros - 50/50. The Dunhill is mild enough that it works in most cases (at least for me).