If its stronger than Bold Kentucky I'll probably pass.
HH Rustica
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Mine just arrived. Tin note and colour remind me of HH Burley Flake. Here‘s a pic of a single flake with a flake of Bold Kentucky for comparison (BK = on the right). Texture and structure seem to be indistinguishable from “regular” tobacco flakes. Gonna load up a bowl now, and you’ll hear from me, if I survive it.
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Anyone know a neighbour of burleyboy we can send to check in on him?
Alright. So I’m pushing the dead man’s button. Actually, this is definitely a strong blend, as I’m coming towards the end of the bowl. I also had suspected, that it might be less strong than bold Kentucky, but this turns out to be wrong imho.
Tastewise, this is a very interesting blend. It has the Burley and Virginia notes, that are comparable to HH Burley Flake, but the whole experience is accompanied by some intense peppery, spicy notes, which tend become a little bitter from time to time... The retro hale is fairly nutty with a punch of pepper, that is actually so strong that it had made me sneeze.
It behaves well, rubbed out in my pot shape pipe with a little drying time.
Woo Hoo! Sounds pretty good! Did you get it from Pipe Republic? Hey Per Jensen... Send it across the ocean please! Pandemic or not... We demand Rustica!
It probably won't hit SPC until after today.Woo Hoo! Sounds pretty good! Did you get it from Pipe Republic? Hey Per Jensen... Send it across the ocean please! Pandemic or not... We demand Rustica!
Woo Hoo! Sounds pretty good! Did you get it from Pipe Republic? Hey Per Jensen... Send it across the ocean please! Pandemic or not... We demand Rustica!
I got it from the site cigarworld.de - this and Pipe-Republic.de are the only ones in Germany, who offer the blend for the moment. Others are supposed to get it by the beginning of May.
Now, as I had my second bowl in a bigger pipe, I'm pretty sure, that it is a good amount stronger than anything of the stronger ones I had before (OJK, Bold Kentucky and SG Brown N° 4). And I'm even more assured that I really like it in regards of taste and strength. It's kind of a miracle, that Rustica hadn't been used for commercial blends for such a long time and I'd appriciate, if this HH blend wouldn't remain the only one of this genre.
I tweeted to SP asking if they knew when it would be arriving here in the USA and I will add an update if I hear back
It was supposed to be released at the Chicago Show in May, but that obviously couldn't happen. I expect we'll see it in the middle of May.
10 tin limit per day at SPC and only 7100 tins made. I wonder how long it will last?
$19 a tin if you buy 10, so 10 it is!
Ordered 10 tins. At just over my $5/ounce limit, $5.68/ounce didn't seem too bad. Now I've got something to break in my big new Dunhill with.?
Mac Baren has earned the presumption of quality from me. I’ll try it before all the reviews are out. The HH line has never let me down yet.
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