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Brad H

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Dec 17, 2024
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I too have bought 3 pounds of tobacco I really didn't like as much as I thought I would. That free shipping for large orders is my bane. I would not describe myself as a blender, more of a Perique/ Latakia consumer because I like that tobacco so much. If we lived close I would really want to trade. If you have Syrian Latakia I would trade 5 pounds mine ( the flavored stuff I don't like) to one pound yours and consider I made a fantastic deal.
You got a pound of perique u looking to trade off? 😀
 

Choatecav

Lifer
Dec 19, 2023
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Middle Tennessee
Latakia I love as well. Perique and Latakia are my favorite. They are condiment tobaccos but when the bowl is filled with just these it is really nice; it's what I like best. As long as I don't bother my lungs with it I find it pure heaven; just me.
Gerald, and others who like to smoke these "condiment" tobacco's straight, do you get any other side-effects, such as tongue bite or numbness, etc???
As you can tell.... I have never tried this.
 
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Briarcutter

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Gerald, and others who like to smoke these "condiment" tobacco's straight, do you get any other side-effects, such as tongue bite or numbness, etc???
As you can tell.... I have never tried this.
You have to have the taste for strong tobaccos. Sip them and it shouldn't be a problem. I've never noticed any ill effect. If you want you could take something like PA and mix it heavy with the condiment like 4:1 to start with. Maybe not something a beginner would want to try though. I dont think straight Perique or Latakia is any worse then some ropes I've had.
 
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Brad H

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While I have not inhaled 100 perique, I opened the beast last night. I was thinking 51% perique…. Won’t like this…. Turned out really good and smooth. So I would like to try 100% perique.
Sad part out of the 140ish pounds of tobacco, I don’t have a pound of 100% perique. I need a pound of good blending perique.
 
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Briarcutter

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I just picked my first pound of Rustica. Smoking straight Perique of Latakia sure is no worse than Rustica. Any of these are not overly rough,hard to smoke or harsh, just heavy,strong tobaccos.
 
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Sig

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I guess that crazy hobo that told me there are aliens with plant bug dna breathing through their skin that are trying to infiltrate pipe forums, might just know what he's talking about.
You heard nothing and saw nothing!
I am as much a hughman as you is a hughman. We are friends......right?
 
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BayouGhost

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Apr 10, 2024
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I also remember the American spirit cigarettes having a straight perique cig back in the day. Those would do the trick but I don't think they make em anymore. Not that I pay attention to what's in the cigarette counter besides to balk at how much they charge for em nowadays.
I wonder if it is based on restrictions for tar content. Perique has something like 4-5x the tar of straight Virginia.
 

Brad H

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Dec 17, 2024
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I just picked my first pound of Rustica. Smoking straight Perique of Latakia sure is no worse than Rustica. Any of these are not overly rough,hard to smoke or harsh, just heavy,strong tobaccos.
You get the mac B HH rustica?
I smoke it straight and it’s good. But it packs a serious punch to me.
Sometimes I add it to a blend for a little kick.
 
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Choatecav

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Dec 19, 2023
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You get the mac B HH rustica?
I smoke it straight and it’s good. But it packs a serious punch to me.
Sometimes I add it to a blend for a little kick.
I found a closing paragraph/comment in a review on Rustica of interest:

"Despite all these measures, the HH Rustica still has a very high nicotine content, it is by far the strongest tobacco in the Mac Baren range and is probably one of the strongest pipe tobacco worldwide. We recommend that you eat well and use a small pipe before enjoying this flake, but don't be put off; the Mac Baren HH Rustica is probably the most extraordinary tobacco of recent years and an absolute pleasure experience."

Not for the faint of heart..............
 

Brad H

Lifer
Dec 17, 2024
1,200
7,841
I found a closing paragraph/comment in a review on Rustica of interest:

"Despite all these measures, the HH Rustica still has a very high nicotine content, it is by far the strongest tobacco in the Mac Baren range and is probably one of the strongest pipe tobacco worldwide. We recommend that you eat well and use a small pipe before enjoying this flake, but don't be put off; the Mac Baren HH Rustica is probably the most extraordinary tobacco of recent years and an absolute pleasure experience."

Not for the faint of heart..............
Yup. It’s the only tobacco I have found that makes my head just spin like crazy.
It is the strongest I have come across to this date. And I can smoke G&H brown Irish twist all day long.
For some reason people say the twist are heavy on the N side, but I don’t get that from smoking it.
 

Gerald Boone

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Gerald, and others who like to smoke these "condiment" tobacco's straight, do you get any other side-effects, such as tongue bite or numbness, etc???
As you can tell.... I have never tried this.
Pretty much the only time I get tongue bite is when I smoke a hot pipe. As I smoke more that becomes rare. I do always drink something when I smoke; usually coffee or cocoa. A little milk is a good friend as is sugar.
 
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