Is it aromatic?

[huntertrw]

Mary McNeil of the late, great McClelland Tobacco Company described aromatics, in an article in the June 1999 edition of PipeSMOKE magazine, in part, as follows: "The cased and flavored tobaccos in the American style that we call 'aromatics' usually have Burley in the blend. Burley doesn't have the natural sugar, so these tobaccos rely on added sugars and other flavors for their taste. The best aromatics have a nut-like character and are pleasant to smoke. True to their name, the aromatic tobacco's greatest trait is the heavy, sweet smell that it imparts when smoked..."

I hope that this helps.

 

[Papamique]

Just remember with time and experience, there will be no confusion, once your mouth understands the various leaf flavor profiles, of what is natural vs added in flavoring.

I think 30 years is enough time and experience.

You have explained it very well but at the end of the day it IS semantics I’m afraid.

I do appreciate the link, which I did read, that states “ There is no hard and fast rule or definition," says Jeremy,”

 

[PipeIT]

Aromatics, still, to this day get a bad rap, and it’s because of old school thinking, how Aros were, once upon a time made, as if all Aros produced now are this way, and of course, no they’re not.

Many blenders today, produce very nice Boutique Aro blends, KBV is a fine example.

Sakura is the latest Aro I purchased, and for those like me, who were turned off once, by the tongue bite, hot smoking god awful sweet Aros, I get it, we’ve all been there.

And Cherry was my Demon before that I never wanted to revisit, until I decided to give Sakura a try, and oh my, it’s amazing!

This is a Boutique quality Aro, and this is the type of Aro, to finally put the past behind and move forward.

KBV Sakura – KBV

kbven.com

If you don’t mind cherry, and you’ve never been an Aro liker, give this a go.

 

[Papamique]

I also really liked this part, “Another example is McClellend, whose Virginias I've always appreciated and accepted as unflavored, but let's face it, that distinctive tin scent that we all associate with McClellend is not a natural evolution of the aging process. "There's no raw tobacco that I've ever encountered," says Jeremy, "that smelled anything at all like McClelland. We've actually purchased tobacco that McClelland was using, and it doesn't smell that way.”

Hahaha. That’s a whole other thread topic/argument there!

 

[PipeIT]

I think 30 years is enough time and experience.

You have explained it very well but at the end of the day it IS semantics I’m afraid.

I do appreciate the link, which I did read, that states “ There is no hard and fast rule or definition," says Jeremy,”

Is it semantics, or is it over thinking and over complicating simplicity?

I guess, if we want to know the real truth, we’d have to go back to the beginnings, as to when the terms were first coined, and then how they changed.

I’ve always seen Aromatics as Topped tobacco, that is all.

But throughout history, some places and people around the world have considered the likes of Latakia and Oriental as Aromatics or Aromatic in smells and flavors...

East vs West thinking too plays into the Fast Rule...

Oh well... LOL

P.S. Majority Rule, I guess is how we should end it, what does the majority in the world still say... Toppings = Aro?

 

[Waning Embers]

I’ve always seen Aromatics as Topped tobacco, that is all

Up until I joined this forum in 2014, I had always heard aromatic for English and Oriental blends. While topped blends were just called flavored ones.

 

[Papamique]

I also really liked this part, “Another example is McClellend, whose Virginias I've always appreciated and accepted as unflavored, but let's face it, that distinctive tin scent that we all associate with McClellend is not a natural evolution of the aging process. "There's no raw tobacco that I've ever encountered," says Jeremy, "that smelled anything at all like McClelland. We've actually purchased tobacco that McClelland was using, and it doesn't smell that way.”

Hahaha. That’s a whole other thread topic/argument there!

A new thread perhaps?

 

[Waning Embers]

"There's no raw tobacco that I've ever encountered," says Jeremy, "that smelled anything at all like McClelland.

That's interesting considering a Virginia sample @cosmicfolklore sent me sometime ago had the same vinegar notes as McClelland. Sounds like Mike sold C&D the tobacco that he felt wasn't up to par to bear the McClelland name.

 

[Papamique]

That's interesting considering a Virginia sample @cosmicfolklore sent me sometime ago had the same vinegar notes as McClelland. Sounds like Mike sold C&D the tobacco that he felt wasn't up to par to bear the McClelland name.

Hahaha. Thank you! I’m not sure what he sent or where he got it from nor am I sure what Jeremy is referring to either but to say mike sold him sub par and Jeremy had no idea is a stre…………………..tch. I think maybe cosmic sent you some fake sample! Hahaha.

Of course this is all tongue in cheek fun but I really do think Mccllelands was dipped in Ketchup.

pS. I write this as I am smoking some 2015 Heinz Cheer

 

[Waning Embers]

sold him sub par

Only sub par to Mike. He was VERY particular and one of the reasons Red Cake went out of production.

 

[Papamique]

Only sub par to Mike. He was VERY particular and one of the reasons Red Cake went out of production.

He was and is a marketing GENIUS

 

[Waning Embers]

He was and is a marketing GENIUS

No doubt