I just recently opened a tin of Medium Flake. It is suppose to be a flake so I expected it to be beef jerky strips but it was thinly rubbed ribbons squashed into the small tin it came in. So I teased out a bowl full after drying and loaded up in a 66 Dunhill size 4 shell briar. It had that wonderful aroma of fig, raisin, bread smell. It really tastes nice. Some of the reviews I've read talk about all this citrus flavor like it has orange juice for casing and I don't find it at all. It has a natural sweetness that does not bite and is so good I ordered 10 more for aging and look forward to how well it smokes then. I highly recommend.