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The Turkish Latakia provides a wealth of smoke, earth, wood, floralness, vegetation, herbs, some soft sweetness, mild leather, tart sourness, spice, and a light wine note as the lead component. The Orientals offer a lot of earth, wood, vegetation, floralness, spice, dry sour sharpness, herbs, spices, and mild buttery, creamy sweetness as a supporting player. The matured red Virginias produce a fair amount of tangy ripe dark fruit, bread, earth, wood, some vegetation, tart and tangy citrus, sugar, light floralness, spice, and a small touch of vinegar in close secondary support. The bright Virginia supplies a mild tart and tangy citrus, bread, grass, floralness, some sugar, sour lemon, light vegetation, and a touch of acidity as a condiment. A smidgen of black cavendish adds a slight creamy sweetness. The strength and taste levels are strong and full. The nic-hit is a notch past the center of medium to strong. No chance of bite or harshness, although it does sport a little roughness as blends in this genre will. The mildly moist broken flakes are easily manipulated for your personal preference, and need no dry time. Deeply rich, and well balanced with nuance, it burns cool, clean and slow with a mostly consistent tartly sour, smoky, floral, spicy, moderately fruity, sharp and exceptionally savory campfire flavor that extends to the pleasantly long lasting after taste. The room note is very pungent. Leaves little dampness in the bowl, and requires some relights. Not an all day smoke, but it is repeatable. I suggest a round bowl, and not a narrow chamber for this mixture. Four stars out of four.
©Jim Amash 2024
The Turkish Latakia provides a wealth of smoke, earth, wood, floralness, vegetation, herbs, some soft sweetness, mild leather, tart sourness, spice, and a light wine note as the lead component. The Orientals offer a lot of earth, wood, vegetation, floralness, spice, dry sour sharpness, herbs, spices, and mild buttery, creamy sweetness as a supporting player. The matured red Virginias produce a fair amount of tangy ripe dark fruit, bread, earth, wood, some vegetation, tart and tangy citrus, sugar, light floralness, spice, and a small touch of vinegar in close secondary support. The bright Virginia supplies a mild tart and tangy citrus, bread, grass, floralness, some sugar, sour lemon, light vegetation, and a touch of acidity as a condiment. A smidgen of black cavendish adds a slight creamy sweetness. The strength and taste levels are strong and full. The nic-hit is a notch past the center of medium to strong. No chance of bite or harshness, although it does sport a little roughness as blends in this genre will. The mildly moist broken flakes are easily manipulated for your personal preference, and need no dry time. Deeply rich, and well balanced with nuance, it burns cool, clean and slow with a mostly consistent tartly sour, smoky, floral, spicy, moderately fruity, sharp and exceptionally savory campfire flavor that extends to the pleasantly long lasting after taste. The room note is very pungent. Leaves little dampness in the bowl, and requires some relights. Not an all day smoke, but it is repeatable. I suggest a round bowl, and not a narrow chamber for this mixture. Four stars out of four.
©Jim Amash 2024
