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The Cyprian Latakia produces an abundance of smoke, earth, wood, floralness, herbs, vegetation, and mild spice as a lead component although its role is lessened by the combination of the Orientals and perique. The sun cured Orientals offer plenty of earth, wood, floralness, spice, herbs, incense, vegetation, dry sourness, and some buttery sweetness. They strongly compete for the lead. The same is true for the perique, whose aspects are a lot of spice, dried plums, figs, raisins, earth, wood, and mild floralness. The stoved and red Virginias provides a fair amount of fermented tangy ripe dark and stewed fruits, tart and tangy citrus, sugar, bread, grass, earth, wood, mild floralness, spice, barbecue and light salt. They are a couple of steps behind the perique. The sugary, creamy black cavendish is a couple of slots above the condiment line. The apple brandy mildly tones down the tobaccos. The strength and taste are a couple of rungs short of the center of medium to strong. The nic-hit is not far behind them. Won’t bite or get harsh. It has a few small rough edges. This mildly moist plug easily breaks apart, and as usual, I did not dry it. Well balanced and subtly complex, it burns cool, clean and slow with a mostly consistent spicy, tangy sweet, fruity, smoky, floral, sour, mildly creamy, savory, deeply rich flavor that extends to the pleasantly lingering after taste. The room note is a bit stronger. Leaves little moisture in the bowl, and requires some relights. Not an all day smoke, but it is repeatable. Three and a half stars rounded up to four.
©Jim Amash 2023.
The Cyprian Latakia produces an abundance of smoke, earth, wood, floralness, herbs, vegetation, and mild spice as a lead component although its role is lessened by the combination of the Orientals and perique. The sun cured Orientals offer plenty of earth, wood, floralness, spice, herbs, incense, vegetation, dry sourness, and some buttery sweetness. They strongly compete for the lead. The same is true for the perique, whose aspects are a lot of spice, dried plums, figs, raisins, earth, wood, and mild floralness. The stoved and red Virginias provides a fair amount of fermented tangy ripe dark and stewed fruits, tart and tangy citrus, sugar, bread, grass, earth, wood, mild floralness, spice, barbecue and light salt. They are a couple of steps behind the perique. The sugary, creamy black cavendish is a couple of slots above the condiment line. The apple brandy mildly tones down the tobaccos. The strength and taste are a couple of rungs short of the center of medium to strong. The nic-hit is not far behind them. Won’t bite or get harsh. It has a few small rough edges. This mildly moist plug easily breaks apart, and as usual, I did not dry it. Well balanced and subtly complex, it burns cool, clean and slow with a mostly consistent spicy, tangy sweet, fruity, smoky, floral, sour, mildly creamy, savory, deeply rich flavor that extends to the pleasantly lingering after taste. The room note is a bit stronger. Leaves little moisture in the bowl, and requires some relights. Not an all day smoke, but it is repeatable. Three and a half stars rounded up to four.
©Jim Amash 2023.
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