Latakia Paradox?

[Chasing Embers]

Mix the two and... perfection!

Riiiiight.....give it a couple of years. I thought the same thing thirty years ago.

 

[mingc]

Americans always see themselves differently than the rest of the world does. That's a stone cold fact.

The tobacco leaf may have similar issues around dysmorphic disorder, but it's only a guess.

I thought Virginia's looked like this:

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No, that's burley.

And Latakia, alluring, sophisticated and mysterious is of course a little something like this:

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More latakia, please. Lots, lots, more.

 

[canucklehead]

 

[Chasing Embers]

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[canucklehead]

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[Chasing Embers]

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There ya go.?

 

[hawky454]

Dark Fired Kentucky kind of is the American latakia.

We just need to do that to Oriental leaf and see what happens. I know some of you homegrowers have tried making Latakia right?

 

[anotherbob]

I have a house in Brasil and have travelled extensively through South America. I also have a house in Canada and have gotten around there too, including the good ol' USA. In all of that time and geographical space, I've only ever heard one group of people describe themselves as American.

Bet you can't guess who!

Ukranians? Wait do I get a second guess. Morons who accidently got hooked on bath salts because they legitimately thought they were buying bath salts and not fake meth? I give up. Please tell us.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I have a house in Brasil and have travelled extensively through South America. I also have a house in Canada and have gotten around there too, including the good ol' USA. In all of that time and geographical space, I've only ever heard one group of people describe themselves as American.

Bet you can't guess who!

How sad for you. This is how many think of South America.

 

[--dante--]

It's a sister blend to another favorite of mine, Blockade Runner.

Right it uses the rum and cavendish base of Blockade Runner as I understand it. Come to think of it I should grab some of that too.

 

[Recon Paul]

Is Sutliff Emerald Isle consideed a lat bomb, or am I for a rude awakening when I finally come in contact with one? EI tastes fine to me, but after about 20 minutes it starts to smell like a burning Gucci bag filled with dog shit.

 

[solideogloria86]

One thing that helped me was looking at a cigar "flavor wheel" when smoking a blend. You can find them by doing a Google image search. It will help you to put a name to what you're tasting. Most of the flavor in smoke is actually aroma. Some things you'll taste directly on the tongue. (sweet, sour, spice etc) others will be in the retrohale (blowing smoke through your nose) others will be an aftertaste after you've exhaled. (closing your mouth and breathing out through your nose, or smacking your mouth) I've found that to detect nuances in the smoke requires you to concentrate on the flavor and intentionally trying to identify everything you're tasting.