Lets Make a Top 5 (Latika Blend)

[easterntraveler]

Well ladies and gentlemen since the top 5 flakes was well recieved let's do Latika Blends. Same rules apply; suggest your top 5 list and in 1 week I will go through and post the results. Please use formate
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This is easier to tally

 

[smeigs]

Good idea..... Where should I start? 1. Frog Morton Cellar 2. Old Dog by McClelland 3. Legends Pipe Tobacco by McClelland 4. Squadron Leader 5. Dunhill Nightcap

 

[gnatjulio]

Black house, Frog Morton, Night Cap, Squadron Leader and Billy Budd.

 

[ram74]

I am really conflicted about this list since I have about 10-12 blends that I like about the same. But if I have to choose five here they are. These are not in any order, I like them all the same.
1. Margate

2. Star of the East Flake

3. Plum Pudding

4. Black House

5. Peretti's Royal Blend

 

[allan]

1. Dunhill EMP

2. Dunhill 965

3. Frog Morton Cellar
I have others, but for 'best' I'm still looking for 4 and 5

 

[judcole]

In no particular order
1. Peterson Old Dublin

2. McCranie Murdocks's Pipe

3. MacB HH Vintage Syrian

4. H&H Larry's Blend

5. SG Balkan Flake

 

[peckinpahhombre]

There really are only a handful of Latakia blends I smoke, which doesn't happen all that often.
Penzance

Nightcap

Blackhouse

Margate

EMP (I guess there's a little Latakia in there)

 

[mso489]

Dunhill 965, Dunhill Nightcap, Nat Sherman 536

 

[Perique]

Bump.
I'm not really a Lat smoker so I don't want to vote and skew the results. But great concept. I hope you keep these threads going.

 

[Dutch Pipe Smoker]

1. GL Pease Abingdon

2. HU Tobacco Olaf's Favourite English

3. Esoterica Penzance

4. GL Pease Lagonda

5. (the new) Balkan Sobranie Original Smoking Mixture

 

[captainsousie]

Ooh, this is tough.
1. And So To Bed-Esoterica

2. Nightcap-Dunhill

3. El Rincon De La Pipa #1-4noggins (less lat than the rest but one of my favorite lat smokes)

4. C&D Constellation

5. Squadron Leader-Samuel Gawith (old production, if available, edges it up a place)
The 3 that didn't make my top 5 are
6. McClelland Samovar

7. Penzance

8. Black House

 

[pipebow88]

1. Nightcap

2. Penzance

3. Frog morton on the two

4. Emp

5. Squadron leader

 

[kanaia]

1. Frog Morton

2. Lancers Slices

3. Old Dog

4. Black House

5. Magnum Opus

 

[flyguy]

1. Penzance

2. STM

3. Nightcap

4. CountrySide

5. 4noggins Britt's Balkin

 

[kcghost]

1. Frog Morton

2. Dunhill Nightcap

3. Frog Morton Cellar

4. Dunhill London Mixture

5. G.L. Pease Odyssey

 

[fnord]

Nightcap

Ten Russians

Larry's Blend

Penzance

Balkan Sasieni
Plum Pudding, Ten to Midnight, PS Proper English, Black House and Magnum Opus round out the Top Ten List.
Great thread, BTW.
Fnord

 

[easterntraveler]

From my understanding there are several frog morton blends. Can yoube specific with theblend please.

 

[jpberg]

Ten Russians

Old Ironsides

Penzance

Special Latakia Flake

Quiet Nights
These friggin top 5 are tough - top ten would be much easier.

 

[bigvan]

Celebrated Sovereign

Blue Mountain

British Woods

FM Cellar

3 Oaks Syrian
Yeah, I have a thing for McClelland's

 

[rcstan]

In no particular order
1. Balkan Sasieni

2. SG Commonwealth

3. SG Balkan Flake

4. Peterson Old Dublin

5. Charles Fairmorn Lancer's Slices