I've been looking at this blend for some time now, and it seems pretty nice. What are your opinions regarding it?
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Mac Baren's Vanilla Roll Cake, Worth a Buy?
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What do you normally smoke and have you had their other vanilla blends.
The vanilla loose and flake are very vanilla cream. I think the loose tends to be a little sweeter.
In comparison, I put the vanilla roll cake like the others but with a gingerbread like spice I’m assuming from the DFK.
The vanilla loose and flake are very vanilla cream. I think the loose tends to be a little sweeter.
In comparison, I put the vanilla roll cake like the others but with a gingerbread like spice I’m assuming from the DFK.
I have had the vanilla flake, which I have tried a bit of. Didn't hate it, but didn't taste that much of anything of it. Now I feel that my palate is slowly evolving which is exciting, and I think I am ready for this.
I normally smoke VaPers and some Englishes. I love St Bruno
I usually see a tendency for non-regular aro smokers to enjoy the roll cake version. It’s a little bolder than the other two.
It’s a good smoke. I like it as a nice change of pace.
Love it. Toss up between this one and Drew Estate Grand Central as my favorite aro. The tin note alone is absolutely incredible.
Yeah, the tin note on the flake is gorgeous too. But how is the actual flavor on this one? I am expecting some more flavor from the DFK?
One of my favorites. I think the toppings are done very well and allows the tobacco to shine through in all the right spots. For me it is sweet, with the right amount of tang/grass from the Va's and some backbone from the Burley. Plenty of N for satisfaction, at least for me. Easy to pack and easy to smoke and hasn't bitten me yet.
Sorry, it seems to have burley. According to a review on tobaccoreviews it does, but that's probably wrong then?
I really enjoy this cake/coin. It packs well in multiple techniques. You can stack and pack on the fly because of the small size, or stack and rub it out for a nice quick aeration. Aerating it will allow the vanilla to mild a little too. It's a great smoke for pipers like me, who generally avoid aromatic tobaccos. Sometimes I do want that vanilla flavor, but not an overpowered vanilla missile. And the Burley shines in this with light vanilla and pleasant Virginias and cavendished Virginias.
They originally mistakenly listed DFK as an ingredient
I like it and have been smoking it regularly as my first or second bowl of the day. Pleasant topping flavors without totally dominating the tobacco.
Best tin note around, the smoke sadly doesn’t smell as good but it’s a solid smoke that is pleasing. Give it a go
I have tried several MC Baren vanilla blends and everytime I thought how awful it tasted...Smelled great but burned my tongue and I will never buy again...But somebody will like it ..everybody is different...
I'm normally a Virginia and a Balkan smoker, but I do also like the vanilla in a couple of crossover blends -- Northwoods and Whiskey Biscuit Gravy.
I've found Vanilla Roll Cake to be an extremely worthwhile smoke.
I don't taste the cavendish, as in anything else I've tried with Vanilla. It's a legitimate, high quality roll cake of Virginias with a bit of burley.
I typically dislike burley, but whatever I dislike about burley does not come through in this blend. There's a bit of nutty-smokiness that I can tell is burley, but it doesn't turn me off at all, in this one. And it's dominated by the Virginias anyway.
The vanilla is NOT like birthday-cake vanilla as in many vanilla blends. It's just like vanilla extract. Earthy vanilla. Vanilla scraped out of a vanilla pod, and un-sweetened.
The Vanilla somehow fully asserts itself without in any way masking the natural, grassy/nutty tobacco.
They partner side-by-side... not like 50/50, but like 100/100 (somehow).
I could see this being liked by VA smokers open to trying a natural flavoring, and I could likewise see this being liked by Aro smokers open to tasting real tobacco.
Probably one of those that everybody should try.
I've found Vanilla Roll Cake to be an extremely worthwhile smoke.
I don't taste the cavendish, as in anything else I've tried with Vanilla. It's a legitimate, high quality roll cake of Virginias with a bit of burley.
I typically dislike burley, but whatever I dislike about burley does not come through in this blend. There's a bit of nutty-smokiness that I can tell is burley, but it doesn't turn me off at all, in this one. And it's dominated by the Virginias anyway.
The vanilla is NOT like birthday-cake vanilla as in many vanilla blends. It's just like vanilla extract. Earthy vanilla. Vanilla scraped out of a vanilla pod, and un-sweetened.
The Vanilla somehow fully asserts itself without in any way masking the natural, grassy/nutty tobacco.
They partner side-by-side... not like 50/50, but like 100/100 (somehow).
I could see this being liked by VA smokers open to trying a natural flavoring, and I could likewise see this being liked by Aro smokers open to tasting real tobacco.
Probably one of those that everybody should try.