My Argentine Twist.

[Scottishgaucho]

This is the Argentine twist I smoke which is grown in the north of the country by growers who also cure and ferment it. It's a Criollo variety which is full of flavour and is mainly used for making snuff. I would say the closest to normal shop bought blends I've tried would be the Samuel Gawith ropes.

 

[cshubhra]

They look delicious!!!

 

[weezell]

Now...how do I get some?...

 

[hauntedmyst]

That does look fantastic!

 

[greeneyes]

The Brazilian varieties I've had are way too strong. That having been said perhaps it's time to revisit them. A family member is going down there in April or May and I'll have to ask her to visit the tobacco shop in the Central Market.

 

[americaman]

My family is from Argentina. Hook a fellow Argentine up!

 

[karam]

I wish there were more tobacco shops like that.

 

[Magpiety]

Criollo? Like the cattle horse? That's really interesting!

 

[Scottishgaucho]

The Brazilian varieties I've had are way too strong. That having been said perhaps it's time to revisit them. A family member is going down there in April or May and I'll have to ask her to visit the tobacco shop in the Central Market.

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I have tried a small length of twist from Brasil and was disappointed with it....it was low on strength and taste. To be fair I suspect it was meant to be smoked as a self rolled cigarette rather than in a pipe.
As your picture shows Brasil does have many different varieties of twist compared to Argentina so there must be some good ones out there more suited to pipe smoking. ?

 

[Scottishgaucho]

Criollo? Like the cattle horse? That's really interesting!

They also use the same variety of tobacco here for making Toscano type cigars. Very good they are too.

 

[Frozenoak]

Do they have a website? Do they ship to the US?

 

[weezell]

Send me in coach!...

 

[Scottishgaucho]

Do they have a website? Do they ship to the US?

I do apologise for replying late but I never saw your post until now. Sayri is the name of the company I buy it from.

Home_English – Sayri Tabacos

sayritabacos.com.ar

 

[puff_not_snuff]

I would really like to try the snuff.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Does anyone in the US have any recent experience with ordering this? I am sooooo tempted, but was wondering if there are issues with actually receiving it.

 

[FurCoat]

Would like to see some tobacconist's in the US try to supply rope tobacco

 

[puff_not_snuff]

Does anyone in the US have any recent experience with ordering this? I am sooooo tempted, but was wondering if there are issues with actually receiving it.

Order from where? That site isn't a sales portal.

 

[timt]

Would be nice.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Argentine twist...you mean the tango right?

 

[Scottishgaucho]

Order from where? That site isn't a sales portal.

Just send them an email. The chap I have dealt with in the past is French and speaks English.