Whatever the dark tobacco is it appears to have some crystallization. It looks like its the latakia but Im not sure. I believe its from 2020 the date code is 1089D121MAR. Got it at a local B&M late last year. Its goooood!
One Year Old Margate With Plume
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Because it’s actually aged before they blend it. ?
Several years ago I was looking and looking for Penzance and Stonehaven with zero luck but I found tons of other Esoterica blends dirt cheap, including bags of Margate.
Figured why not and bought a lot of most of the blends and a whole lot of Margate. Turned out I prefer Margate over Penzance anyway and I’ve got a lot of it for very little money. Go figure.
Seriously yummy stuff with some age on it.
Figured why not and bought a lot of most of the blends and a whole lot of Margate. Turned out I prefer Margate over Penzance anyway and I’ve got a lot of it for very little money. Go figure.
Seriously yummy stuff with some age on it.
The black stuff with white crud on it is pressed, blackened Virginia Cavendish. Every tin of Germain's tobacco I've opened has had that kind of plume, regardless of age.
The better word is bloom; "plume" is a cigar oriented term, and describes a shape, as in a plume of oil, algae, or smoke.
Why is it a better word? Tobacco plumes, a live organism blooms.
Smoking a pipe (or anything) can create a plume of smoke . That's a shape.
Bloom in pipe tobacco is usually spread through out, and seldom, if ever, creates a plume shape.
Bloom in pipe tobacco is usually spread through out, and seldom, if ever, creates a plume shape.
Plume and bloom are interchangeable terms regarding the crystal crud on tobacco. That's not changing anytime soon. The word plume comes from Latin pluma- down/feathers. And the specks of silvery white all over a flake could certainly be said to look like downy plumage. I hear more cigar guys saying bloom... most pipe smokers I've heard say plume, but I've also heard guys say it vice versa or even both ways in the same sentence. As long as we know you're talking about delicious aged tobacco crystals and not mold, who cares?
I also prefer Margate over Penzance. Margate seems less earthy/smoky, a little sweeter and more piquant flavors. Its more about the high notes and Penzance more about the depth. The shag cut probably has something to do with it.
I didn't think of Cavendish since its not listed but that actually makes sense
I've had freshly bought Germain's with plume. It's all in the aging before it reaches the tin.
A plume can also denote the feathery appearance of the crystals on the tobacco.
So is snorking but I've seen that on here quite often. Plume and bloom have always been interchangeable words but many would think of this when one says tobacco bloom.
A plume can also denote the feathery appearance of the crystals on the tobacco.
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Or mold. Don't forget aspergillus fungi, which adore cured tobacco. And before the reader recoils in horror, some strains of aspergillus have been studied and found to be very helpful in contributing to the proper aging of tobacco.
There are dozens of bacterias and funguses present on tobacco leaves. From what I've read, Aspergillus leads to rot and mold deterioration. Some microorganisms are beneficial to tobacco aging while others are not.
Characterization of the core microbiome in tobacco leaves during aging
Section 4, 4th paragraph
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