The only Grand Oriental I hadn't tried yet. Always looked forward to the single whole leaf on top - finally!
Smells pretty good too..
Smells pretty good too..
Opening A Tin? Show Us!
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Yep! It's my 313 prince. Love that pipe.
It has darkened a bunch, too. It's always striking to hold it up next to my first pictures of the thing.
That looks great. I think they were inspired by the old State Express London Mixture which had a whole oriental leaf laid across the top like that. I have an old empty tin that still has the leaf in it. Cheers.
Drucquer&Sons Levant, my favorite Drucquer blend and one of the best Pease blends. This one is spicy and sweet-a kaleidescope of flavors.
As I was inordinately jealous of all of you who got to enjoy the Chicago show, and as I was passing close to where he lives, @simong and I met up to open some interesting tins, as well as looking at some pipes, catalogues and other bits and pieces (and, of course, have some beers).
Velvan Plug:
E. A. Carey's Dark Flake:
An Irish tin of Peterson's Irish Oak:
Last but not least, a tin I had my doubts about - Fryer's Special Smokynge Mixture. Fortunately the inside of the tin was spotless!
I even couldn't resist having a roll-up of it:
A great day out with some great pubs, and great beers, some fantastic smokes and most importantly excellent company!
Velvan Plug:
E. A. Carey's Dark Flake:
An Irish tin of Peterson's Irish Oak:
Last but not least, a tin I had my doubts about - Fryer's Special Smokynge Mixture. Fortunately the inside of the tin was spotless!
I even couldn't resist having a roll-up of it:
A great day out with some great pubs, and great beers, some fantastic smokes and most importantly excellent company!
I've got a 200g can of that in the cellar, waiting for its turn. Looking forward to it!
Amazing stuff. What did that Fryer's taste like? Cheers.
Very intrigued by this photo of Levant Mixture. I've never had it but I spot a lot of nice Oriental in that mix so it makes me want to try it as I like Oriental forward Balkans. Have to add it to my next order.
I doubt you will be disappointed if you like a heavy English. This and Charing Cross are my Pease favorites.
The order just arrived. I just opened the Peterson De Luxe Navy Rolls. Tin date December 2022.
I have to finish with Bengal Slices and G.L. Pease Triple Play first. And then I'll start with DLNR.
I have to finish with Bengal Slices and G.L. Pease Triple Play first. And then I'll start with DLNR.
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Whoa! DLNR without the cavendish center? Am I seeing that correctly?
Nice!
Did you open the tin?
Did you take pics of the open tin?
Wanna show us?
After all, this is the “Opening A Tin? Show Us!” thread.
This is old version from Dunhill. There no Cavendish in center.
Tin from 2007 (post from another forum user).
Tin from 2007 (post from another forum user).
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The DLNR contains only Virginia and perique. It doesn't have Cavendish. And I think it's always been that way.
I think you're right, Davidoff Flake medallions have a Cavendish centre.
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Hopefully I was just unlucky…