Overrated Blends?

[slavman68]

What blends just didn't live up to the hype for you? For me it was Carolinia Red Flake 2022 by Cornell & Diehl. It was my first year trying it and it smells better than it tastes. Lots of Virginias are way better.

 

[FLDRD]

Briar Fox

 

[fireground_piper]

All of them. One man’s unicorn is another’s trash filler. It really is kind of a crap shoot, never know till you try.

 

[Peter Turbo]

SPC Plum Pudding
SPC Hogshead
Erinmore Flake
WCC Rouxgaroux
McClelland Frog Morton (Original)

......I could go on, but, I wont.

 

[mtwaller]

I’ve never understood the appeal of Presbyterian

 

[workman]

Marlin Flake. Hot air with perique.

 

[sablebrush52]

We already have an ongoing thread on this. I do wonder how many of these disappointments are more a matter of operator error than any sort of fault with the blend in question.
The one's that I dislike, I dislike because after wide experimentation with moisture levels, packing, chamber shapes and sizes, they still taste like crap to me. Even then it's not the fault of the blend. There's no fault involved. It's individual taste.

 

[Bobby Bailey]

Presbyterian, Capstan, and Edward G Robinson.

 

[Servant King]

Sable pretty much nailed it; the subjective nature of individual taste ostensibly makes it a futile (and therefore, erroneous) endeavor to cast aspersions on the blend itself, whatever it may be.

 

[kurtbob]

We already have an ongoing thread on this. I do wonder how many of these disappointments are more a matter of operator error than any sort of fault with the blend in question.
The one's that I dislike, I dislike because after wide experimentation with moisture levels, packing, chamber shapes and sizes, they still taste like crap to me. Even then it's not the fault of the blend. There's no fault involved. It's individual taste.

Well said sir.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

All Esoterica blends are over rated IMHO.

 

[vosBghos]

I’ve never understood the appeal of Presbyterian

Felt this way myself then came back to it after a few months in the jar, and getting tired of my usual EMP , tried it with coffee and it opened up quite nicely , now it’s in the morning rotation…

 

[judcole]

Sable nailed it. It's all subjective. No more need be said.

 

[SBC]

Subjectivity notwithstanding, I'll agree on Presbyterian. The popularity just had me expecting something less boring.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I think that it's great to talk about blends that we don't like. Many of my favorites are listed here. But, I am always amazed that people get so offended by these sorts of threads. Feel free to hate absolutely every one of the blends that I love. Maybe people will buy less of them, and it will be more readily available.

Peter Stokkebye's flakes, blech... don't buy them.

 

[kola]

Opinions are just that. They most often have some value. Or not. I like to hear what other people think. And not get all butt-hurt if I don't agree with them. WTF happened to "men' lately? Maybe too many wearing those skinny jeans.

Overated blend/s ? Esoterica. ALL OF THEM !!!

and that crappy version of Balkan Sobranie. (should be re-labeld as Horse Manure)

 

[Infantry23]

I'm pretty easy going with almost all blends, but I've not had a good experience with Haunted Bookshop in a long time. Maybe ever?

 

[mso489]

My experience with blends has been pretty dynamic, by which I mean, blends I that have been harsh or not tasty in the first three bowls, over time or after being put aside, have come back as decidedly good on a later sampling. And some blends that have been a real pleasure have sometimes not worn well. I think most blends improve with some time to learn about them. I think sometimes a long vacation from a blend allows me to figure it out so when I go back to it, it makes perfect sense, far fetched as that may sound.

Taste and olfactory (smell) experiences are complex and involve a learning experience, like learning to enjoy coffee as a young person.

 

[DanWil84]

Like some said, all subjective. Some say presbyterian isn't liked by them, don't listen to them, that blend is delish with the for me perfect virginia to oriental to latakia ratio.

I never got along with Macbarren Virginia #1.

 

[Architeuthis]

Sable pretty much nailed it; the subjective nature of individual taste ostensibly makes it a futile (and therefore, erroneous) endeavor to cast aspersions on the blend itself, whatever it may be.

I don't know, man. I'm going to stick with casting aspersions on Borkum Riff Whiskey. That stuff is wretched.