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ARTOPUT

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I like pepper a lot with food and I hear Perique has a pepper taste. Not sure what blends to try to truly get a feel for the perique though. I like English blends thus far. But I want to try something that I know for sure I am tasting the perique but not overwhelming. What do you recommend in the way of a tin blend to experience perique? Look forward to your suggestions to help build a shopping list to try. My current all-day smoke is 306 English Oriental.
 

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KruegerFlap

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I too love blends with a pepper spice to them and have found C&D Exclusive to deliver it the most consistently. Some others that present it more often than not are C&D Three Friars, Daughters & Ryan S.J. Rimboche, Pipes And Cigars Anniversary Kake, and sometimes I just smoke a bowl of straight perique when I really gotta scratch that peppery itch. There are certainly other blends, these are just some I have tried and had luck with. Perique is fickle because it either delivers the stone fruit notes with little to no spice or it gives you deeper mushroom or truffle like notes with the spice, at least that's what I've experienced so far. Anniversary Kake I like because I notice the stone fruit spectrum with the black pepper spice.
 

ARTOPUT

Starting to Get Obsessed
Oct 25, 2022
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Bonners Ferry, Idaho
I too love blends with a pepper spice to them and have found C&D Exclusive to deliver it the most consistently. Some others that present it more often than not are C&D Three Friars, Daughters & Ryan S.J. Rimboche, Pipes And Cigars Anniversary Kake, and sometimes I just smoke a bowl of straight perique when I really gotta scratch that peppery itch. There are certainly other blends, these are just some I have tried and had luck with. Perique is fickle because it either delivers the stone fruit notes with little to no spice or it gives you deeper mushroom or truffle like notes with the spice, at least that's what I've experienced so far. Anniversary Kake I like because I notice the stone fruit spectrum with the black pepper spice.
I am trying C&D Happy Hour right now. The only thing the 100-mile-away local shop had in stock. I get a light taste of the Perique thus far. I think I will order some of the suggestions here from online and see further what I may like. Thank you and everyone that has provided feedback. The hunt continues. Much appreciated.
 
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futureman

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Other users have made good recommendations. For me, St. James Flake certainly has a peppery flavor. I think of it as "savory" and lightly sweet. Watch City's 558 (my current favorite) is sweeter; its spice is rather mild. Peterson's De Luxe Navy Rolls fall somewhere in the middle of these two flavor profiles.
 
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sablebrush52

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For a very straightforward Va/Per, look at either of the Daughters & Ryan Rimboche blends, SJ or AP. Rimboche SJ uses St James Parish perique, and AP uses Acadian Perique. Both are well made from quality ingredients and were created by Mark Ryan of La Poche. At $27.50 for a pound bag they represent an excellent value.
Also very good are Stratford, Fillmore, and Haddo's Delight, blended by G.L. Pease.
 

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Yes, Bayou Morning fits what you asked for. There is no subtlety about the "pepperyness" in this one. Many other blends have tamed the perique into behaving a bit more nicely.
 
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ARTOPUT

Starting to Get Obsessed
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Well, I got the C&D Bayou Morning and also the flake. Starting out with the Bayou morning blend and enjoying it much so thus far, will be interesting to compare it against the flake next. Thought I would smoke the full tin then move to flake and see the difference. Thanks, everyone for the suggestions. And thanks to the Racketeer B/M shop bringing it in for me to try.