I totally disagree that it just has a light honey topping, that sounds like you’re describing Solani 633 or maybe even PS Luxury Flake. PS Twist Flake has a very strong vanilla or as some describe it, coconut casing that is very much meant to be tasted in the smoke. I understand that one MUST always come in here and say that ALL tobaccos are cased and while that is true some are cased to amplify the natural flavors of a blend while others are clearly meant to be tasted along with the natural flavors of the leaf. Twist Flake has more than just a little honey topping, it’s very fragrantly obvious that it is flavored with vanilla/coconut whereas something like Full Virginia Flake is cased only to bring out the natural flavors of the leaf, I don’t taste any added flavors and I don’t think 99% of other pipe smokers taste any added flavors in FVF. But the difference is, that’s what FVF is going for, a pure tasting VA flake whereas Twist Flake is not going for that and that’s totally fine, I enjoy it every once in a blue moon. I for one would be upset is Mac Baren’s Pure VA Flake tasted like vanilla or anything else other than what I’ve come to expect from what we pipe smokers refer to as a natural or pure VA but you got it, even Pure VA Flake is cased with something, it’s just not tasted as an obvious flavoring agent.
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