This is a request from Latakiaphiles...
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I've had about half of them. Haven't really had a bad one so far but these are the three that made it into the permanent rotation:
Kensington - kind of a sleeper hit for me. Lighter on the Latakia than most of his, but it's still unmistakably present. Great for early in the day.
Meridian - I'd put it in the light to medium category alongside Skiff Mixture or Squadron Leader. A great mid-day smoke.
Gaslight - This one's pretty full. Rich, smokey, complex, and a little sweeter than a lot of other lat heavy blends. Great for the evening.
Depending on what you're looking for, there's a full list on the page below. About halfway down, he breaks the lat blends into lighter and fuller groups.
Kensington - kind of a sleeper hit for me. Lighter on the Latakia than most of his, but it's still unmistakably present. Great for early in the day.
Meridian - I'd put it in the light to medium category alongside Skiff Mixture or Squadron Leader. A great mid-day smoke.
Gaslight - This one's pretty full. Rich, smokey, complex, and a little sweeter than a lot of other lat heavy blends. Great for the evening.
Depending on what you're looking for, there's a full list on the page below. About halfway down, he breaks the lat blends into lighter and fuller groups.
G. L. Pease Tobaccos - The Unabridged List
www.glpease.com
Westminster, for me, is a great English blend. Very smooth from start to finish.
Gl Pease Quiet Nights is a top notch Lat blend with a lot of added complexity from the Orientals.
Abingdon, Odyssey, Charing Cross, earlier but superlative Pease blends seemingly unfamiliar to many folks here.
Yeah, if you haven't had any Pease lat blends before, Westminster might be the best starting place actually. It sort of sits right in the middle of them all so it's a great jumping off point to the other blends. And quite a lot of people know it well, so it'll provide a good reference point for when you ask "I'm looking for something like Westminster, but (sweeter, lighter, smokier, etc...)."
Westminster and Quiet Nights are my go to Latakia blends from GLP.
Quiet Nights ages magnificently IMO. The Lat settles in and the whole blend becomes a harmonious smoke with tons of complexity. My cellared tins start around 6yrs old at this point, so I'll always have aged QN when I want it.
Westminster is a great all day English that just smokes great.
Quiet Nights ages magnificently IMO. The Lat settles in and the whole blend becomes a harmonious smoke with tons of complexity. My cellared tins start around 6yrs old at this point, so I'll always have aged QN when I want it.
Westminster is a great all day English that just smokes great.
Quiet Nights for sure, Westminster and Gaslight. That's all I have tried so far though, I am sure most of the others are also great.
Chelsea Morning is a great morning blend with coffee and either Quiet Nights, Spark Plug or Gaslight are great on cool/cold evenings.
Can't go wrong with GLP lat blends. I like the ones released earlier. Not sure why, but there's more nuance to those that seems to be little less in newer releases. Odyssey, Westminster, Meridian, Charing Cross.. They are all good.