TobaccoReviews - Contents Question

[JohnMosesBrowning]

I didn't know where else to post this question, so "Tobacco Discussion" seemed as good a place as any.

On TobaccoReviews.com do you suppose they list the components in the order of Most ---> Least? I read them that way, like a food label. Whenever you pick up a food item and read the ingredients, you know that there's more of whatever's listed first than any other ingredient.

So if the Contents listed are "Burley, Kentucky, Virginia" is it fair to assume that there's more Burley than Kentucky, and more Kentucky than Virginia? Can we determine how much relative Latakia or Perique is in a blend by where they appear in the list of contents?

I feel like I'm hoping for too much here and I'm going to hear about it, lol.

 

[JohnMosesBrowning]

Ok, the answer has to be No, they do not list them in any particular order. Looking at the review for Old Gowrie, they list the contents as "Kentucky, Perique, Virginia." Certainly there is not more perique than Virginia in Old Gowrie. Bummer.

 

[Servant King]

It would seem they just list the contents alphabetically. I agree, it'd be more useful to do it in terms of quantity, most to least.

Meh. First world problems!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

And, most companies do not list all leaf used. As Jeremy Reeves pointed out in a thread months ago, many of what we think are pure Virginias, are not. Take that for what it is worth, but stuff printed on labels are more marketing than legal document.

 

[anotherbob]

Again to the legal bodies out there tobacco is either rustica or tabacum or something like that. Burly Va all the same to them. So it's what they want you to think about when you smoke the blend more then what's in it and what percentages.

 

[verporchting]

If that were true unicorn farts would be the first component for soooo many blends, otherwise the price and availability is inexplicable.

 

[Servant King]

If that were true unicorn farts would be the first component for soooo many blends, otherwise the price and availability is inexplicable.

We all miss the Syrian unicorn farts. Those Cyprian unicorns just don't cut the mustard, ya know? (but they do cut the cheese!)