Why is it so hard? You would think with the popularity of that flavor that somebody would be filling that hole in the market…Does anybody have any pointers as to how to get that flavor stateside?
Trying to get French Pipe Tobacco like Gauloises
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well first Gauloises is Gauloises but dark fired something might be your best bet. But somethings are one of a kind.
Sounds like they make or made a bulk or pipe tobacco, this guy mentions it separately from the cigarettes:
www.tobaccoreviews.com
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Kretek used to import their RYO product and it was fantastic. I have no idea about its current status
Yes I’ve actually seen some guys trying to make a recipe on another forum but when I was in Germany I bought some tobacco and it was much like Gauloises just super dark and earthy shag wondering if there is something I can get if there is a genre I just don’t know about. Seems there would be something comparable in a tin for those who like that stuff
Yes I’ve searched for it seems like a unicorn also just caporal tobacco everyone quit making it , or at least I can find it…Sounds like they make or made a bulk or pipe tobacco, this guy mentions it separately from the cigarettes:
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Mac Baren has
Caporal Export | Mac Baren Tobacco Company
Caporal Export is a quality tobacco blend made using the best ingredients to ensure a great smoking experience. Discover Caporal Export.
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Caporal Coupe Fine | Mac Baren Tobacco Company
Caporal Coupe Fine is a quality tobacco blend made using the best ingredients to ensure a great smoking experience. Discover Caporal Coupe Fine.
mac-baren.com
You could write them about retailers. Also search prior forums for whole leaf retailers, they might carry it. May have to order from Europe.
Yes I wrote them to no avail , feel it’s discontinued,as I see no way to purchase it , I appreciate your efforts. Here is a recipe but I bet there is some cigar leaf in there too.Mac Baren has
AndCaporal Export | Mac Baren Tobacco Company
Caporal Export is a quality tobacco blend made using the best ingredients to ensure a great smoking experience. Discover Caporal Export.
Caporal Coupe Fine | Mac Baren Tobacco Company
Caporal Coupe Fine is a quality tobacco blend made using the best ingredients to ensure a great smoking experience. Discover Caporal Coupe Fine.
You could write them about retailers. Also search prior forums for whole leaf retailers, they might carry it. May have to order from Europe.
it.
4g Virginia Bright Leaf air cured
2g WLT Virginia 1st Priming
4g One Sucker
1g WLT Prilep
0.5g Latakia.
You might have to blend your own, but they might have proprietary casings or toppings. You could ask a moderator to change the thread title to 'Searching for Caporal Tobacco', or start a new one. You can DM the moderator, find out who is online by going to the forum page and scroll down, on the left the moderator will be listed above the members online:
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The nearest I think I've got is dark fired or dark virginias (of the Malawi variety), but to be honest, there is nothing quite like Gauloises/Gitanes.
From Wiki:
"Gauloises (pronounced [ɡo.lwaz], "Gaulish" [feminine plural] in French; cigarette is a feminine noun in French), is a brand of cigarette of French origin. It is produced by the company Imperial Tobaccofollowing its acquisition of Altadis in January 2008 in most countries, but produced and sold by Reemtsma in Germany.[citation needed] Until 2017 the cigarette was manufactured at a plant in Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, in France, but they are now manufactured in Poland."
"Gauloises (pronounced [ɡo.lwaz], "Gaulish" [feminine plural] in French; cigarette is a feminine noun in French), is a brand of cigarette of French origin. It is produced by the company Imperial Tobaccofollowing its acquisition of Altadis in January 2008 in most countries, but produced and sold by Reemtsma in Germany.[citation needed] Until 2017 the cigarette was manufactured at a plant in Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, in France, but they are now manufactured in Poland."
When I was into RYO, I remember reading someone compare Daughters & Ryan Ryback to Gauloises. I have no idea, since I never had Gauloises, but Ryback was kind of a halfzware shag, but maybe with a bit less casing or flavoring than Bali Shag, Stokkebye Amsterdam, Drum, etc... Not that those tasted like aromatics or anything but maybe you can imagine what I mean. Kind of like Jackknife Plug as compared to Old Dark Fired...
I also really like Gawith, Hogarth & Co. shags with fired cured leaf like Kendal Kentucky, Kendal Dark and Dark Birdseye.
Anyway, I don't actually know that Ryback is still available, but might be worth a try, and if you come up on any Gauloises, please let me know, I'd love to try it.
I also really like Gawith, Hogarth & Co. shags with fired cured leaf like Kendal Kentucky, Kendal Dark and Dark Birdseye.
Anyway, I don't actually know that Ryback is still available, but might be worth a try, and if you come up on any Gauloises, please let me know, I'd love to try it.