Six months or so in the cellar really improves this blend.
Virginia taste
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I can tell you it doesn't taste like a virgin.
Aged virgins are the worst. Taste like missed opportunity, loneliness, and old unread books.
Like maybe…… Three Nuns?Aged virgins are the worst. Taste like missed opportunity, loneliness, and old unread books.
I’m going straight to hell like a barrel full of nails. —I’ll hold out a few pieces of palm, for wind resistance, to slow my descent.
Another vote for Orlik Golden Sliced. It's one Va that I could smoke all day.
Generally speaking I find that Virginia blends taste better with a touch of added Burley.
Like Comoys Spiced Virginia Cask #9 for example [Which like OGS also has a very light topping]
Generally speaking I find that Virginia blends taste better with a touch of added Burley.
Like Comoys Spiced Virginia Cask #9 for example [Which like OGS also has a very light topping]
Orlik Golden Sliced is what helped me “taste” Virginia’s. It’s got a subtle bergomot-like top note which helped my palate pick up on the citrus aspects of a VA. It’s a great blend to start with and it’s one that seasoned pipe smokers love too. I highly recommend it if you’re learning how to taste VA’s.
Virginias are by far my favorite genre of tobacco, but they can be a little fussy sometimes. As mentioned, smoke slowly.
I generally find that first 1/4 or 1/5 of a bowl of Virginia can be a little underwhelming. Thin, a touch acrid. But give it a chance and the flavor will really open up. The bottom half of a bowl of Virginia will pick up a dark sweetness, like brown sugar, caramel or even toffee. Properly drying the tobacco and smoking slowly should let you enjoy that bottom half fully, without fighting through a wad of wet dottle
I generally find that first 1/4 or 1/5 of a bowl of Virginia can be a little underwhelming. Thin, a touch acrid. But give it a chance and the flavor will really open up. The bottom half of a bowl of Virginia will pick up a dark sweetness, like brown sugar, caramel or even toffee. Properly drying the tobacco and smoking slowly should let you enjoy that bottom half fully, without fighting through a wad of wet dottle
Based on the recommendations in this thread, I've ordered some HH Pure Virginia for my introduction into this type of tobacco. (I also bought their Latakia Flake, Burley Flake, and Old Dark Fired out of curiosity.)
Now I need to learn how to stuff flake tobacco...
Now I need to learn how to stuff flake tobacco...
Umm I've included a link to a video inside your quote there @jeffc so click to expand (above post) and it will come up.
Video of Per George Jensen from Mac Baren
Video of Per George Jensen from Mac Baren
If you have trouble with the fold and stuff method for flakes other options include rubbing out the flake, cube cut or 1 or 2 second buzz in a small food processor. All these methods are documented on the forum if you do a search.
yeah they kind of remind me of cookies that way. All sugar cookies are sugar cookies and generally very similar but those little differences are subtle but genuinely huge. And the only way to dial in ones favorites is to try them till you say I don't want to not have this particular tobacco around.
At the recommendation of a member, I tried Amphora Virginia.
Decent priced broken Virginia flake in a pouch. Just a good, solid Virginia tobacco and heard it gets better with about 6 months of age.
I'm not in the market for sampling a lot more blends but am intrigued about the Amphora sampler.
Decent priced broken Virginia flake in a pouch. Just a good, solid Virginia tobacco and heard it gets better with about 6 months of age.
I'm not in the market for sampling a lot more blends but am intrigued about the Amphora sampler.
Just bought me a pouch of this on the recommendation of several people here. Here's hoping I like it!
Some good places to start are Orlik, Newminster 400, and Yorktown by Cornell and Diehl. These are some of the most mild straight virginias and quite popular for good reason.