I’m thinking about buying some of that blend. The high Perique content piqued my interest.
How do you like it?
It’s good, not nearly as strong as you might think. Solid medium in that category. Perique leads the way of course but the VAs start to assert themselves in the second third of the bowl and firm up in the bottom third. Gets smoother, sweeter, rounder as you smoke down the bowl. This level of perique leaves the usual stewed fruit vs spice question aside, it’s neither. More earthy, mushroomy, barnyardy. It’s a very moist blend, I dried it for 40 minutes and that wasn’t enough- I’ll do an hour and a half next time.