What was your worst tasting tobacco?
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There is only one hated blend for me: 1792 Flake.
I do not like Latakia, but I could still appreciate plenty about the various English blends I tried. But 1792 Flake was instant and undying hate on my part. But there’s that much more for the people who love it.
I do not like Latakia, but I could still appreciate plenty about the various English blends I tried. But 1792 Flake was instant and undying hate on my part. But there’s that much more for the people who love it.
As autumnfog says,
That was an unfortunate deal-breaker on BlackHouse and 1882 Founder's, both of which I tried very hard to like.
Also, the latest incarnations of BB1938 and London Mixture had to be gone from my sight, along with F&T Waterloo #2.
McClelland's Syrian Full Balkan, to my grave disappointment, I found unsmokable.
And Rainier Levant, Hood Canal and HH Latakia Flake.
It's all subjective.
That was an unfortunate deal-breaker on BlackHouse and 1882 Founder's, both of which I tried very hard to like.
Also, the latest incarnations of BB1938 and London Mixture had to be gone from my sight, along with F&T Waterloo #2.
McClelland's Syrian Full Balkan, to my grave disappointment, I found unsmokable.
And Rainier Levant, Hood Canal and HH Latakia Flake.
It's all subjective.
In my fairly short pipe smoking journey, I've only tried two cheaper, OTC blends--Prince Albert and Carter Hall, and I liked them both (actually, I love PA.)
Of all the others I've tried (25+, which covered a range of aromatics, English, and Virginia blends), some I liked more than others, and a few bothered my throat--but I don't know that I've found any of them objectively bad tasting.
Of all the others I've tried (25+, which covered a range of aromatics, English, and Virginia blends), some I liked more than others, and a few bothered my throat--but I don't know that I've found any of them objectively bad tasting.
At the risk of being burned at the stake : Dunhill's EMP .
It made me feel nauseous and my pipe smelled like sewer for days, even after multiple cleaning.Yuk.
It made me feel nauseous and my pipe smelled like sewer for days, even after multiple cleaning.Yuk.
Peterson's Irish Whiskey. The shallow whiskeyey sweetness paired with the flavor of burned nuts. Not for me.
And of course Grousemoor, but that one doesn't count as a tobacco.
And of course Grousemoor, but that one doesn't count as a tobacco.
Crooner. I wanted to like it badly as I'm a big "Bing" fan. But, it makes me want to hurl. Must be the deer tongue.
Yeh, you know, I tried and rejected Grousemoor early on in my piping, but then in hearing Embers and a few others talking about it, I thought that I would give it a try again. I'm pretty sure that it's not tobacco, but some sort of sadistic herbal torturing device.
3rd or 4th for Mixture 79. Had a baggie full in my car on a sunny day and it took weeks to get rid of the lingering odor. Ugh.
Off the top of my head of the more well known brands, Middleton cherry, BR cherry (and their other offerings) , and paladen cherry are all tied for worst. Those 3 specially taste like someone took floor scrapings, poured chery cough syrup on them and splashed in a nice perfume /chemicals and called it a day. I dont know how anyone could enjoy them, but they must have a following?
In the last five years the only thing that was bad enough to throw out was John Bull. I tried several times over a period of of about six months and each attempt was worse than the previous.
I just couldn’t get over the metallic chemical taste.
I just couldn’t get over the metallic chemical taste.
C&D Poplar Camp. I did not like how spicy it was. However, like others have said, it all comes down to personal taste.
War Horse Green. Lots of people love it, and I want to love it, but dear god just no. To me it tastes like a half smoked cigarette that sat in a wet ashtray for a week, with a faint hint of stale bubblegum. Bleh.
A lifetime ago when I was but an ignorant undergraduate I sampled Clan.
I thought I had poured perfumed petrol on my tongue and set it alight.
Hideous.
And yet it remains one of the best selling blends in Europe. The Germans in particular are most fond of it.
De gustibus.
I thought I had poured perfumed petrol on my tongue and set it alight.
Hideous.
And yet it remains one of the best selling blends in Europe. The Germans in particular are most fond of it.
De gustibus.
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