Your Hidden Gem Tobaccos! Time to Share ‘Em.

[sablebrush52]

And even if they were, it's not as if they aren't hoarding and/or scalping enough already!

I would agree with that if the subject was about "the usual suspects", but this is about good blends that don't get attention and aren't "stars". A topic we happily used to share about here. Scalpers prices are reserved for a relatively few star blends lusted over by idiots. Your beloved "Joisey Spaghetti with Meat Sauce", "Autumn Armpit", or "Smegma Deluxe Crumb Cut" ain't never gonna qualify.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

I would agree with that if the subject was about "the usual suspects", but this is about good blends that don't get attention and aren't "stars". A topic we happily used to share about here. Scalpers prices are reserved for a relatively few star blends lusted over by idiots. Your beloved "Joisey Spaghetti with Meat Sauce", "Autumn Armpit", or "Smegma Deluxe Crumb Cut" ain't never gonna qualify.

The Smegma Deluxe isn't nearly as creamy and pungent since switching to it's current blender.

 

[diamondback]

I never fail to be surprised by all the blends I’ve yet to try. I’ll look around in my cellar and think “Nice! It’s reasonably wide and approaching the depth I want.”

Then in a thread like this I’m reminded that I’m dwarfed by what I don’t even know about! Which is a good thing.

 

[wolflarsen]

I don't see a need for anybody to be greedy and/or paranoid about this, particularly those sitting on a decent cellar. At a minimum there are easily several hundred fantastic tobaccos out there that can be purchased nearly every day of the year in any reasonable quantity desired. The problem for me is finding the time to regularly enjoy my favorites while also exploring the vast abundance of interesting blends I'd like to try. Getting my hands on something to put in my pipe that will surely satisfy is a complete and total non issue. This is the golden age of pipe tobacco. Enjoy and be content. Glass half full. Life is good. Thanks to those who shared.

 

[mso489]

Much of what I smoke are blends that haven't received any raves on Forums, not because I ignore suggestions, recommendations, and reviews, but because I shop by considering the constituent tobaccos and trying those that sound appealing to my tastes. A few I haven't heard discussed much are:

PS Amsterdam
Iwan Ries Three Star Blue
C&D Tuggle Hall
PC Home and Hearth Midtown blend Chestnut
Briar Works Country Lawyer
Spilman Mixture

There are a number of others, but that's a sampling. Alternately, blends I've selected from Forums prompts include GLP Haddo's Delight, Mixture No. 79, Black Frigate, and Edward G. Robinson, but there are a number of others.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Yeh, my experience with this type of thing was a few years ago, you could find Astley 109 everywhere. It was never out of stock. I posted about it being the first Virginia to give me that "Aha!" moment of "getting" the flavors of Virginias. And, within a week, no one had Astleys 109 in stock, and I have yet to see it come back to where it was before I opened my mouth.
Coincidence? maybe... I just started smoking 44 instead, because it was always in stock also... But, then Harris started listing Astley's 44 as a great Virginia... Look for either of those. You'll see what I mean.

 

[danimalia]

I'll generally share what I like because I want others to have the same chance to enjoy the same pleasures I get from certain blends. The scalpers and hoarders are going to do their thing, and while it frustrates me, I doubt there's any secrets left.

I don't know if these are hidden gems, but I think they're great and they don't pop up a lot in discussions as far as I can tell

Watch City Flake #558 and Old Dominion
GLP Embarcadero
C&D Oak Alley

 

[Akousticplyr]

Autumn Armpit. Now that's funny. Is it by Captain Black or C&D?

I think Country Squire's Honey Rose is a sleeper hit. Surprised it's not mentioned more.

My gem right now is Country Squire's Old Toby. Can't get enough of that stuff. Not subtle at all, but that's the point. It's not an aro...it's an ARO!

 

[creole]

It’s not hidden but it’s not obsessed over either - GL Pease Fillmore. I find it a very satisfying Virginia/Perique with a nearly imperceptible (to me) touch of latakia.

 

[diamondback]

There have been quite a few mentions here that I simply must try:

• C&D Yorktown (this has been on the list for a while)
• C&D Briar Fox
• Dunhill Dark Flake
• SPC Deception Pass
• more of the Watch City blends...

 

[Chasing Embers]

Mixture 79 and Holly's Non Plus Ultra

Nope, I've shared those and gotten several people to enjoy 79.?

 

[prairiedruid]

Drew Estate's Gatsby Flake.....it's discontinued but I found some this week at B&M using google and my phone.

 

[gamzultovah]

I don't see a need for anybody to be greedy and/or paranoid about this, particularly those sitting on a decent cellar. At a minimum there are easily several hundred fantastic tobaccos out there that can be purchased nearly every day of the year in any reasonable quantity desired. The problem for me is finding the time to regularly enjoy my favorites while also exploring the vast abundance of interesting blends I'd like to try. Getting my hands on something to put in my pipe that will surely satisfy is a complete and total non issue. This is the golden age of pipe tobacco. Enjoy and be content. Glass half full. Life is good. Thanks to those who shared.

Hear, hear!!!

 

[grumpyoltroll]

Drew Estate's Gatsby Flake.....it's discontinued but I found some this week at B&M using google and my phone.

No kidding, great job and I agree that Gatsby Flake is a good one.

Someone already mentioned it and it has great reviews but is not talked about much and that is H&H Viprati.

 

[briarbuck]

It rimes with Pir Hans Blake

 

[dcon]

The part of me that seeks affirmation for my believed good taste conflicts with my desire to continue to stock my ‘favorites’ deeper. I don’t see these mentioned (really, ever) and I continue to hoard (I mean cellar) these.
VaPer- Castello Fiammata
Balkan - Sutliff Balkan II
VA - 4th Generation 1855

If these proceed to disappear, it will be the last time that I put vanity ahead of charity ?

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

Samuel Gawith Sam’s Flake. Pretty much stays in stock longer than other Gawith tins (not available in boxes in the US.) Available now at CupoJoes, Iwan Ries, Tobacco Pipes, perhaps others. I have, in some people’s opinions, plenty, but I usually add 5 or 10 tins at each drop, so I have mixed feelings about sharing.

 

[didimauw]

I talk about my favorite blend often. But when directly asked about it, I don't wanna share. Secret....

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I talk about my favorite blend often. But when directly asked about it, I don't wanna share. Secret....

Oh come on, Didi... we all know you are a Mixture 79 guy. No reason to be shy.

 

[prairiedruid]

Just openned a tin of H&H El Nino and realized it fits in this thread.