Blend: Cavendsih + Virginia + LatakiaType: Air Cured + Curly Cut
A "roll cake" tobacco, spun from well matured Virginia and Cavendish with a special touch of Latakia, bringing out a fresh and wonderful aroma.
"First of all, this isn't a bad tobacco. I've smoked some of it coming from my dealer in England and it is a highly enjoyable curly cut mixture with great looking flakes that burn very well if in the proper humidity level and inside a large bowl. It has great moments no doubt. Had it been sold under a different reference I'd surely be much more generous in my review.
However, it's perfectly clear that the "Latakia" description on the brand is a blatant misnomer. I am not an experienced smoker but my father is and I have great memories from some of the tobaccos he used to smoke - I being too young to even be able to hold one in my jaw - so I usually asked my father to let me smell the tins and feel the tobacco in my hand. I distinctly remember this blend as I still have a stack of old 1980s tins with me and the latakia was so pure and strong on that mixture that I get more scent of latakia from an empty 25-year-old tin than I get from a freshly open one today.
I've discussed this matter with my father upon stating my disappointment over the current blend being sold under this name: indeed there are dozens of reasons why this blend has suffered immensely from the passage of time. Had we known then that this once delicious and outstanding tobacco would become a mere shadow of itself, we would have stocked a thousand tins."
Bruno -TheDaillyPuffer
