Reviews
Date Added: Thursday 08 November, 2007
San Cristobal El Principe Cigar - 1 Single
by ArchivedCgarsReviews
Fantastic looking little number. Dark, sweet smelling, enticing. But thats where the pleasure stopped. Robust to say the least, kicked my ass and then went bitter on me half way down. Id buy them just for their looks though.
written by asgard
Date Added: Monday 29 June, 2015
Solani Festival Pipe Tobacco 50g Tin
by Staff
On opening the sample, your senses are immediately inundated by the aromatic aroma of plums, which gives you a good guide of treats to come. The tobacco is in coarse cut form, and the mix of the different tobacco leaf of black Cavendish---burley & Virginia looks very attractive, and in my sample had just the right moisture content. I found that it helps if you choose the correct size pipe, for using a small bowl makes the blend smoking experience slightly sharp on first lighting, so use a larger bowl to allow the blend to burn better, giving a smoother smoking experience. Try also moving between a briar pipe and a meerschaum, as the meerschaum adds a little extra to the overall experience, as a briar burns hotter with this blend. A cooler smoke allows the tobacco blenders art to come to its true fruition.
Using a meerschaum for my sampling, I found the following;
Strength; Mild to Medium.
Burning; Slow and cool.
Taste; A very pleasant plum like taste, with overtones hints from the mix of black Cavendish and Burley, of spicy nuts.
Date Added: Monday 29 June, 2015
Appearance; A close cut flake, very easy to break down in the hand resulting in a nice flake, easy to place in the pipe. Aroma; [before smoking] = pleasantly nutty. Smoking is as folows; A very deep and extremely pleasant taste from the mature Burley tobacco, with a hint of nuts, sweet after tastes and a hint of faint background spice. Cool and slow burning, if correctly packed into a briar pipe. [Note; if packed too tight, it will not burn smoothly, resulting in clinkers, however, if packed correctly, will burn to a white ash] Strength; Medium to strong [dependant on the experience of the smoker] Overall impression; An excellent Pipe Tobacco showing the best of the tobacco blenders art. Recommended for experienced Pipe Smokers only.
Alfie - Turmeaus Liverpool
Date Added: Friday 10 October, 2014
When I first smoked this I found it quite tame and the cherry and tobacco flavours were quite subtle. I tried it again a few weeks later and had quite a shock of how flavoured it had become, a new burst of cherry came through and the smoke was delightful. This is a really nice tobacco but I would recommend leaving it for a few weeks once opened to really get a full flavour.
Date Added: Thursday 09 October, 2014
This is easily one of my favourite tobaccos, the smell is quite overwhelming but when you start smoking you get a dark, dry taste with a hint of fruit. It was a smooth and delightful smoke and I will have to try this one again.
Date Added: Wednesday 08 October, 2014
This tobacco doesn't have the strongest flavour but when it comes to a smooth smoke this is definitely the one to turn to. The subtle vanilla flavour really adds to such a smooth smoke allowing this to be a tobacco which can be enjoyed at any time of day.
