Tinned Tobacco / Samuel Gawith / Balkan Flake Burnt Ends 8oz

Balkan Flake Burnt Ends 8oz Pipe Tobacco

Product Number: 003-059-0097

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Details

Strength:
3/5
Room Note:
3/5
Taste:
3/5
  • Components: Virginia, Latakia
  • Family: English
  • Cut: Flake

About This Pipe Tobacco

Samuel Gawith's Balkan Flake Burnt Ends is a pipe tobacco literally made from the end cuts of the blending house's celebrated Balkan Flake mixture. During the blend's heat-pressing process, the ends of the tobacco become denser, caramelizing the natural sugars and marrying the flavors in a new profound way. The result is a flake that acts more like a plug providing flavors with a much more intense, smoky, aged profile that accentuates the complex, campfire-like essence of Latakia.

About Samuel Gawith Pipe Tobacco

Samuel Gawith was the son-in-law of Thomas Harrison, a snuff manufacturer who moved his trade and equipment to Kendal, Cumbria, England from Scotland in 1792. Gawith inherited this equipment from Harrison, and the company has been crafting premium tobacco since, with one of Samuel's two sons continuing the brand while the other joined with Henry Hoggarth to establish Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Though offering separate blends, both brands remain forever linked and still share the same manufacturing facility in England's Lake District, utilizing processes and techniques that date to the brands' 1792 roots. In many of their mixtures, Samuel Gawith maintains the standards enforced by the United Kingdom's strict purity laws of the 19th and 20th centuries — such laws dictating how much and what type of flavorings could be added to pipe tobacco and ensuring that sub-quality leaf wasn't hidden under the veil of exorbitant toppings.

Customer Reviews

Overall Rating:
4.2
5 reviews
Delicious, but tougher to prepare than rope.
December 15, 2025
Product: Samuel Gawith Balkan Flake Burnt Ends 8oz
The flavor is caramelized, very sweet Virginias, with Latakia barely behind as the secondary player. Smoky, dark sugar. Really not a Balkan anymore. It’s wonderful, if simple. But these flakes are bricks. They stick together in some cases and won’t separate. Forget about rubbing them out. You’ll rub your finger skin off. Use a sharp knife and cube cut it, then clean and sharpen your knife afterwards. This would be an easy 5 star if not for the prep difficulty. If you dry it and cube cut it, it rewards you with a bite-free and smooth smoke. Despite this, it smokes very hot, very un-like the regular, cool-smoking Balkan Flake, so be careful not to smoke this in a cherished, high dollar briar. Medium strength and flavor. Got a coffee grinder just for this stuff, as suggested by another reviewer. It works well, so as promised, I upped my rating to a 5, despite this blend being a pain in the butt to smoke....Read More
Sweet and smooth
July 20, 2024
Product: Samuel Gawith Balkan Flake Burnt Ends 8oz
This comes in thick, moist, dense, fragrant plugs of natural dark brown tobacco that look like whole leaves pressed together, steamed and cut. Smells great in the pack: I get scents of leather and earth. You'll need a sharp knife to slice it into small "cube cuts". It is difficult to rub out into ribbons by hand, and I eventually used my coffee grinder to do the job. This blend smokes cool, sweet, flavorful, and delicious, producing billows of thick, sweet smoke. I can easily taste the sweet, fruity Virginia, the flavor reminds me of sweet corn; but very little of the woody, smoky Latakia. It does require some attention to cadence so it won't bite you, and I needed to do a number of relights. I'll try drying it out next time and see what happens. Nicotine level is mid to high. Overall, a great experience!...Read More
Sweet
June 19, 2024
Product: Samuel Gawith Balkan Flake Burnt Ends 8oz
I find this burnt ends version much much sweeter than the regular flake. The mouthfeel is very oily and thick. It feels like smoking a caramelized version of Full Virginia flake with a healthy dose of Latakia. Very good!
SG的热压工艺
January 09, 2025
Product: Samuel Gawith Balkan Flake Burnt Ends 8oz
这个不是边角料,是热压工艺制作的烟草,请参考黄棉花
边角料好抽吗
June 15, 2024
Product: Samuel Gawith Balkan Flake Burnt Ends 8oz
边角料比正版好抽吗