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Rattray's - Dark Fragrant 500g
An excellent blend
An excellent tobacco that is smooth, subtly sweet, and fragrant. The flavor profile changes slightly depending on which pipe I use, with some pipes highlighting the toasted sweetness, and others bringing out more of the perique and a bit of tanginess from the Virginias. It comes quite moist, so let it dry a bit. Note: The blend components listed are a bit misleading. It doesn't contain Virginia and Cavendish as separate components. It is an English Cavendish, which is bright Virginia stoved and/or steamed and pressed until black, blended with Perique.
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The Mystery of Balkan Blends
- ► A little late to the game here, but I'd like to point out that only the East Thrace portion of Turky is part of the Balkan Peninsula. The rest of Turkey comprises the entirety of the Anatolian Peninsula (Asia Minor). Because of this, I wouldn't consider Izmir, Samsun, and other tobaccos from Turkey to be "Balkan" tobaccos.
A Closer Look at Flue-Cured Tobacco- ► One of Slade's "workers"? SP has another arictle about flue cured tobacco, from 2020, that also refers to this "worker". His name was Stephen, and he was a slave. This is well known and published information.Don't try to hide or otherwise sugarcoat our history, however ugly it may be.