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Shane takes on Amphora Original, a well-rounded blend of Burley and Cavendish, balanced with Turkish, Virginias, and dark-fired Kentucky, topped with cocoa.
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" Amphora's Original Blend is just that: the original mixture that set the brand on its way to becoming a world-class name in pipe tobacco. A well-rounded blend of Burley and Cavendish, balanced with Turkish, Virginias, and dark-fired Kentucky, and topped with cocoa to create a harmonious mixture that emphasizes that natural sweetness of the Burley."
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I lived for a summer with my Grandmother in 1957 as a 20 year-old college student. She hated cigarette smoke in the house but said I could smoke the pipes my Grandfather had left when he died. Stored with his pipes was a humidor of very dry Amphora's Original. With a few apple slices added to the humidor it was fine. By the time I had learned to fill, light, clean and maintain a pipe properly, I was hooked; I haven't smoked a cigarette ever since. Now, 60 years later, fast approaching 80, I still haven't changed my choice of tobaccos -- I have tried lots of of other tobaccos over the years to taste them and I've had lots of pipes too, of course, but have always come back to filling them with my first loved tobacco: Amphora.
I was also overseas and purchased several papers of Amphora Original Blend, it took me back to the day when tobacco was tobacco. I contacted MacBaren and discovered that they still make Amphora Green. When I travel back overseas I am sure to purchase a couple of papers of the Green. The first tobacco I started to smoke 50 years ago was Amphora Green.
@Adam Bell That's a great story Adam, thanks for sharing. I think you're probably not alone in your love for Amphora either, it's certainly popular around the office.
@Michael Grasso We're glad you've been able to get your hands on some then Michael, it's always good when nostalgia and reality actually mesh.
I second Michael Grasso's comment: "It took me back to the days when tobacco was tobacco". Although I hadn't thought of it that way, I guess that's what I love about it. It smells, feels, looks and tastes like tobacco.
@Adam Bell Couldn't agree more Michael. If you haven't tried it, might I also suggest Mac Baren's Mixture Scottish Blend? It's a little more lightly topped again, but it ticks a lot of the same boxes.
Great reviews!
@Edward D Thanks Edward!
I cut my pipe-smoking teeth on this blend. For a long while I smoked small-bowled pipes stuffed with this broken flake, wondering why it burned so hot and was so hard to keep lit. So when I tried it again this summer, I smoked it in a 40-year-old, large bowled Stanwell bulldog. I rubbed it into a ball a bit smaller than the chamber and let the tobacco ball expand to fill, and slowed the cadence down from my noob days. Tasty, cool, no need for relights. Live long enough, pay a bit of attention, hope for another crack at it, and maybe you'll figure it out, eh? Good smoke.
@KevinM Well I'm glad it worked out eventually Kevin, it really is too good a blend to miss out on.
This is a good blend for the aromatic smoker.
Quad Twisted Coil
My father used to smoke amphora red (he called it) tobacco in late 1980's early 1990's. He died of lung cancer at 60 in 1991. I have his collection of pipes and wonder if it was the original or full blend. I remember the red pouch and the brownish colour pouch as well. Can you help answer this.
Thanks
Paul
@Paul Coady I'm so sorry to hear about your father, that's great that you were able to inherit his pipe collection! From my research, Amphora Red is the Amphora Full Aroma. I hope this helps!