Customer Reviews (4 Total)
A real tongue tickler
August 01, 2018
Product: Mac Baren HH Balkan Blend 3.5oz
As Briscoe Darling would say, this tobacco really "twangs my buds." It's better than Vintage Syrian & has a subtle sweetness which I enjoy immensely.
An All-Day Blend
November 29, 2019
Product: Mac Baren HH Balkan Blend 1.75oz
This blend smells nice in the tin, kind of honied, with some sourish fruit notes in there. With air time the Latakia becomes noticeable. This is no Latakia bomb, but it's a great blend. It has balance, but this is a sweeter style of this genre, which... Read More
I appreciated. I think it's an all day blend. Read Less
Product: Mac Baren HH Balkan Blend 1.75oz
I had a small sample of this from a friend and I must say its pretty good. A very good balanced English. It came from a very fresh tin, I think 6 months to a year age will greatly enhance it, a few years even better!
A Very Good Cyprian Balkan Blend
May 26, 2019
Product: Mac Baren HH Balkan Blend 1.75oz
OK... it is only about the halfway point that you'll finally experience that tasty interaction process. It just seems to take a while for this flavor to finally develop but when it does, Balkan lovers can expect that alluring & elusive flavor tha... Read More
t we expect from a good Balkan. From my experience thus far, it would seem that this blend would be better served up in a deeper bowl... at least 1 3/8 inches or more... similar to what we might use to smoke a Virginia blend. FWIW, I liked this better than the HH Vintage Syrian Balkan because HH VS contained an abundance of Syrian Latakia that sort of overwhelmed the Orientals but then again, they are two different animals... one heavy Syrian & the other Cyprian in moderation. Read Less