First Latakia AND First Roll Cake
- From: Vince <v_abadie@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:32:53 -0600
Today, I picked up some MacBaren's Latakia Blend. I've never smoked Latakia, and I've never smoked roll cake tobacco. So, these were 2 firsts for me.
My impressions:
On Latakia: Latakia is wonderful! I'm not crazy about the room aroma, but the taste is superb. I believe this blend to be lighter in Latakia than several others, but I find it really compliments the Virginia and Cavendish. I would say this tobacco is on the light side of strong, or the strong side of light. It's a pleasure from the first draw, and it improves farther down the bowl.
On Roll Cake: Weird. The woman at the B&M showed me how to fold and insert it, and she explained that some people rub it out. I used the folding method, and it made for a nicely filled bowl with a looser pack than I use with bulk tobacco. This made the draw much easier than I like, so I had to make some adjustments in technique. I tamped about half way through the bowl, and I was back in familiar territory after that. Is there a secret to roll cake that I should know?
Oh, and this can serve as my evening pipe report...MacBaren's Latakia Blend in a billiard with the ever-present goblet of Merlot on the side.
Vince .
- Follow-Ups:
- Re: First Latakia AND First Roll Cake
- From: Briarroot
- Re: First Latakia AND First Roll Cake
- Prev by Date: Re: My new Altinok Meer arrived!
- Next by Date: Re: My new Altinok Meer arrived!
- Previous by thread: Jirsa
- Next by thread: Re: First Latakia AND First Roll Cake
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
