Manufacturer Description:
An exceptional tobacco, which bases on a recipe from the year 1955. Quite specially selected Virginia tobacco leaves are used as an envelope for all our spun tobaccos. The original Mac Baren Cavendish and Virginia tobacco is used in Club Blend as a deposit. To all our spun pipe tobaccos just a hint of flavor has been added, so you can get the natural tobacco taste any closer. Club Blend is the mildest of our spun tobaccos.
Characterisation:
Since the Club Blend Roll Cake was cut from a rolled tobacco strand into thin slices, this Curlies vary somewhat in their composition. But most are light brown with large golden speckles and an almost regular dark brown core. Characteristic of the Club Blend Roll Cake is a smoky, sweet and fruity aroma of black bread and the tight pressing into the tin, wihich is typicall for the manufacturer and can act the tobacco to be moist. But this is not the case - the tobacco can be filled immediately.
Plugging:
The form of the Club Blend Roll Cake in Curlies may cause uncertainty in beginners, but leaving it to the experts to stack the slices in large pipes to smoke, the simplest solution is to rub them to a Mixture of desired consistency. If you want to appreciate the exotic form more, you can give a few loose fibers at the bottom of the pipe, then some crushed or folded Curlies and finally for a better flame acceptance some loose fibers again.
Light up:
The Club Blend Roll Cake can be fired with two flames well. However, it must be noted that the compressed tobacco straightens under the flame and the surface should be smoothed using the tamper to correct this.
Smoking properties:
First, notice that the Club Blend Roll Cake burns very hot. For this reason it is not really suited for outdoors, where squalls endangers pipe and aroma of tobacco. Afterall, it takes some practice and experience to keep the tobacco cool. It's worth it though. Slowly smoked develope the Club Blend Roll Cake a creamy and lush smoke. The aroma is complex, ranging from mild perfume note on hints of wholemeal biscuits and even a slight sweetness can be tasted. The flavor used is discreet and well controls only the sweetness, because all in all the tobacco is very natural. Despite the heat development the tobacco does not tend to gargle and so in the end only light gray ash with some unburned crumbs and surprisingly little condensate remains.
Redolency:
The room note of the Club Blend Roll Cake although it smells of real tobacco, but sweet and should therefore act inconspicuously in a tolerant society.
Conclusion:
The Club Blend Roll Cake is a Curly-tobacco whose slices are light brown, with golden speckles and a dark brown core. Due to this particular form and also the attention demanding smoke properties the tobacco is not appropriate for absolute beginners. Here, the Club Blend Roll Cake is not too strong or too overwhelming in its flavors. If it is possible to smoke it cool then it is truly tobacco, with a sweet hint of wholemeal biscuits that make it appear suitable for any occasion.
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