Manufacturer Description:
Mac Baren Classic is a colorfull blend mixed with cut plugs. Manufactured from specially selected and aged Virginia and mild black Cavendish tobaccos. Then blended with an exceptional Vanilla Flavour. This selection creates an outstanding blend with superior flavour, unique aroma and distinctive taste experience.
Characterisation:
The Mac Baren Classic Loose Cut is a Mixture of small pieces of flakes and 1-2 mm wide loose cut Virginia and formerly pressed and rubbed out Burley and Cavendish. The Virginia shows a bright gold color, while the other two tobaccos contribute a steady dark brown to the blend - very regularly and tasty. A sniff on the mixture and you know what all non pipesmokers (which do not know Latakia ...) think for THE typical pipe scent: a warm, bitter sweet odour. Bourbon vanilla smells very different, but also this smell is pleasantly aromatic. In addition, the tobacco is neither too wet nor too dry and can be filled immediately.
Plugging:
The Mac Baren Classic Loose Cut is easy to plug: loose in the beginning, getting firmer in the end, which is the usual method. Not fill all the way up to the edge, since the Fpieces of flake expand slightly under the flame. But when one considers that there are no problems.
Light up:
The lighting of Mac Baren Classic Loose Cut is as easy as the filling. Just care to ignite the surface evenly, so you will not need much more than one or two flames, and the filling will burn down to the end evenly.
Smoking properties:
The Mac Baren Classic Loose Cut tastes (smoked without a filter), as it smells in the tin. Tart-sweet, with a dark-tinted vanilla flavor, the smoke is very soft and mild. The tobacco can be smoked quite incidentally, but it is advisable to smoke it slowly, because the taste better developes if the pipe stays cool. Then the Mac Baren Classic Loose Cut actually reminds of vanilla cream that melts on the tongue. The Virginia used never plays in the foreground, but it accompanies the aroma throughout mild tuned without peaks and very harmonious. Despite of the heavy flavor of the tobacco it leaves hardly condensate and only a pile of ashes in the pipe, which is easy to clean.
Redolency:
The room note of Mac Baren Classic Loose Cut will be perceived by many people as typical pipe fragrance. Many non smokers will like this smell for this reason. Some also say this tobacco is a real "lady killer", the test is left to each smoker himself ...
Conclusion:
The Mac Baren Vanilla Classic Cut is a uniformly dark and light brown mixture with small pieces of flakes, which are not complicating the plugging and igniting. On the contrary Mac Baren Classic Loose Cut is such easy to get into the pipe, lighted and smoked, that it is recommended for beginners as well as for smokers who are looking for an uncomplicated flavored tobacco, which requires hardly any effort even after the smoke when it´s cleaning time. Smoked slowly and cool it regales with a pleasant dark toned vanilla cream flavor, which is not drowning the used mild Virginia, but going whit it pleasantly.
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