Manufacturer: |
Planta
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Name: |
Danish Black V Flake
(Vanilla Flake)
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Weight (net): |
50g
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Packing: |
Tin
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Tobacco type: |
Aromatic
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Strength: |
Light
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Tobacco species: |
Black Cavendish, Burley
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Cut: |
Flake
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Flavour: |
Vanilla
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Tongue agreeableness: |
Very good
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Burning behavior: |
Very good
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Condensate: |
Few
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Aroma constancy: |
Very Good
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Cut quality: |
Very Good
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Plugability: |
Very Good
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Humidity: |
Very Good
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Light-up: |
Very Good
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Manufacturer Description:
Classic Danish Black Vanilla for Flake lovers: Black Cavendish and Burley, Vanilla. Cut into flakes – an aromatic and soft smoking experience, marvellous smelling.
Characterisation:
Wrapped in wax paper and stacked accurately, the Danish Black Vanilla Flake shows in very small slices. The clean-cut flakes only measure about 5 x 3 cm and are 1.5 mm thick. The use of Black Cavendish as the main ingredient reveals itself in the black-brown color, which is broken only by a few golden speckles. The scent is not to compare with the vanilla from vanilla sugar. It is more fruity, it is almost reminiscent of wild berries, this fragrant is found at the black vanilla pods, which can be bought as bakery ingredients: a dark, creamy, heavy-sweet fragrance.
Plugging:
The Danish Black Vanilla Flake can be consumed as a Mixture or bent and folded. Due to its almost square format you can form it to loose balls and bring some of them above the other in the pipe. Anyways, not too tight, otherwise it does not burn very well. Loose crumbs on top serve as an "accelerant".
Light up:
The Danish Black Vanilla Flake is not too wet and dries quickly in the open box; so one flame of a match is enough to evenly set it on fire. There is no need to use the tamper - it actually prevents an even burn.
Smoking properties:
The Danish Black Vanilla Flake flatters with a very creamy, sweet smoke. This comes for a vanilla tobacco unusually fruity with a strong vanilla flavor, while the tobacco is still tasteable as smoky and spicy. It is mild and not too strong. Through this harmony between aroma and tobacco there is not the impression to smoke something artificial. An impression that lasts until almost the end of the filling, then the tobacco comes through stronger, but this is not disturbing, because it seems to be quite high quality. The remaining ash is light gray and fine, while the few condensate surprises for aromatics - provided you did not put the pipe to glowing.
Redolency:
The room note of the Danish Black Vanilla Flake corresponds to what many Non smoking imagine as typical pipes fragrance. Warm, soft and sweet vanilla. A fragrance that - unusual - is pleasant perceptible even for the smoker.
Conclusion:
The Danish Black Vanilla Flake is an almost black flake, which is very accurately cut and packaged. Its fragrance is unusual fruity and after vanilla pods - which can still be found in smoke, because it is creamy and lush sweet with a strong vanilla and yet also a spicy tobacco component that does not make this a boring flake. It is equally suitable for flake beginners thanks to its lightness and gentleness, for flavoring friends or pipe smokers who are looking for an aromatic flake, which in the fresh air is not out of breath.
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