| Manufacturer: |
McConnell
|
| Name: |
Pure Burley Tobacco
|
| Weight (net): |
50g
|
| Packing: |
Tin
|
| Tobacco type: |
Burley
|
| Strength: |
Medium
|
| Tobacco species: |
Burley
|
| Cut: |
Loose Cut
|
| Flavour: |
None
|
| Tongue agreeableness: |
Good
|
| Burning behavior: |
Very good
|
| Condensate: |
A little
|
| Aroma constancy: |
None
|
| Cut quality: |
Very good
|
| Plugability: |
Very good
|
| Humidity: |
Very good
|
| Light-up: |
Good
|
Manufacturer Description:
(not specified)
Characterisation:
The Pure Burley is like the usual tobacco blends of the manufacturer packed in a round tin. Differently than stated, the medium and light brown tobaccos seem less to be a Loose cut, but to be a finely and uniformly prepared Ready Rubbed. From this immediately rises a warm, very appetizing chocolate fragrance in the nose. The moisture content in the freshly opened tin is so perfect that the Pure Burley can be plugged right away.
Plugging:
The Pure Burley, even if it's more of a finely grated Ready Rubbed, can be plugged like a Loose Mixture. If you start loosely downwards and become firmer upwards, taking into account the later expansion of the pressed tobacco, the burning is easy.
Light up:
Since the Pure Burley rises a little under the first flame, you should gently use the tamper to squeeze the tobacco. This creates a surface that then quickly assumes an uniform glow with the second flame.
Smoking properties:
The smoke of the Pure Burley is lush and mild spicy. However, you should be careful to keep the tobacco cool, otherwise unusually peppery aromas can come to the fore more vigorously. With the smoke spreads a dry feeling in the mouth, as it is often typical for Burley and as it is also known from good dark chocolate. In fact, the fine bitterness and mild acidity remind of dark chocolate. The natural sweetness, however, as well as the Burley typical nuttyness, are pronounced rather subtle. With conscious smoking, the Pure Burley makes no incineration and so are in the end only medium gray ash and some condensate to remove from the pipe.
Redolency:
The room note of the Pure Burley is for pure tobacco, but not intrusive, so that it should not attract attention in tolerant society.
Conclusion:
Although the Pure Burley is actually meant to be added as an additive tobacco to an existing Mixture or to be part of a self-made mixture of different individual tobaccos, the Pure Burley can also be smoked alone. The lighter-colored tobacco, which is more akin to a Ready Rubbed, makes its cold scent a real pleasure in the smoke too and there displays distinct chocolate flavors. These are, despite generally mild spiciness, but rather pronounced tart and bittersweet, which should take into account in corresponding mixing experiments. A natural sweet Virginia to balance or a strong Kentucky to support will work with the Pure Burley just as well, as it can be simply added to calm the burning. The imagination is - as with all tobaccos of the Pure Series - no limits. Incidentally, the Pure Burley is also suitable to train the palate and recognize this tobacco species later in Mixtures, which especially experienced smokers could find interesting.
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