Predict influx of 'new' Latakia blends
Oct 25, 2023 19:36:27 GMT -5
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Post by lestrout on Oct 25, 2023 19:36:27 GMT -5
While I was at the Int'l Slow Smoking Event in Romania, there was a table displaying tobaccos from a Turkish company Gladora. They had gorgeous blocks, up to several kilos, of Latakia Flake. Taking a chance on busting customs rules, I bought a 500 gtam chunk. At the Smoketoberfest with the Chesapeake PC, I used an ulu to flake off some samples for fellow Latakia addicts. They pretty much agreed that this stuff was better than Gaslight, Old Ironside, Holly's Discovery, Pirate Kake, Bow Legged Bear, Ten Russians, Penzance, maybe even Krumble Kake. It is not a full blown LatBomb, and the floral and sweet notes are captivating. After listening to Jeremy Reeves new YouTube about the new issue of From Beyond, I'm thinking he may be talking to the same people. Curiously, the SmokingPipes boiler plate does not refer to a Turkish Latakia.
In any case, the way the FDA Deeming regs are set up, as long as the composition of a blend that was on the market in 1997 is the same, what we might perceive as a new product is viewed as same ol'/same ol' by the Feds, rather than a new inroduction requiring testing and approval. Hence if company X were to take a grandfathered BalkanY or whatever, and sub out the Cyprian or Syrian Latakia with the new Turkish Lat, they could promote it as "new" and still be ok with the Feds. A simple substitution would taste different and be good enough to most tastes to be worthy of a marketing promotion.
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In any case, the way the FDA Deeming regs are set up, as long as the composition of a blend that was on the market in 1997 is the same, what we might perceive as a new product is viewed as same ol'/same ol' by the Feds, rather than a new inroduction requiring testing and approval. Hence if company X were to take a grandfathered BalkanY or whatever, and sub out the Cyprian or Syrian Latakia with the new Turkish Lat, they could promote it as "new" and still be ok with the Feds. A simple substitution would taste different and be good enough to most tastes to be worthy of a marketing promotion.
hp
les
