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Post by urbino on Jun 12, 2024 0:06:26 GMT -5
Interesting, not to mention timely, given my recent surprise to see Watch City Blue Ridge Special, a blend of nothing but red Virginias and Latakia, called a "Scottish" blend.
What's your definition of a Scottish blend?
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Post by Plainsman on Jun 12, 2024 8:11:24 GMT -5
A very interesting article. Taxonomy is all!
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Post by NJDan on Jun 12, 2024 12:56:08 GMT -5
I agree, great article.
Reminds me of an embarrassing incident I had at Boswell pipe shop. I was talking to Mr. Boswell and he asked me what kinds of tobacco blends I like. I listed a couple and finished with something along the lines of “I try to steer clear of blends with black cavendish.” I had previously associated black cav exclusively with aromatics, in a gloopy negative way.
He replied “You must not like pipe tobacco then.”
He was right, of course. I learned how easy it is to misapply a little knowledge. I still feel embarrassed when I think about it.
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Post by NJDan on Jun 12, 2024 12:58:27 GMT -5
Oh, and to answer the question, I have given up trying to define a Scottish blend. I also have trouble nailing down a Navy Flake!
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Post by turbocat on Jun 12, 2024 13:30:04 GMT -5
Traditionally, the person who invents or creates something is the one who names it and if it’s not copyrighted, it often gets adopted and applied to other things to capitalize on someone else’s marketing budget.
I have yet to see any authoritative references to when these terms were first used, probably lost to time in many cases. At some point, an “English” tobacco meant tobacco from England (arguably it still does) but at some point it became a specific blend. I’ve read the oft repeated stories that Latakia was adopted in England due to the purity laws which limited flavorings that could be used, but there seems to be holes in that story. But at some point, someone made a blend and called it an “English Blend”. Was it even an Englishman who did that I wonder 🙂.
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Post by Darin on Jun 12, 2024 13:45:21 GMT -5
He's wrong. Cavendish is a process, not a type of tobacco. I also do not smoke blends with Cavendish and there are plenty without it.
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Post by NJDan on Jun 12, 2024 13:56:00 GMT -5
He's wrong. Cavendish is a process, not a type of tobacco. I also do not smoke blends with Cavendish and there are plenty without it. My current understanding (which could be wrong) is that unflavored Cavendish tobaccos are often blend components, not always listed, that are used to add body to the smoke. I thought this was a pretty common practice and can be found in many non-aromatic tobaccos. I took that to be his point. But I have to admit that the more I think I know, the more I find I have to learn. It used to be a deal breaker for me if I saw Cavendish listed, but I don’t consider it a deal breaker now.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 12, 2024 15:39:19 GMT -5
Anyone who says that something is definitely wrong is usually definitely wrong. 😁 Right and wrong are obsolete terms these days.
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Post by urbino on Jun 12, 2024 16:37:29 GMT -5
Anyone who says that something is definitely wrong is usually definitely wrong. 😁 Right and wrong are obsolete terms these days. Like "Scottish blend", or "prince" and "bent apple".
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Post by urbino on Jun 12, 2024 19:19:34 GMT -5
Interesting, not to mention timely, given my recent surprise to see Watch City Blue Ridge Special, a blend of nothing but red Virginias and Latakia, called a "Scottish" blend.
What's your definition of a Scottish blend?
The only thing I can figure for Blue Ridge Special is maybe their "specially tempered" latakia involves spraying some scotch whiskey on it.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 12, 2024 20:20:50 GMT -5
Anyone who says that something is definitely wrong is usually definitely wrong. 😁 Right and wrong are obsolete terms these days. Like "Scottish blend", or "prince" and "bent apple". Exactly.
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Post by turbocat on Jun 12, 2024 20:31:14 GMT -5
Aromatic- I have read, and have ads for tobacco during the 19th Century. I have seen many examples where the tobacco producers called their tobacco “Aromatic” based on the dictionary definition-
Having an aroma; fragrant or sweet-smelling. "aromatic herbs."
As a way of saying that their tobacco was high quality, had nothing to do with added flavors. Good tobacco was “aromatic”, it was fragrant, junk tobacco was no different than today, smells/tasted like cardboard.
This one morphed into the most vague of these terms used.
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