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Post by JimInks on Dec 19, 2017 20:50:55 GMT -5
How many of you avoided latakia blends because you didn't like latakia, and later found that you did like it, and now smoke lat-blends?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2017 21:03:50 GMT -5
I am the opposite. Coming off of cigars, I smoked latakia blends at first because they provided the biggest punch of flavor. When I eventually started exploring non-lat blends, I slowly began to appreciate their subtle nature. Now I tend to stick with VAs and burleys. Early Morning Pipe is about as much latakia as I want in a blend these days.
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Post by papipeguy on Dec 19, 2017 21:20:31 GMT -5
When I started out it was with aromatics. I went to a small pie shop and the owner turned me on to Dunhill MM 865. That was in 1971 and I've been a lat smoker since.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2017 21:50:24 GMT -5
As Quaffer has mentioned above, I had been smoking cigars a number of years back, and when I jumped into pipes, I believe my first two tins were GLP Robusto and Charring Cross, followed by some Frog Morton. I eventually got into and thoroughly enjoyed Va/Pers, but now I simply enjoy quite a number of different blend types. Hey, I just got in the mail earlier this week a pound of MacB' HH Vintage Syrian, and am expecting a pound of McC' 5100 on Friday. Two different ends of the spectrum...
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Post by duffer on Dec 19, 2017 22:06:45 GMT -5
I started with English blends, then Summer in Vegas came and I found them a bit heavy. I went to Va’s and VaPers. Now that cooler weather is here I smoke a Lat blend daily.
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Post by just ol ed on Dec 19, 2017 22:39:31 GMT -5
simply put, lataholic since late '60s
Brief forway into Va/Perique but missed with the Cypress variety. Now exclusive.
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
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Post by PhantomWolf on Dec 19, 2017 23:30:35 GMT -5
Loved it since the first time I tried it. I smoke way less of the black stuff now, not because I am tired of it, but simply in the name of trying new blends.
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Post by puffy on Dec 19, 2017 23:33:23 GMT -5
I liked it the first I tried it.
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Post by zambini on Dec 19, 2017 23:46:40 GMT -5
When I got back into pipes this time around it was with the intention of trying Syrian Latakia. I was hesitant with regards to Cyprian Latakia but with the exception of foul lat-bombs like Russ' Yule Log (the Dark Fired Kentucky doesn't endear it to my palate either) I've pretty much come around on latakia blends.
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Post by antb on Dec 20, 2017 1:37:28 GMT -5
Started off with Latweeds and smoked them for a long time before migrating to Ginnyweeds, VaPers and Burleys. Still love a good and heavy Latakia blend during the cooler months.
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Post by Darin on Dec 20, 2017 6:48:23 GMT -5
I started with English blends, then Summer in Vegas came and I found them a bit heavy. I went to Va’s and VaPers. Now that cooler weather is here I smoke a Lat blend daily. I'm also a seasonal Lat smoker ... almost never in the summer. |
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Post by colorduke on Dec 20, 2017 7:36:56 GMT -5
I did not care for lat blends years ago,something changed this year and now I'm starting to really enjoy them.
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Post by haebar on Dec 20, 2017 7:48:42 GMT -5
I started out, like many, with aromatic OTC blends and started enjoying English blends when a Tinder Box opened near where I grew up. Now I enjoy all good tobacco blends.
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Post by lestrout on Dec 20, 2017 10:46:39 GMT -5
Latakia is the reason to live.
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Post by danno44 on Dec 20, 2017 10:49:36 GMT -5
Looking at my cellar via a tracking site, 43% of the 102 lbs cellared has Latakia in some capacity in the blends. I guess I’m in the camp that enjoys it.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 20, 2017 11:09:37 GMT -5
It was love at first puff.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2017 11:32:56 GMT -5
Smoking Rajah now, which has a nice amount of lat.
Sometime in the Seventies I lit a bowl of blending lat. I took a draw and blew fog for about twenty seconds. Smooth, but thick.
I have been avoiding lat blends while trying to get my tongue used to smoking again. Rajah's is smoother than many aros I am smoking, so I may have to come down with TAD again. I think I have been bitten by the lat bug
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Post by peteguy on Dec 20, 2017 13:57:57 GMT -5
Didnt like Latakia for years and years. I am currently in the middle of trying to include it in my rotation. So far I have enjoyed Penzance (and have for awhile) 3 Oaks Syrian and Balkan Sasieni. If anyone knows why those 3 let me know and I will focus on this when trying others, lol.
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Post by slowroll on Dec 20, 2017 14:08:12 GMT -5
Jim, does it count if one switched to lat during antediluvian times? First tobac I smoked was Sail, then I discovered Balkan Sobranie and haven't smoked but a few bowls of non-lat since. This was in the late 1960's, 'course, I'm not that old, I started smoking at birth.  |
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Post by trailboss on Dec 20, 2017 14:57:04 GMT -5
At the inaugural Arizona pipe club meeting, we all brought Latakia blends and Darin phoned in a lat bomb to our meeting.... 75% Latakia!  I couldn't smoke any Latakia for a month after that...but I did come back to it. You cannot beat the Latakia's for a cool smoke, and in my WO Larsen large brandy, the bowl of tobacco is magical. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2017 18:48:47 GMT -5
First experience was WTF? I don't even remember what the stuff was or if it was actually legal. I do know it grew on me quickly afterwards. Nothing like Lat in the evenings.
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Post by username on Dec 20, 2017 19:22:41 GMT -5
I started on Nightcap and stuck with it.
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Post by peteguy on Dec 20, 2017 21:33:04 GMT -5
I started with English blends, then Summer in Vegas came and I found them a bit heavy. I went to Va’s and VaPers. Now that cooler weather is here I smoke a Lat blend daily. I am following this same rotation it appears. I have been reaching for more Aros and Lats since the weather turned. |
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Post by sparks on Dec 21, 2017 7:46:21 GMT -5
When I first tried Latakia I thought it tasted like dirty gym socks. I eventually came around and smoked Lat blends almost exclusively. My interest faded and my tastes changed and now I find that I just don't enjoy Latakia anymore. Once in awhile, it's "so-so", but in general I avoid it.
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Post by trailboss on Dec 21, 2017 14:39:34 GMT -5
When I first tried Latakia I thought it tasted like dirty gym socks. I eventually came around and smoked Lat blends almost exclusively. My interest faded and my tastes changed and now I find that I just don't enjoy Latakia anymore. Once in awhile, it's "so-so", but in general I avoid it. Which is why you should only chew on clean gym socks.... that Clorox topping takes care of any bacteria. |
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Post by slowroll on Dec 21, 2017 17:17:45 GMT -5
Curious how different tastes are. If lat blends weren't available, I'd prolly quit smoking.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 17:33:01 GMT -5
in the same manner that a Martini drinker regards Vermouth . . . . . . just a hint. To that regard, my current rotation with a light Latakia enhancement are EGR and Vauen: Zeppelin. I have a tin of Mac Baren: Plumcake on the shelf and earlier this year, I smoked 4 ounces of Lane: HGL over the course of several months.
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Post by Lady Margaret on Jan 6, 2018 12:22:10 GMT -5
so, I started out just a little over a year ago I was dead set against latakia. I was convinced it was too strong and hubby didn't like the smell at all. However, hanging around pipe smokers constantly pushing latakia blends at me I gave in and started trying mild blends and found that the flavor was often much more mellow than the smell indicated. I don't avoid them any more, though I don't see hubby letting me try Boswell's Northwoods any time soon, lol. I have discovered I like the English aromatics quite well, such as C&D Cross-Eyed Cricket and Captain Bob's Blend.
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Post by dervis on Jan 7, 2018 10:36:54 GMT -5
First 2 years mostly aros, sometimes a Virginia I would add aros to. All from local pipe store. Asked the pipe store for something different/stronger one day. It was a mix bag named English special. I think I smoked half a bowl and threw it away. I dont remember when it changed but here 12 years later cellar is 75% latakia.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 21:21:57 GMT -5
in the same manner that a Martini drinker regards Vermouth . . . . . . just a hint. To that regard, my current rotation with a light Latakia enhancement are EGR and Vauen: Zeppelin. I have a tin of Mac Baren: Plumcake on the shelf and earlier this year, I smoked 4 ounces of Lane: HGL over the course of several months. I added one more: Captain Black: Black Sea. Got a good deal on 6 tins, so glad I like it. The Lat is there, but subtle. Fits right in with the blends I listed above. A solid smoke from the start to a good finish. The smell of Latakia was more prominent than the taste in the blending. It does leave an aftertaste for about a 1/2 hour, so may reserve it for last smoke of the night. |
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