Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2018 19:13:26 GMT -5
So, last night I am thinking: Do I want to come back as a dog or a monkey? Human is out of the question, having already mastered this life. So, what do I do when I have an important question like that? Light up a bowl and go to YouTube.
I won't share it all, as it is only background filler to the greater question. But, one thing you may not have thought of should you choose to come back as a pampered pup. Monkeys can pick their butts all day and it's considered cute. Dogs get a trip to the Vet and come back weighing a couple ounces less. Anyway, I thought that important to share.
I picked up my still full tin of Velvet. Upon lifting the lid (have smoked a few already) the tin note drives me nuts. Not just licorice, but confection store sweetness. This tin note belies the smoke you're in for. It took me a year to get to the point where I could smoke this without it ripping my throat.
I hear the gentle spirits ask: Then why do you smoke this?
Well, gentle spirits, I thought I would either get used to the harshness or I would begin liking my throat slashed.
The voice of disillusioned gentle spirits: Sigh... carry on
Not wanting to see the gentle ones disappointed I explained further: On my 21st birthday I went to a bar and ordered a Martini. Bar girl asked how I liked it: Tastes like perfume.
Five more Martinis and I realized perfume tastes pretty good.
This might be one of those rare tobaccos where I wished it wouldn't stay lit. But that is unfair.
The flavor is licorice, but very strong, one note. Ever had fresh confection licorice where you get chocolate notes and licorice notes? This was One Note Sally. It is sooo refined that you're mainlining it. Back over a century ago the original company got busted for being a trust after they bought up all the licorice companies in America. No idea what it tasted like back then.
While you are smoking this you do get some sweetness all the way through. It has an odd and unique tang to it.
It is not a fast smoker. Did not get hot to my notice. Kept flavor all the way through. I fogged up the room with it filling the room with a pleasant note.
I felt this tobacco was a VA based the way it had been so harsh. Surprise, it's all Kentucky Burley. You'll taste none of that.
In the above there are many good parts to this tobacco. Then the aftertaste came. Do you guys get that taste of acetone whenever you bite your freshly painted fingernails? uh... oops
Regardless of whether you've been to the nail parlor or not, you get an acetone coated tongue. When I worked on a press I got all those chemical notes infused into my sinuses and it ruined my tongue for a day at a time.
So, I'll never smoke this again, right? A little while ago I wondered how it would be 50/50 with Vanilla Cavendish.
I got the licorice and the sweet vanilla. There was an aftertaste, but not bad and no worse than I get with some Cavs. I really enjoyed it.
Yet it all comes down to this:
Taking in Tin Note, the totally unique flavor, then balancing with the aftertaste AND not counting the year curve it took me to get used to this, this is a 3 of 5 stars. That is neutral. Nothing. Nadda. But, once in a while you may want to go to this, so it is at 3,0
As a mixture, one that might be subjected to careful titration, it is a 4.0
As a licorice blend 2.75. It is not up to what it could be
As a Burley it is 0.0, after much speculation, revelation, and agonizing reappraisal. It is fahrshtinkenah
I won't share it all, as it is only background filler to the greater question. But, one thing you may not have thought of should you choose to come back as a pampered pup. Monkeys can pick their butts all day and it's considered cute. Dogs get a trip to the Vet and come back weighing a couple ounces less. Anyway, I thought that important to share.
I picked up my still full tin of Velvet. Upon lifting the lid (have smoked a few already) the tin note drives me nuts. Not just licorice, but confection store sweetness. This tin note belies the smoke you're in for. It took me a year to get to the point where I could smoke this without it ripping my throat.
I hear the gentle spirits ask: Then why do you smoke this?
Well, gentle spirits, I thought I would either get used to the harshness or I would begin liking my throat slashed.
The voice of disillusioned gentle spirits: Sigh... carry on
Not wanting to see the gentle ones disappointed I explained further: On my 21st birthday I went to a bar and ordered a Martini. Bar girl asked how I liked it: Tastes like perfume.
Five more Martinis and I realized perfume tastes pretty good.
This might be one of those rare tobaccos where I wished it wouldn't stay lit. But that is unfair.
The flavor is licorice, but very strong, one note. Ever had fresh confection licorice where you get chocolate notes and licorice notes? This was One Note Sally. It is sooo refined that you're mainlining it. Back over a century ago the original company got busted for being a trust after they bought up all the licorice companies in America. No idea what it tasted like back then.
While you are smoking this you do get some sweetness all the way through. It has an odd and unique tang to it.
It is not a fast smoker. Did not get hot to my notice. Kept flavor all the way through. I fogged up the room with it filling the room with a pleasant note.
I felt this tobacco was a VA based the way it had been so harsh. Surprise, it's all Kentucky Burley. You'll taste none of that.
In the above there are many good parts to this tobacco. Then the aftertaste came. Do you guys get that taste of acetone whenever you bite your freshly painted fingernails? uh... oops
Regardless of whether you've been to the nail parlor or not, you get an acetone coated tongue. When I worked on a press I got all those chemical notes infused into my sinuses and it ruined my tongue for a day at a time.
So, I'll never smoke this again, right? A little while ago I wondered how it would be 50/50 with Vanilla Cavendish.
I got the licorice and the sweet vanilla. There was an aftertaste, but not bad and no worse than I get with some Cavs. I really enjoyed it.
Yet it all comes down to this:
Taking in Tin Note, the totally unique flavor, then balancing with the aftertaste AND not counting the year curve it took me to get used to this, this is a 3 of 5 stars. That is neutral. Nothing. Nadda. But, once in a while you may want to go to this, so it is at 3,0
As a mixture, one that might be subjected to careful titration, it is a 4.0
As a licorice blend 2.75. It is not up to what it could be
As a Burley it is 0.0, after much speculation, revelation, and agonizing reappraisal. It is fahrshtinkenah
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