These Two New Hearth & Home Blends

You won't even try for science?

Yeah, a little expensive...I'll wait for the reports before I even think of something new for the cellar.

Ah, THOSE, Ok, I did see them I guess I just didn't make the similarity connection with the John Cotton double pressed offerings.   Thanks!

I dig the tin art but I'll be waiting for others thoughts too.

Hi
    Oh my, please do not tell me you, the great Cramptholomew , are entering the latter stages of a pipe smoker's development, potentially leading to the codgy old pipe smoker?  You are too young to be given to fits of conspiracy, opinions that are considered facts, grumpy attitudes, hermit like behaviors and a dismissive arrogance that is unwarranted and sometimes unfounded.  Of course, there are other unlisted behaviors and not all codgy old pipe smokers exhibit every trait nor are these traits in equal proportion. However,  codgy old pipe smokers in all  forms and iterations are unmistakable. .......... Turn back my friend,  you are still a relatively young man with a bright future!!! 

 
    My sincerest wish for you, Cramptholomew , is that you look to the examples of a few of the patch's elderly statesmen, that somehow missed the codgy path turning to  a different direction. In your search, be careful and do not to be deceived by other Patch members, who are codgy old pipe smokers, that appear as angels of light. Watch thoughtfully and know that your path is not set. The dark side is very seductive.  If one enters the living in one's own private Idaho stage, it is impossible to return.....

Kentucky example:
www.pipesandcigars.com/p/john-cottons-double-pressed-kentucky/2021432/
www.pipesandcigars.com/p/hearth-home-slow-aged-smoky-mountain/2023894/

They are not even close to $30 a tin. However, if you mean buying two tins to compare the price becomes around 30. 
Ar Cigarbid the two John Cotton pressed offerings can be won for around  $7-9 a tin. 
 
 

Also, I like the B-52s.

Well, the reason I brought it up was - both are double pressed. And, both come in only a Virginia or dark fired option. The "aged" version is pressed, then re-pressed, and left IN the press for a month. It doesn't SAY the exact method for the John Cotton versions - only that they're pressed, rubbed out, and pressed again. But, for how long? Again, disgruntled today, and Hearth & Home fully bore my passive aggressive outburst.

Lane won the John Cotton throw down before P/C but alas Leo is discontinued and not pressed. I wish all well in your excessive tobacco purchasing disorders.

😱 that's getting into UK prices.

LOL. Even still, it's a substantial increase.

They are still sold at their original price points. The blends are fairly new (The HH blends hace only been recently offered).

Still they are on the high side of most tins per ounce offered. Are they worth it? Depends on one's palate and pocketbook.

We are being conditioned to price increases a $ buck at a time.

chasingembers
Let's see...
I am not saying folks have never tinned the same tobacco under different names. A person's suspicions can also be entertaining and provide interesting topics to explore. But be cautious, fellow travelers, as the aforementioned behavior might mean one is teetering on the edge of or already walking down the path of the codgy old pipe smoker. For example, there are folks who spend their time on blogs and forums swearing that Blend A and Blend B are the same with little evidence other than their own palate, sometimes inspired by a quick reading of the components and visual inspection. Occasionally, I have seen these ideas countered by blenders and trusted palates in an attempt to correct the codgy pipe smokers, causing the latter to go silent or weakly protest maintaining their position against those who are better informed.  These folks can and do reappear on different forums and blogs with the same ideas, based on the same evidence,  unmoved or unshaken in their grim determination.   

So the question is, what do we know of HH and John Cotton pressed blends? They are advertised as different in that HH and John Cotton cakes apparently employ distinct takes on pressing the blends. It might be that HH and John Cotton only differ in this regard. If these two methods promote a contrast in flavor, then the blends are also different in taste (This can be tested. If the flavors are too close for my judgement, I would employ a larger sample size, trusted palates etc.).*

I never heard or read what Jeremy said. What your post communicates to me is unless the owner, employer, retailer, researcher, in other words, someone who has first-hand evidence comes forth to spill the beans, one has to be careful in the nature of one's speculation. The codgy old pipe smoker is calling each of us to join him........Seductive and powerful he is Hmmmmmm

All said and done I did this out of a sense of duty for brave Cramptholomew to be sure he was not taking the wrong path.  
I will not deny an attempt at humor as well. 



* Further even as blends have common components (Latakia, Oriental, Virginia, etc.), these individual ingredients might differ in their proportions, growing region, varieties, quality, conditioning, etc. When the latter element/elements is/are tweaked or changed these blends are effectively different as well.When it comes to the components in the comparable  HH and John Cotton pressed blends, I do not know what, if anything, has been altered. It would not surprise me if the blends differ a bit here as well.

Oriental Silk was one of the few blends I've smoked 1 bowl of and could care less if I ever had another.