When i make a tobacco i like it to be BIG! So when i decided to try and create a light Oriental with no latakia i had to be restrained. Yataghan was conseived at the same time as the Spiced Turk, this was the “English” and the ST the “Aromatic”. Using a Turkish base again , [...]

Tobacco – Virginia, Turkish & Black Cavendish Flavours – Rose & Spices I had an obession with Turkish tobacco for a while, i used it in everything, rolling & pipe. Then one day i got thinking about using Turkish as a base for dry Aromatic. Turkish is very good absorbing flavours which ruins the taste [...]

Being an obbessed Perique fan, I feel bad for not trying this one. Royston(Pipe Club) knows why we still stock this one. It has been a popular seller, Perique in a ready rubbed form! The tin has been sat in cupnoard at home for a few weeks. I figured the best plan of action was, [...]

At the Nottingham Pipe Club (www.nottinghamtobacco.co.uk), we don’t just smoke our pipes. Some of us break the rules and have a crafty coffin nail and a pinch (or 6) of snuff. This month Ian brought a box full of snuff samples. So in-between sampling some mighty fine pipe tobaccos, we all had a dab of [...]

I have long wanted to try one of these, I just never seem to remember to smoke it. After having a lazy day and a big pork dinner, I figured it was time. Luckily this cigar didn’t suffer to badly in my Humidor failure, at the end of last year. Mexican cigars sell like square [...]

If you are a big fan of Cuban cigars, past and present. You need no introduction to the Bolivar Gold Label, those who are luckily enough to own a box from 92 or earlier are sat on a “gold” mine. They are probably one of the most sort after Vitolas. These cigars where produced from [...]

Now i used to smoke Winfield Cigarettes 9/10 years ago, when you could still get them in the UK. At the time many saw them as a cheap and nasty brand. While i cant really remember that well, i did used to enjoy them. 5 years ago while on holiday in the South of France, [...]

Now this has been on going for too long now, Supermarkets and Large Stores are supposed to be going Dark in October. That isn’t a racial slur, i promise you! For those of you not aware of the display ban, that’s on the card ATM. The UK Government in there former line up, proposed a [...]