Troost - Slices pipe tobacco reviews

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DUPE.629	01/19/2005	Medium to Strong	Mild	Medium	Pleasant
TROOST SLICES 20-01-05. Over the year's I have read and heard nothing but praise for Troost Slices. Now that I've had the taste experience myself I'm singing along with the positive,reviewer's. "Excellent Tobacco" I was lucky enough to look in the window of an old second hand shop,placed beside a very old pipe was a tin of Troost Slices.How old this tin is I have no idea,the tin is obviously rather old and in great condition on the inside. The slices were in near perfect condition,not to moist and definitely not dried out,lucky for me! Troost slices has provided me with one of the best pipe smoking experience's of my life from first light right through to bowl's end.Not only "delicious" but absolutely perfect in various way's without bite! Deliciously smooth bowl after bowl! "Now here's the catch" I've tried to find more,but no luck so far. (PLEASE)If anyone know's where it's being produced or,where I can purchase more "PLEASE LET ME KNOW" 10+ out of 10+
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emmbee	01/13/2005	Medium to Strong	Mild	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant
Sadly, this rich, heavenly flake is no longer exported to this country, otherwise it would definitely be one of my regulars. I?ve searched for it on the Web and in the online tobacco stores of Holland, but to no avail. I e-mailed one Amsterdam shop to inquire whether this could be shipped to the U.S., but never received a response. Perhaps on a future trip to the Netherlands I will most certainly buy a dozen tins. It would almost be worth the trip for the tobacco alone. A friend of mine found a can from about 15 years ago lying around his apartment. Yes, this stuff is wonderful, the stuff tobacco dreams are made of. It?s the finest aromatic flake I have ever smoked, and one of the best tobaccos, period. The tin aroma is boozy, almost dizzying in its richness. The room note is to die for. My car smelled like fresh baked spice bread for about an hour after it was smoked. Even for a person who doesn?t particularly like aromatics, I could not help but be awed by Troost. Even if they continue to manufacture this blend, I wonder if it is as good as this old can. This is some sort of light and dark Virginia flake with a powerful but balanced casing. It smokes cool, unlike most flakes, which can render the tongue raw. Stokkebye flake is about as close as you can get with regard to richness, color and aroma, but because it smokes hot, it doesn?t come even close to Troost. Dunhill?s Light Flake is also first rate sliced Virginia, but again, falls short of Slices. The tin art is a bit on the weird side, I must say: an amused guy taunting a prisoner locked in a pillory. Sort of reminds me of an average day on the job. Should you ever stumble upon this winner, you must give it a try. If anyone knows where this stuff can be had could you please write me at m.jones2@att.net. I would greatly appreciate it. Five of five stars
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pocket	09/22/2004	Medium to Strong	Mild	Medium	Pleasant
This is a real all-day smoke.It is not expensive, it is half the cost of the most English tabacco's.
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JSB	06/16/2004	Strong	Medium	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Tolerable
This tobacco did very little for me,the tin aroma was rather sweet and quite pleasent but after lighting up i found it to be a little dull and flat.It did burn my mouth a bit but not to excess.The price was right but that would not be enough to make me smoke it on a regulr basis.
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pxi106	05/20/2004	Mild	Mild	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
This is one of my all time favourite and staple tobaccos. The mood of the smoker and the manner in which it is smoked yield a surprising complexity--Troost Slices can be the perfect all day smoke if puffed idly or astound the smoker with its flavour range if his whole attention is devoted to the pipe. I can rarely think of the time when this tobacco does not match my mood. Unfortunately, I can only now say that I smoke this on occasion because I am hoarding my remaining tins mercilessly: sadly, this tobacco is no longer available in the US
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	05/03/2004	Medium to Strong	Very Mild	Full	Pleasant
I am just beginning what I hope will be a long and happy association with this tobacco. So far, I have been extremely pleased with it. This tobacco is a fairly conventional-looking flake which is sold in sealed pouches. It is described as containing cavendish, but it is not "cavendish" in the sense understood by most smokers, e.g., flavored black cavendish. Indeed, Troost Slices smokes like a virginia flake with its pure, complex tobacco flavor. I detect an added top note -slightly sweet- but it is very subtle indeed. The tobacco lights very easily without having to be rubbed out and provides a mellow, bite-free smoke all the way down. T.S. are strong enough nicotine-wise for the seasoned smoker, but would not overwhelm the novice. Overall, I would call this a very high quality flake and would recommend it without reservation.
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Briarabbit	12/25/2003	Medium to Strong	Very Mild	Medium	Pleasant
Excellent,good,a wonderful surprize in taste, smooth, yum. Ok,ok this tobacco is not good at all, its superb!!! I always thought Troost slices might be a lesser Dutch sweet sticky hot burning furnace. I've found out I shouldn't judge the tobacco because of where it's from. The slices are light to medium brown in color. They rub out and pack well,and the smell out of the package is of chocolate, and I believe someone said it smelled like butter pie. I would have to agree with that.It does have a buttery Virginia freshness,and also smells of fine Burley tobaccos.The smoke is lightly sweet,but good natural creamy tobacco flavour with a good ammount of nicotene. The topping is ever so light and is a great marriage with the tobacco. Of all my reviews, this is my everyday favorite pipe tobacco.If you haven't tried this, please do so, you will not be sorry.
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Blackhorse	10/11/2003	Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
OK, based on the reviews here I picked up two pouches of Troost Slices - while showing a new (to me) Brackner Axe to the master blender in my preferred tobacco store...while he shared a blend of 24 year old tobacco he had hidden away. Oh my! At first I thought the price marked on the Troost was a mistake...but this is just a very well-priced confection. And confection is it! While not an aromatic to my mind it does give a hint of that amazing aroma of the Karmelkorn store in the mall (from when I was a kid) in terms of its flavor profile. But to that lovely aroma/taste hint add a nutty quality (Burley perhaps) and surprising smoothness and you'll have a window on this fantastic tobacco. I tried a DGT (bad idea) and do not recommend it. My pipe seems to prefer a rough crumble of the slice with a well rubbed topping for the light...pretty much the way I smoke most flakes. If you like those flakes that are "flavored" just a bit so that the flavoring brings out the best in the tobacco (Bob's Chocolate as one example)...this is in that ilk IMO...and highly recommended.
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Henry B	03/03/2003	Strong	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
During a recent visit to Holland, I decided to pick up some of this classic dutch flake tobacco. It comes in rectangular 100g tins and the flakes are neatly cut. The tin aroma is superb. At times it reminds me of sweet butter pie with a light fruit topping. It never smells like it was cased with artificial aromas, but it doesn't smell like pure tobacco either. Upon first strike of the match, there is nothing remarkable about this tobacco, but within the next ten minutes, the taste becomes richer and more satisfying. I love its sweet taste and the fact, that it's a rather full strength tobacco. It tastes like a mild Virginia with an additional flavor, that reminds me of caramel. I suspect, it contains an unusual large dose of sugar, because it has a tendency to bite if smoked too hot. I like this with a big cup of espresso in the afternoon.
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arnie	11/30/2001	Medium	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
for the price and packaging, i expected a lesser tobacco, so this is a very pleasant surprise. it looks good (light and mid-orangey flakes), it smells good (sweet, tangy, almost like oranges in the pouch) and tastes good (a light-to-mid strength tobacco taste with the slightest hint of a sweet topping, and i taste a mild perique-like spiciness). it's easy to pack and burns well. it also leaves a delicious malty, nutty, chocolatey aftertaste. i suppose there are better tobaccos, but as an everyday smoke this is hard to beat. the only con i can think of is that the zone lies in a relatively narrow technique "bandwidth". it pays to have good smoking technique to get the best taste out of this.
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