This pipe blend reminds me of those cigarettes in every positive way. On infrequent and brief breaks from the kitchen a pipe was out of the question. These cigs filled the bill perfectly.

This pipe tobacco fills the same void: Delicate, interesting, subtle and refined. No powerhouse, and if you smoke it fast or aren't paying attention you will miss its many fine qualities. If you are looking for something English, Balkan or even Aromatic you will be disappointed. This is in a class by itself.

I will add that this wonderful blend will perform at a much higher level once dried out to the point where it is just slightly less than crispy. Try that to get the full flavor bursts much sooner than later.

Again, the olefattguy stole my thunder with his report... Nothing left for me to say... That may be a first. (-;

I regard myself a strange monkey as far as tobaccos are concerned, I only smoke Virginias. I only smoke Latakia blends about once every 2 weeks and VaPers about once a week. I have to say that this blend is now part of my menu of tobaccos. I will smoke it as I do Reinier LGF.

The taste is unlike any tobacco before it. If I had to make a comparison, I would probably say that this is what Balkan Sobranie would taste like if someone forgot the Latakia. This tobacco is very refined and cool with only hints of Yiendie nicely balanced. I smoke it for taste and not for a nicotine hit.

Mo, South Africa

In the tin, this tobacco is a ribbon cut consisting of about 2/3 wider reddish-brown ribbons and 1/3 narrower, yellow-brown ribbons. The tin note is red-Virginia fruity, with a pleasantly sourish dry-spicy undertone, and a whiff of the typical McClelland acetic acid. It came fairly dry for a tinned tobacco.

I smoked this baccy in a Dunhill Root Briar 413 billiard. No group number stamped, but I think it?s a 3-4.

First light: the dry-spicy aroma came on strong, with not nearly as much sweetness as the tin note promises.

First half of bowl: the flavors intensified nicely, though all remained light and subtle. Some of the Virginia fruitiness started to come through, though it continued to play only a supporting role. I would characterize the developing flavor as one of cinnamon and possibly cardamom, with a slight peppery/wasabi component that tickled my sinuses most pleasantly. It had a curious but rather nice dry dustiness to it, like spices stored for a long time in an arid place. This blend has a strong resemblance to Just For Him?s Golden Cashmere, and Pipeworks and Wilke?s Gotham Court (if Gotham Court were made with no aromatic flavor additions).

I found the bowl a bit difficult to keep lit.

Second half of bowl: the flavor got even richer. There was a lot going on in there, but always in a subtle way. This is not a blend for mindless smoking. The flavors don't walk right up to you and introduce themselves with hands outstretched; you have to be the one to seek them out! There developed some hint of a woody note, but not that of a freshly-cut bole; rather, like the smell of some spicy tropical wood that has been cut into lumber and stacked for years. I?m only familiar with lumber from native trees of eastern North America, so the closest example I can come up with would be the incense-like smell of lumber cut from redcedar, a.k.a. Virginia juniper, maybe combined with the smell of sassafrass sawdust. Weird, I know, but as a former portable sawmill operator, that?s the source of much of my olfactory vocabulary?

Anyway, the bowl got a bit bitter at the end, but it smoked dry, with clean white ash and only a small bit of dottle left at the finish.

All in all, a most satisfactory purchase! I enjoyed the opportunity to get a good taste of a single variety of Oriental, so I will better be able to identify it in other blends. I emptied the rest of the tin into a mason jar to enjoy later, because I?ve got other open jars and tins I need to finish up. I?ll be curious to see how it smokes after a while in the ?cellar!?

Yenidje Supreme is an exception. Here we have a blend that uses oriental leaf of the highest caliber in a blend that smokes cool, dry leaving only a trace of ash at the bottom of the bowl. I would recommend this blend to anyone with an interest in orientals, notwithstanding the few negative comments on these pages.

I see this blend as an example of what this oriental varietal can do for a blend. It is not a showcase of oriental tobacco. What does it do? It brings out the spiciness of the virginia. There is a creamy nuttiness.

All of these flavors occur, while the tobacco smoulders evenly and dry, to a fine ash.

The cut of the tobacco is suited to any bore. It did not turn bitter nor burn unevenly in any different shaped pipes, I used. However, this blend should not be smoked after a heavier blend. Certainly not after an english or balkan blend. View this tobacco has a almost undetectable virginia blend. The gentle flavors put a smile on my face.

It is the first Oriental tobacco that I try and without being impressed, it convinced me to try more of this kind, cause their flavor is interesting. It is different. In the beginning it was sweet and light, gentle tobacco but as long as the fire was going towards the bowl, it got a bit heavy and bitter. At the moment, I cannot compare it with other Oriental but surely I was not that impressed as I was with Campanile Mixture. It didn?t warm up the bowl and burned dry till the end.

I smoked pleasantly the whole box, trying to discover and discovered NEW flavors, for me.

I will try later again, a maybe, better box and I will revert with an updated input

This is a very mild tobacco with a goodly amount of oriental spiciness and herbaceous aroma. However, it is not round or full bodied, yet I don't think orientals are meant to be.

Sometimes when I smoke it I find it to be very non-descript, difficult to get it to commit to any noticeable flavor or depth.

Similar to a VA? Well, kind of like a VA without the tang and round creaminess - the very thing that makes the smoke a pleasure.

All in all, I find this varietal to be rather unsatisfying but not a turn off either. Its charm is in it's ability to allow a dedicated pipe smoker to explore what a high quality, single-variety-oriental is like all alone - making your appreciation and palate more educated for future judgements (I think so anyway).

This variety doesn't age well once opened and exposed to oxygen. I suggest smoking the whole tin within the first 2 weeks for maximum enjoyment. I wish I had. Lastly, I loved the fresh tin aroma and flavor when first opened - high quality fermented leaf smell. No, its not ketchup folks.

I will buy this again, but I will smoke it quick once opened, my remaining portion will taking some effort to smoke up. Though I am looking forward to mixing some into a latakia-heavy blend to see what happens.

I expect Yenidje will make a great blender.

By itself this is a good smoke for the purist and pleasureable yet educational experience for all pipe smokers.

Worth a try.

Merry Christmas, Thanks, Glorfindel

This is more complex that it first hints to be... intriguing, with some depth developing in the last half of the bowl. This tobacco is best "sipped"... allowing the flavors and aromas to mingle... meditative, to say the least.

Smoked in a group 5 straight billiard.

Highly recommended.

...a pipe is to be savored.