Boswell Pipes & Tobacco Titus Blend

Bag note smells of faint Latakia, a little brown sugar, and hay. Packs and lights just fine with little if any dry time.

Big clouds of smoke is right. So despite it smelling sweet this isn’t a typical sweet Boswell’s blend. There is some sweetness to it but it’s not a cross over or aromatic. Grassy vegetative earthy Virginias with some woody earthy dry burley are the main components. The cavendish imparts some mild and welcome brown sugar. The Latakia is there but it’s faint, giving some depth of flavor but lacks the typical herbal smokey flavors. The perique is much the same way as I’m sure it’s in there but I can hardly detect it.

There’s enough interest here to keep me smoking it. Smoked well enough, no harshness, a little tingle, no bite. The retrohale is grassy sweet Virginias with hardly a tickle from the perique. Consistent flavor from start to finish. 2.5 stars.

If you like semi sweet non aromatic natural flavored tobacco blends with a little complexity this might be for you.

Jar note of vanilla, smoky and tartly sweet. Tobacco is a ribbon cut of dark brown, brown and black with a little light brown. Moisture content is great. Burns slow with a few relights. The strength is mild and nic is mild. No flavoring is listed, but I detected a mild vanilla. It mostly stays in the background. Taste is mild and moderately consistent, with notes of tart dark fruit, peaty vegetation, spice, toast, wood, nuts, floral, molasses, rich earth, mild herbal smoky, tart and tangy citrus, a lemon grass and mild vanilla background note, and a mildly peppery, almost smooth retro. Burley is leading with Virginia Cavendish, Flavoring, Latakia and Perique supporting. Room note is tolerable, and aftertaste is great.