Mac Baren Amphora Full Aroma

It is not my type of tobacco and I do not find it pleasant to review something that does not give me any pleasure. Just to say that I have smoked three pipes of Amphora Full Aroma and I don't think there is a fourth. There are too many tobaccos that I like to waste my time with one that gives me nothing.

I din't like it at all.I like aromatic blends and this is not for sure.Low quality tobacco.Tongue bite from the middle of the bowl.If you like aromatics don't waste your money.

For a brand that calls itself full aroma, I found this to be quite tasteless and a disappointment. As such, not recommended.

Revising this review -- after smoking another pouch: downgrade to 1 *, too much tongue burn for a Dutch Cavendish. Only real virtues are cheapness & availability.

I don't know how to describe the Amphora aroma - I can detect mint & chocolate, I think, but there is no obvious single note to me so I will just say - typical Amphora.

I was surprised, though, that with a name like "Full Aroma", the aroma/flavouring was much milder than I expected. No stickiness, room note pleasant & not overwhelming. A little too much Virginia for my personal taste -- I'm a Burley fan. Not as strong as Original Blend. Burns evenly, fairly fast & completely, except (for some reason) in my old Peterson, which leaves a dottle.

Note - the blend I am reviewing was purchased in Canada where it is manufactured under licence, so it could be slightly different from the original manufacturer's version.

This is one of the WORST tobaccos i have ever smoked.

It was like a pouch of dried out sticks, and had a nearly unbearable flavour.

There are many, many good aromatics out there, and since smoking does actually kill you, you may as well smoke something worth dieing for. This is one that should be left on the shelf - think drum tobacco smoked in a pipe.

Sorry to all those that enjoyed it, this is one of the only tobaccos sold in New Zealand, and we are definately the worse for it.

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NOT REVIEWED YET Centuries of tobacco craftmanship go into Amphora Full. In addition to the Virginia tobaccos an exact amount of burley and Oriental tobaccos from three continents balance the blend. And the result is a well rounded and slow burning blend. Amphora is the trademark of high quality pipe tobacco.

A parte il Virginia e il Black Cavendish non sono un amante degli Amphora ed ecco uno dei motivi: un tabacco povero, cioccolatoso e stucchevole. C'è di peggio ma c'è anche mooolto di meglio in circolazione.

One of the worst blends I ever smoked! The first few puffs are great...spicy, with the Kentucky making it´s mark. No topping detectable...after that it´s going all done! A few puffs later I got the foul taste of old chewing gum in my mouth wich lasted until the end of the smoke. Disgusting and not recomened at all!

An easily available, cheap tobacco.

Nice, enjoyable pouch-note that, by the way, I didn’t found in the bowl. The topping is not excessive, I’d say just right. The full character may lay in the Kentucky component in the blend, which is quite detectable both by sight and by taste.

Nice fine cut, easy to pack, light and keep lit. Classical one-match-and-forget. Best savoured if you try to find the balance around the kindling temperature, otherwise it bites quite often.

Distinct room note, but nothing special or particularly enjoyable.

Cheers Everyone, Brandr ODS