Mac Baren Amphora Full Aroma

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.

[English version below]

Compré un puoch de 50g de Amphora Full, y lo pasé a un bote de cristal automáticamente. El tabaco en frío me huele a cacao, cacao en polvo. Es fresco, algo dulce y con alguna nota frutal que no logro diferenciar. Nivel de humedad medio-alto, dejo 30 minutos airear el tabaco antes de cargarlo.

En boca se perciben esos toques dulces achocolatados, mientras que el paso por nariz me viene algo afrutado, tiene un paso por nariz muy rico, pero puede llegar a picar. Se debe fumar con cuidado porque puede llegar a morder la lengua. Es un tabaco que va mutando según avanza la fumada hacia tonos más tostados de media cazoleta para abajo. Calienta bastante la cazoleta si no se tiene cuidado. Quema lentamente a través de la cazoleta. Una fumada muy placentera, recomendado para los amantes de los tabacos achocolatados, uno de mis favoritos sin lugar a duda, te deja un agradable sabor en la boca después de fumar.

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I bought a 50g puoch of Amphora Full, and I transferred it to a glass jar automatically. Cold tobacco smells like cocoa to me, cocoa powder. It is fresh, somewhat sweet and with some fruity note that I cannot differentiate. Medium-high humidity level, I let the tobacco air for 30 minutes before loading it.

On the palate those sweet chocolatey touches are perceived, while the passage through the nose comes to me somewhat fruity, it has a very rich passage through the nose, but it can get spicy. It should be smoked carefully because of the tonguebite. It is a tobacco that changes as the smoke progresses towards more toasted tones from half a bowl down. It gets the bowl quite hot if you're not careful. Burn slowly through the bowl. A very pleasant smoke, recommended for a chocolate notes tobacco lovers, one of my favorites without a doubt, it leaves a pleasant taste in your mouth after smoking.

Definitely not a full aromatic, despite the name. Chocolate and orange shine through the pouch and sort of persist throughout the bowl. A decent semi-aromatic for virginia lovers.

Honestly, this is extremely close to Amphora Original blend, but personally I felt like I tasted some sort of bad artificial-ish taste in the background. Like to add some fruitiness, they just put in some flavoring that didn't really taste all that flavorful to me. This is a nice affordable tobacco that I could buy again... but only if the store is out of Amphora Original blend. If you have a choice between the two, get original blend.

Bag note is very pleasant with promise of coco and sweetness. Course ribbon cut with some chunks. I defiantly get the burley and the Virginias and some Kentucky, if there are Orientals in there I am not finding them. I find it burns hot to the tongue and the back of my throat Even when softly sipped. To me its a softened up drugstore blend with better quality tobacco. Defiantly has a coco taste especially as you get to the halfway point it sweetens up and the coco is right there . If you like chocolate aromatics its probably a good blend for you. I find it a bit too harsh for an all day smoke but once and a while it would be a nice smoke.

I’m 30 minutes in at least and only 1/3 of the way there this could go over an hour which I’ve never done yet. Only the second OTC tobacco I have tried the first being captain black white label I do like it and I will definitely use it with my meerschaum pipe maybe the best smoke I’ve had with that

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.

I really enjoyed the subtle sweet flavor of Amphora's Original blend (in spite of my review going AWOL), so I wanted to try the Full Monty (aroma speaking). The pouch has some fancy gold packaging that helps elevate it beyond those cheap pouches on the market, the tobacco being of great quality is also at play here. The initial aroma is sour and fruity, but not in the advertised chocolate confectioner's playground.

The cut really showcases quality with some nice chunky unbroken strands that need some rubbing, great moisture, and isn't sticky from topping. The Burly comes through and compliments the orange well enough, though I still did not get much chocolate once lit. The nicotine is a bit below medium and there isn't much bite. Midway through the bowl it got a kinda samey for me, so while it is probably a good smoke, I had to go with 2 stars in difference to hoping it was more an Aromatic.

I really don't get what makes this a "full" aroma, as I found it to be less of an Aromatic that their Original blend, and while it lists a whole bunch of flavor profiles, I could easily see this as a Burley blend with more tobacco taste than frills.

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!