Mac Baren Amphora Rich Aroma

This is a reasonable, easy to find, Dark Cavendish Mixture. It haves a Good, different, Pecan Nut flavour. It is sweet, no residual bitter taste. For me,is the best between the Amphora`s Blends.

Accurate moisture with nice smell of hazelnut chocolate. That is it. Taste after lighting was not my cup of tea. Smelled like cigarette with menthol. After several years of smoking I have first time tong bite. Need fair amount of relights. Almost always leave a dottle (even after preparation of tobacco) I have tried it in many pipes, but none of them find this tobacco pleasant smoke.

I like yellow Amphora, even Burley and Kentucky are ones of my favorite, but this one is disappointing

Package note of nuts, wood and chocolate. The mostly dark brown tobacco is ribbon cut, and a little on the dry side. no prep needed. Burns moderately with few relights. The strength is mild to medium and nic is mild. Flavoring is very mild, only coming through every now and again. Taste is mild to medium and consistent, with complex notes of rich earth, dry woody, nutty, mild herbal spice, mildly floral, mild sweet grass, very mild lemon, a mild cocoa background note, and has a mildly peppery retro. Burley is leading with Virginias and Orientals supporting, flavoring supports inconsistently. Room note is very pleasant, and aftertaste is great.

In brief: dry and slightly floral/fruity, not unpleasant but not my favourite. I have tried it once, perhaps it was slightly dried since the jar was stored since a while (few months). It is light and mildly earthy. The nicotine content does not seem to be particularly strong. Overall I admit I did not fall in love with it, perhaps one additional reason is that I found the smoke tastes more like a cigarette tobacco than a pipe tobacco.

Me and Amphora go a long way, Full Aroma being the first tobacco that I've ever smoked. While I haven't smoked that in many years, Rich has the typical elements I associate with Amphora aromatic: high quality tobaccos, superior blending skill, slow burn and a somewhat different aromatic experience.

For the best results, some drying time is required (20-30 minutes). And this one stays moist for a long time, even in an unsealed pouch. But it's a real ease to work with. Can be further rubbed out, though not mandatory. The unlit smell is very pleasant and not your typical aromatic smell. It smells more like a Virginia blend, with a nice hazelnut fragrance and a hint of chocolate.

Getting it lit is very easy and, once it settles down, it leads to a very enjoyable, cool and slow smoke (+2h in my House Pipe). The component tobaccos are well harmonized, with the Burley, Oriental and Virginia making their presence known in that order. And they are well-rounded by that hazelnut flavor which, while not heavy, is evident. However, it does not taste artificial or too sweet, yet it gives the smoke a very smooth, creamy, velvety and relaxing quality. The taste is consistent from start to finish, regardless if smoked in a small or large bowl. The overall taste is rather simple, yet it carries enough complexity to prevent it from being a boring blend.

To round it up, Rich is a high-quality aromatic which, even though it can be considered an OTC, delivers by offering a very relaxing and enjoyable experience. A nice, easy-going all day smoke and also a nice change of pace from your typical sweet, sugary aromatic.

I started to be able to describe what "a toasty burley" is after trying this blend. Nice and smooth cocoa together with fresh nut scent. Good tobacco and great value for the price.

Trying this blend at the moment, had about 3 bowls of this stuff and i gotta say i like it! The pouch note isin't what i expected, i thought from the description, it will be some sort of sweet aromatic with alot of casing buuuuuttt.... that was not the case. It smelled of virginias and burley and some nutty scent but nothing over the top what so ever. Now, when i lit up this tobacco, in a large bowl might I add due to its corse cut and alot of broken flakes, the tatse struck me of hazelnut/walnut right of the bat with that great burley backbone and some virginia sweetness. It was a bit bitter in the intitial few puffs so i advise short slow puffs until the flavours mellow out a bit. Mid bowl is when i start enjoying the blend much more. Great for pairing with coffee and i imagine it will be a great burley based baccy to mix with others which i have yet to try! Overall for the price and value i like it, it isint something mind blowing by any means but for what it is its tasty.

Nutty with cacao under notes and a hint of sweet spices. Love it! That said, I am intolerant to Burley and can't get even close to the majority of Burley containing blends due to fear of getting yeast infection on my tongue. Rich Aroma is one of those few exceptions; I guess Mac Baren did an excellent job of balancing Burley with their cavendish. Whatever the actual reason is for this phenomenon, I am thankful and will always keep a pouch or two in the stash.

A nutty burley-based tobacco with a very light hazelnut topping. Not too sweet. The light hazelnut flavoring never overwhelms the natural, nutty burley tobacco taste. Can be smoked all day without becoming tiresome. Room note is acceptable. Like all Amphora blends, it's fairly dry in the pouch with very little topping, but does need some drying time to bring out the subtle flavors. It burns well and doesn't bite (even after multiple bowls), plus has a decent amount of nicotine. Not really much else to say about this nice tobacco. It's a good, daily blend that you probably won't tire of. Amphora Rich Aroma compliments their Full Aroma blend nicely.