Mac Baren Amphora Rich Aroma

When I first read the reviews on this amphora aromatic, after buying a rainy- sunday last pouch left at the tobacconist I feared it maybe one of the dullest blends out for sale here in Italy, plus I am not an Amphora lover.

I have to say it's a very "mild" tobacco, from all possible points of view. Mild strength indeed, mild flavoring, some nutty-chocolatey scent and nothing more, vanishing taste. A simple, monotone burley blend.

Among blends we can taste out here, some Skandinavik mild aromatic blend along with Park lane Nr. 7 & basic burley blends seem way more interesting than this Amphora title. The Cavendish inside this reminds me of that weird flowery scent infused in Clan. And that doesn't please much.

Luckily, but quite obviously, this doesn't bite.

The cut, very easy to pack, it's the same ol' Amphora "mix" of big shags and ready rubbed, maybe some cubes.

I've tried this in little and medium bowls, even after some aging, but It doesn't show nothing particular and never evolves .

The worse of Amphora blends for me. Dull. Had a strange slight menthol feel to it... Did not enjoy.

Not the best tobacco made by Amphora, that's for sure...too bland and flavourless, it can give some satisfaction when mixed with a whisky aromatic blend.

Even under the D&E period, this Amphora had a bloated, overwhelming taste of caramel, chocolate and vanilla!. If your thing is aromatic tobacco, this should be close to paradise. The newer Imperial Tobacco version is not exactly better. It is not as refined as the older version and the sauce used to sweeten the tobacco is not as exquisite. Basically an extremely sweet Cavendish, with a bitter undertone, that will linger in your pipe (and your palate), long after you've smoked it, so be careful.

What a boring tobacco! An usual cavendish-burley-oriental with a nicely sweet room aroma and almost no taste! Hazelnut flavor? Where?!? A blend that doesn't fall in the "unsmokable" category, but in the "why should I smoke this stuff" one. It's a decently behaved, not goopy and not overly cased aromatic, but if you add the blandness and the fact that it is like hundreds of other equally boring cavendish drugstore blends to the slight tongue burn it gives, why should you be tempted to smoke this stuff?

'Well' I tried this in 3 different pipe's,it light's easily & puff's along very nicely.But all I could think of was a menthol feel to the tongue.Maybe it was me??? I'm not saying it's bad, but I do think you need to have an acquired taste for it.It leaves a nice clean ash at the bottom of the bowl & I prefered the taste half way through.I know of a gentleman who has smoked nothing but this, since it was first released. In it's class I'll give 2 out of 4 star's.

One of the most horrible tobaccos I have ever smoked, gave me a sore throat and is also very sweet… migraine inducing sweet.

Definitely not recommended.

Davvero pessimo: l'esempio stucchevole del perchè non amo gli Amphora: inconsistente, dolciastro, banale. Ne avevo comprato una busta, buttata dopo un paio di fumate. Mai più.