Motzek Old Louisiana Mixture

(3.25)
Mix of curly pieces from Virginia and perique, plus cut burley, Virginia and black cavendish.
Notes: Translated description from the German website: "Old Louisiana Mix is a mixture that consists of Virginia/Perique curlys, cut Virginia, burley and a small amount of black cavendish. When opening the package you'll may expect a more sweet smell, yet it delivers a more spicy, cedar wood-like aroma with slightly peppery nuances. The appearance offers diversity. Notably are the curly coins, which are copiously included. The black cavendish on the other hand is hardly recognizable. When filling your pipe, you may want to pay attention that you'll get a good mix of curlys and cut tobaccos, so you can enjoy the whole spectrum of flavours. The curly coins may be rubbed out a bit. Taste wise the tobacco is very spicy, woodsy, and slightly chocolaty. The sweetness is recognizable, and harmonizes wonderful with the other ingredients. It's noticeable that the tobacco is harmonically composed and while smoking the flavour is switching between spicy and sweetish notes. Like this, the tobacco won't get boring. It's a medium strength blend. Summary: Old Louisiana Mix is an all-rounder and has "all day tobacco" qualities. Easy to handle, enjoyable and diversified and never boring. For the experienced pipe smoke this is a "safe bet", but this tobacco is also worth trying for beginners, who want to try natural tobaccos. A must try, that has great potential of aging! After around 40 years of getting dusty between cigar-boxes this old recipe is finally celebrating it's revelation.

Details

Brand Motzek
Series TAK
Blended By Tom Darasz
Manufactured By Motzek
Blend Type Scottish
Contents Black Cavendish, Burley, Perique, Virginia
Flavoring
Cut Mixture
Packaging 100 grams pouch
Country Germany
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Mild to Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

3.25 / 4
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Feb 08, 2020 Medium None Detected Mild to Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
I really wanted to like this tobacco, I am a big fan of small curlies of which there are quite a lot in this otherwise loose cut blend The bag scent was just pure tobacco, smelled like there was Kentucky in it as well but this is not listed as an ingredient. Now, when I filled my pipe with it, all I could taste was....salt....this can't be good I thought so I contacted Tom about it. because I had heard that Motzek uses salt as a anti mould agent. His reply was that he had checked the batch, all was as it should be and that no salt was used anyway in this particular blend. This reassured me and to be honest, the extreme and subjective saltiness disappeared after a few bowls. So maybe it was a body chemical reaction on my part, hard to tell really. But it remains more of a savoury than a sweet blend. I don't think this blend burns particularly well either, I have to give it quite a few relights. 16/9 Der Neue, another Motzek (Tom Darasz) blend fares much better in this department and tastes rather better as well IMO. But give this blend a try if you are into pure tobacco taste, it is not bad at all, just not great. Rob
Pipe Used: Comoy's Grand slam
PurchasedFrom: Motzek. Tom Darasz
Age When Smoked: new
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