Theodorus Niemeyer Flying Dutchman

This blend, by Theodorus Neimeyer, is quite typical of the Dutch style of tobacco blending. It is a fine ribbon cut tobacco and so it lights and burns easily, but can bite the tongue quite a bit if burned too hot. Smoke it slowly and the aromatic notes come through in a pleasant and understated way. Like many Dutch blends it relies to a large extent on Golden Cavendish and has this tobaccos freshness, but the blend is complex and there is much more than just Cavendish here. The room note is sutble,pleasing and soft certainly "wife friendly". Overall a fairly decent smoke without aspiring to greatness - one to enjoy ocassionally, but not one that could be included in my all time favourite list

A blend of twelve tobaccos? I can't taste it. Tastes like burley, oriental, and very little Virginia to me. It smokes cool and burns nice. The aroma is pleasant and it satisfies the nicotine crave. It just lacks flavor and richness.

Ha ha... I agree with "scotty815" as he wrote: "pencil shavings". Stay away, save your money... there are so many blends that worth!

I remember smoking this blend many years ago when it was a fine shag cut like Five Brothers is now. I love the name and packaging but the newer version is just not like the old one was. This one really reminds me of the flavor of Field and Stream. Almost a Chrystal Mint type of aromatic. It is not bad, it's just not great like it once was. It hs become a ribbon cut in the pouch, with a sweet aroma in the pouch and a little tartness. It packs well and burns very well, staying lit with a nice puff cadense. This one could burn the tongue if puffed to fast but at a normal puff rate, I find it not hot at all. It does not burst with flavor, kinda like smoking a flavored VA. It has a very nice room aroma, and is not cloying. It burnd slow if you let it and smokes all the way down to the bottom with some dottle but little moisture. They should have left this one alone, I would say try it if you can get it, but not worth going out of your way for. I was sent some to try by a buddy in Abu Dhabi as it's not available in the US.

Not too bad but I don't like it enough to ever buy it again. Just wanted to try it.

I suppose this tobacco is ok...IF YOU LIKE TO SMOKE HOT COALS! Horrible. Simply horrible.

What was once a wonderful tobacco is now a masochist's dream come true. If I were forced to smoke this stuff, I might very well offer to trade places with the Flying Dutchman. Well, almost.

This was quite a surprise (and disappointment) for me (sigh!), having smoked an earlier incarnation of this blend 25-30 years ago. It burns HOT, like something straight out of a paper shredder. I hope that Niemeyer gets their act together on this product, at least until medical technology succeeds in providing affordable tongue transplants. Fortunately, it doesn't seem to be as widely available as in olden days.

Flying Dutchman has been treated somewhat harshly. After a gap of nearly twenty years I smoked a tinful recently, with hardly any memory of its taste. It is a mildly flavoured aromatic of middling quality. Since I got my tin as a gift I am unable to comment on the price/quality ratio. In extremis - say when the choice is limited to Borkum Riff or Captain Black - I would certainly buy Flying Dutchman, even though there are no Wagnerian notes present, nor a redeeming Senta.