Mac Baren Three Nuns Green

The coins tend to fall apart a bit too easily, but many can still be folded to prevent a faster burn. The VAs take the forefront, but the Kentucky is easily tasted throughout the bowl. The mild Perique is the third fiddle, most noticeable in the final 3rd of the bowl. Lights easily and keeps it going. An easy smoke. I expect the tins will improve with age (only 2 months on this tin). I look forward to cracking the next tin next summer.

Mac Baren - Three Nuns Green.

The coins are quite broken, so it's an easy blend to load with. My tin was a little dryer than I'd have preferred, smokable, but I like a blend to be slightly damp to the touch.

Lighting up a bowl's easy-peasy, and it gives a decent smoke. The Virginia and Kentucky form the majority of the flavour, hence why I'm marking medium to full for taste. But the flavour isn't over fire-cured, and too acrid; more of a 'smoky-nuttiness'. The Perique's easily the lightest ingredient; it needs to be 'looked' for more than the others. The burn's good, maybe a little fast due to the hydration, but consistent. I've been smoking only this today and haven't had a bite from it.

Nicotine: medium. Room-note: not a fan.

Three Nuns Green? A nice enough smoke but not a 'brilliant' smoke. Three stars:

Recommended.

Smoked out of tin, smells and tastes bready and grassy with white pepper too. The spiciness sits on your lips and is welcome especially in colder climate. I only noticed the strength when I dedicated some time to a full bowl. An interesting VAPer which I reach for more than Escudo during winter. Can be inconsistent though.

I picked up a tin of the new Yellow and the new Green to try.

I tried the Green after trying the Yellow earlier.

Presentation: Very small coins. Much smaller than LBF or the other coins I'm used to. The tin is tightly packed when opened. The coins in my tin were almost impossible to extract intact, they seemed to be stuck together and come out broken. Tin note was spicier than the yellow and I could smell the periques/kentucky over the Virginia in this one.

Prep: The moisture seems about perfect straight from the tin, it did seem a little drier than the yellow version. Was easy to pack the broken pieces, but was unable to get a complete coin out to fold.

Lighting: Char light, tamp, and then one light got me through the bowl. On charring it puffed up more than the yellow version.

Taste: Completely different experience from the yellow. The KY seemed to steal the show here staying in front of the Virginias. Definitely some spice from the periques in the background. Much earthier and darker feeling than the yellow. VAPer lovers I think will love this one.

Burn: A little bit hot in the bowl, but in the Canadian never required a relight. Burned down to ash with minimal moisture in the bowl of my Castello Canadian.

Overall impression: I really prefer this one to the yellow version. I have not tried the current version of regular Three Nuns to compare it to. With the curly cut and more complex flavors (spicier, fuller) I could see this one being a regular smoke.

I'm going to jar the rest of the tin and I'll update if the taste changes with some aging.

Niece neutral smell of fresh tobacco reminds me Old Gowrie. I did not expect miracle , and received exactly what I expected. Not very nice coins burns well, not too much relights is needed. Moisture is accurate, for me could be even more wet. Taste is little peppery, after perique probably. Absolutely recommend this tobacco as very nice average neutral.

Very wholesome, darkish tin note with dried hay virginia complemented by rich grass - the net effect is actually very close to the smell of snus. Smallish coins, about the size of a thumbnail. Unlike many other reviewers, I had no particular problem with the coins being already broken upon opening the tin; I could always find enough whole ones or broken tobacco, depending on how I wanted to fill my pipe.

And herein lies 3N-Green's greatest strength; unlike other coin or flake tobaccos that I have sampled, Green is good regardless of how you do or don't rub it out, and regardless of the moisture level too. Rub it out and you get a fast, good, clean, virginia base wonderfully complemented by the darker tobaccos to produce a very wholesome, no-nonsense smoke. Stack the coins in the bowl and it requires a bit more effort to get the pipe going (especially if the coins are still somewhat moist) but the result is even more rewarding - the same taste but in a more long-lasting, flavourful, somewhat darker version, with wonderfully thick and wholesome smoke.

Would recommend foremost for fans of virginia who would maybe like to try a little bit more 'oomph' in their tobacco, and will surely be buying again when in the mood for some good, wholesome coin tobacco.

I finally got around to opening this tin. Typical tin packing, but the coins popped up nicely when encouraged. The coins are small and broke when folding into the pipe, making an easy light. I got sweet DFK nutty goodness on first tastes and it settled down into lovely Virginia flavor. The perique is a background note providing enjoyable spice. I now wish I had tried this sooner, before production ceased, as I would add some tins to the larder. Recommended, if you can find it.