Panama Jack Melon

Gifted this to a colleague. After a few weeks and a few smokes, he gifted it back to me. I was happy to try it, but, unfortunately, it's a disappointing blend. Common story, it smells nice in the tin, but admittedly it's an aromatic of the cheaper kind, so it burns the tongue, smokes hot, requires much drying time, and loses flavor quickly. When I did taste some flavor, it was pleasant, and also anything but "melon". After I let it dry naturally, it burned much less, but ended up tasting like plain tobacco. There are better blends out there. At its best, it tastes nothing like the advertised food on the label, so I don't recommend.

Working through the Panama Jack tobaccos this summer I got to the melon one. The fruit flavor is there where you open the tin. I think honeydew or canalope not a watermelon. The flavor comes through in the tobacco like the tin note. The tobacco behind it was pretty ho-hum. It makes an ok smoke during the summer but not something I'd go out of my way to buy more of.