McClelland Tastemaster
(3.00)
Smooth, creamy, chocolate-flavored, gentle on the palate and abundantly flavorful throughout, owing to the excellence of the superior tobaccos chosen for this masterful blend.
Details
| Brand | McClelland |
| Series | Premium Aromatic |
| Blended By | McClelland Tobacco Company |
| Manufactured By | |
| Blend Type | |
| Contents | Black Cavendish, Burley, Cavendish |
| Flavoring | Cocoa / Chocolate |
| Cut | Coarse Cut |
| Packaging | 50g Tin |
| Country | United States |
| Production | No longer in production |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Very Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.00 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 21 - 30 of 32 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 21, 2005 | Mild | Medium | Mild | Pleasant |
I got Taste Master as an early Christmas gift, together with Best of the Show. For a moment I had visions of Chocolate and Ketchup, and was not sure of opening the tins. Overcoming my initial fear, I ventured into the contents and was greeted by a nice surprise. I hadn?t had this type of heavily steam-cased leaf in a long time.
Chunky bits of jet-black, shiny leaf, splattered with some golden bits, making a lovely contrast. Highly aromatic (nay, pungent), the chocolate-dry raisings-plumb aroma jumps at your nostrils and knocks you out! Wow! I guess if you are an aromatic lover this must be manna! I wouldn?t classify this as your typical drug store aromatic blend. Though moist and sweet, the tobacco is neither syrupy nor sticky. In fact, it is easy to light, and the first puffs yield a rather cool and rich smoke, not entirely sweet. This blend has a rather bittersweet smoky under taste which can be very palatable and not at all cloying.
The aroma is indeed very strong, but tolerable and for many non-smokers it?s even pleasant. The wife loved it. The taste is not as sweet in the smoke as it is in the tin. It burns pretty well, and surprisingly slowly for a steam-cased concoction. The flavor is consistent throughout the bowl, and can be monochromatic, but it?s rich, without the slightest speck of tongue bite, and mild. There?s a certain carbon like note, not at all unpleasant.
This is a very high quality aromatic, in a completely different league compared to the traditional drug store blends. In spite of having the typical flavor of steam-cased Burleys (1Q and Black Natural come to mind), the added dark chocolate sauce gives this one a meatier edge, and you can smoke it rather frequently. I liked Taste Maste much better than Best of the Show, precisely because of this quality.
Personally I don?t enjoy McClelland?s straight Virginias, and I haven?t had the courage to try their Orientals, but this one at least seems like very nice aromatic blend, adequate for the season, and a once-in-a- while change of pace. Though this type of blend helps build a quick carbon layer in the pipe, and does not leave an excessively strong aroma, it?s advisable to set aside a pipe, keeping your Virginia and Oriental briars from the inevitable aroma contamination.
Chunky bits of jet-black, shiny leaf, splattered with some golden bits, making a lovely contrast. Highly aromatic (nay, pungent), the chocolate-dry raisings-plumb aroma jumps at your nostrils and knocks you out! Wow! I guess if you are an aromatic lover this must be manna! I wouldn?t classify this as your typical drug store aromatic blend. Though moist and sweet, the tobacco is neither syrupy nor sticky. In fact, it is easy to light, and the first puffs yield a rather cool and rich smoke, not entirely sweet. This blend has a rather bittersweet smoky under taste which can be very palatable and not at all cloying.
The aroma is indeed very strong, but tolerable and for many non-smokers it?s even pleasant. The wife loved it. The taste is not as sweet in the smoke as it is in the tin. It burns pretty well, and surprisingly slowly for a steam-cased concoction. The flavor is consistent throughout the bowl, and can be monochromatic, but it?s rich, without the slightest speck of tongue bite, and mild. There?s a certain carbon like note, not at all unpleasant.
This is a very high quality aromatic, in a completely different league compared to the traditional drug store blends. In spite of having the typical flavor of steam-cased Burleys (1Q and Black Natural come to mind), the added dark chocolate sauce gives this one a meatier edge, and you can smoke it rather frequently. I liked Taste Maste much better than Best of the Show, precisely because of this quality.
Personally I don?t enjoy McClelland?s straight Virginias, and I haven?t had the courage to try their Orientals, but this one at least seems like very nice aromatic blend, adequate for the season, and a once-in-a- while change of pace. Though this type of blend helps build a quick carbon layer in the pipe, and does not leave an excessively strong aroma, it?s advisable to set aside a pipe, keeping your Virginia and Oriental briars from the inevitable aroma contamination.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 24, 2004 | Mild to Medium | Medium to Strong | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
08-24-04 This is definitely a high quality aromatic! I love chocolate, let's see what this one did.
Appearance and Tin aroma: Black and Tan leaf, CHOCOLATE!!!
Packing and Lighting: easy, two lights typical in spite of the moisture.
Initial Flavor: somewhere between expresso and chocolate.
Mid-bowl: Round chocolate flavor, leaf peaks through now and then.
End of Bowl: A little build up of strength, still can't discern leaf too much, a little dottle if smoked slowly, lots if rushed.
Overall: I liked this much more than town topic, but I still got nipped on the tongue in spite of slow-puffing. The quest for the perfect aromatic will not end here....
Rating 3.5 out of 5 Points
Appearance and Tin aroma: Black and Tan leaf, CHOCOLATE!!!
Packing and Lighting: easy, two lights typical in spite of the moisture.
Initial Flavor: somewhere between expresso and chocolate.
Mid-bowl: Round chocolate flavor, leaf peaks through now and then.
End of Bowl: A little build up of strength, still can't discern leaf too much, a little dottle if smoked slowly, lots if rushed.
Overall: I liked this much more than town topic, but I still got nipped on the tongue in spite of slow-puffing. The quest for the perfect aromatic will not end here....
Rating 3.5 out of 5 Points
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| Sep 27, 2011 | Mild | Medium | Mild | Pleasant |
This is my first review...
Definite chocolate aroma from the tin. Seemed to be very moist compared to other tobaccos I've had. Despite moistness, this seemed to be no more or less difficult to light and keep lit. Once lit, actual tobacco flavor is not as strong as I would like. Aroma of the smoke is pleasant and sweet. I do not feel there is a lot of nicotine with this smoke. This tobacco is sweet, mild, and pleasant. Overall, a good tobacco.
Definite chocolate aroma from the tin. Seemed to be very moist compared to other tobaccos I've had. Despite moistness, this seemed to be no more or less difficult to light and keep lit. Once lit, actual tobacco flavor is not as strong as I would like. Aroma of the smoke is pleasant and sweet. I do not feel there is a lot of nicotine with this smoke. This tobacco is sweet, mild, and pleasant. Overall, a good tobacco.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 02, 2010 | Mild | Medium | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
This was a nice change from my regular Sutliff Private Stock - Maple Street and will make it my choice now. My mind melts when I smell the tin, I like Josephs' description of it being more like an Irish Coffee. This stuff just makes me positively giddy. Would go great with a Black & Tan beer I imagine.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 21, 2010 | Very Mild | Very Mild | Mild | Very Pleasant |
I dried this out for 11 hours on a warm day on a napkin. It had seemed a bit moist in the tin, and a good drying seemed necessary. 2 matches to start. Good smoke volume. The tin smell was very nice. The smoke had significantly less flavoring. This had the wettest bowl I've ever had afterwards.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 23, 2009 | Mild | Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
It has to be said that I'm not really into exceedingly sweet aromatics, and this one is just that. As a whole, it's not a bad tasting tobacco, it's just very sweet with a slight chemical taste to it. I may be able to smoke this once in a blue moon, but I'll find it hard to do it more often. The room note is nice, however, which I suppose is a redeeming quality. If you like sweet aromatics, and you dig chocolate, try it, you may end up loving it.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 28, 2009 | Mild | Medium | Medium | Pleasant |
When I first bought this tin, it was my first tasting of a McClelland aromatic tobacco and I'm very pleased. The blast of smooth chocolate and creaminess smells so good I wasn't sure I wanted to smoke this. The smooth and creamy chocolate stays most of the way through the bowl. On a few occasions I got some gurgling, but it could of been from me smoking it too fast since it was tasting so good. TASTEMASTER will be on my list of tobacco to ALWAYS have on hand.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 20, 2008 | Very Mild | Strong | Mild | Pleasant |
Quality tobacco, with low nicotine level and a fine room note. Taste however is definitely not chocolate, but more like irish coffee. Which is not bad, but not what one expects buying a chocolate blend. Suited for occasional smoking, with a max of one bowl a day.
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| Oct 01, 2008 | Mild | Mild | Mild | Pleasant |
I smoke both Aromatics and more serious tobacco. Over the years I have moved more and more away from Aromatics as most are too heavily cased for my taste. When I first popped this tin I was a bit concerned. The tin note is pretty strong chocolate and sweet.
I was quite pleasantly surprised. The smoke was smooth and luxurious. The flavor is almost pure cavendish. The room note is a warm subtle dak chocolate. Much lighter and more refined than what I had expected from the tin note.
Definitely a premium Aromatic. For a less heavily cased Aromatic try McClelland's Mellow Mack.
I was quite pleasantly surprised. The smoke was smooth and luxurious. The flavor is almost pure cavendish. The room note is a warm subtle dak chocolate. Much lighter and more refined than what I had expected from the tin note.
Definitely a premium Aromatic. For a less heavily cased Aromatic try McClelland's Mellow Mack.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 10, 2008 | Mild | Very Strong | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
This was a pleasant surprise. A nice dark chocolate flavoring that is generously applied. It is sweet and yummy. It reminds me of something in the PIPEWORKS @ WILKE lineup of aromatics. Cool smoking and sweet. Very different from C&D's choclate. This is wet, gooey, and very choclatey. I liked it for what it is. Try some if you like aromatics.
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