Wellauer & Co Wellauer's Latakia

If you can find an old tin of this pure Syrian Latakia, it would be well worth the grab if you are a Latakia junkie. Wellaeur's never messed around with their blends and made sure all had the finest quality leaf. This is no exception.

Although somewhat over the top, my 10-year old tin did show some settlement and I never got the rough edges such a strong Latakia blend can deliver. I note other reviewers have used this to cut other blends. Not a bad idea as this is one really full tasting tobacco.

Latakia at its best. Extraordinary blending stuff. I tried smoking alone, but it is of course missing something.. My favourite blending: Dunhill DeLuxe navy rolls (VA-PER) and 50% latakia, delicious. Great great stuff this Wellaur's 100g tin.

I added a little of this to my Balkan Sasieni as well as to Comptons of Gashiel's Maccedonia mixture and had excellent results. I always thought it was the absence of Yenidje from the Sasieni that made it so different from the original Balkan Sobrane but after adding the pure Syrian Latakia in small quanities to taste I realize this is what is missing from the formula. I ordered 4 100g tins of this stuff from Switzerland and it ran about 85 dollars with shipping but if you are one that spends a lot of money tracking down old tins of Sobrane you may want to give this a try.

The best (and the only real) Syrian latakia on market! If you in occasion, buy it without hesitation. Yesterday I was in Graz and I bought the last three cans of 100 grams. and that's all folks! Ideal for making your own home english similar mixtures!

Excellent Syrian Latakia. Tasty, intense, with the distinctive scent of this tobacco. Of course it is a blending tobacco and it is not so advantageous (convenient) smoking it straight. But it is perfect for your own mixtures. Certainly one of the best pure Latakia you can find in the market. Really a great tobacco. Congratulations to Wellauer. In my personal rating (from 1 to 10) my score is 10 and four stars.

This will either remove any hair you may have on your chest or head, or for that matter, turn you into a werewolf (the latter applied to me). An older pipester was smoking this and gave me some so I decided to purchase a 100g tin and try it out further. upon opening the tin, you are greeted by a dark broad ribbon with stems as well (this is normal for latakia). Aroma is rich latakia. Packing is easy with some airing recommended as this is moist. Initial flavor is rich, smooth latakia. Midbowl mellows somewhat, towards the end the flavor intensifies and then all you have left is mottled dark ash. This is intended for blending, but sometimes I need a latakia "fix" and this does that nicely. I have used this for blending and it works excellently. For you who dabble in blending, I highly recommend this. Rating 5 out of 5 points...Enjoy

Perfect moisture in tin for me. I would rather call this a Short cut than a Ribbon cut, of mainly black and some very dark brown colour. The tin description only says: “Pure Latakia with top quality.” Presumably, that’s’ what it is, a pure Latakia, not a mixture.

There are two dominant aromas: wood and smoke. A kind of a campfire enjoyment with a delicate whiff of frankincense in the air. Natural tobacco-sweetness is there too. I love it, it’s gorgeous! There is no horse-stable aroma, nor leather aroma in this Latakia. Not that I am missing them here; it’s just different here. Now, it is Latakia from Cyprus, since Syrian Latakia is not available any more, due to the long lasting war. Years ago it was pure Original Latakia from Syria. The old tins had a tin description on the front side (usually in French or German or both) saying that it is pure top grade Latakia from the mountainous regions of Syria.

This smoke is not strong at all, in contrast to what most of you may assume, and it still donates a very full taste. It is on my favourites list and in my rotation. I highly recommend it to Latakia lovers. The taste lingers for quite a while. I love the room note and – now and then I even get compliments from surrounding non-smokers, believe it or not.

This tobacco blew my socks.This is the best Latakia that have been smoking lately.I thought that you can not smoke it pure but I try it last day and guess what:It is gorgeus.If you have possibility buy it with no doubt!

Being an EM fan, I try sometimes to make some homemade blends, using straight Virginias, Perique, Oriental and Latakia or adding Latakia to some mild/poor mixtures. I'm using Robert McConnell, Torben Dansk and Wellauer Latakia and, although all three are very good, I think Wellauer (syrian) is the perfect one. 5,0/5 in my personal rating system.

The best Lat I have ever seen, smelled, or smoked. Sounds 7, I believe, hit the nail smack on about the old BS. A small amount added to Sasieni or similar reconstructions really brings out the old-time flavor. My tin was about 12 yrs old.