Just For Him Shortcut To Mushrooms

(3.49)
This is the fourth blend in the Middle Earth Pipeweed Series! Rich, dark Latakia is blended with mushrooms straight from Farmer Maggot's field to produce a truly unique smooth, creamy, earthy smoke with a hint of sweetness.

Details

Brand Just For Him
Series Middle Earth Pipeweed
Blended By Bob Schafer
Manufactured By  
Blend Type Aromatic
Contents Black Cavendish, Latakia
Flavoring Other / Misc
Cut Ribbon
Packaging Bulk
Country United States
Production No longer in production

Profile

Strength
Mild to Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild to Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

3.49 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 04, 2009 Mild Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Very Pleasant
A really unique tobacco as I don't see many cased Latakia blends on the market. The Latakia presence is light, but certainly can be tasted. Lots of sweetened Black Cavendish in this wide cut blend that makes lighting a bit of a task. Still, once going well it will remain let (if the smoker lets it dry out for about a half hour before loading).

One of the sweetest Latakia blends I've ever smoked. Not naturally sweet, but I didn't mind the sauce (whatever it is), at all.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jun 06, 2013 Mild to Medium Medium Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
For smokers of English or black cavendish blends, this is both fish and fowl. You'll certainly get the vanilla BC taste along with light, smoky, woody sweet Cyprian latakia notes, and of course, the mushrooms. The mushroom taste isn't very strong, but you notice it in a sort-of earthy, sweet way. While it is creamy and smooth with some sweetness, it burns slowly and not well after the half way point. I'm not a fast puffer, never been a wet smoker, but the goop at the end of the smoke really affects the enjoyment of the smoke. It must be the PG, because even when I dried out the tobacco before smoking, I still got a moist bowl at the bottom. Needs a lot of relights. Has very little nicotine. Won't bite or get harsh. Has a pleasant after taste and room note. Not quite an all day smoke.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jun 20, 2014 Mild to Medium Extremely Mild Medium to Full Pleasant to Tolerable
I've tried all of JustForHim's Middle Earth Pipeweed blends, and frankly, I find them all great. The very premise of a line of Tolkien-inspired tobacco blends strikes most as a bit of a kitschy novelty, but being a snob isn't worth it if it causes you to miss out on something great. Embracing your inner geek especially pays off with Shortcut to Mushrooms, which is pretty easily the best blend of the entire line. It has become a staple of my cellar, and one of my favorite blends.

The bag note is mouthwatering, and gives you some idea of what you have to look forward to: Some nice, smokey Latakia and some sort of vanilla casing. Virginias aren't mentioned in any descriptions I've read, but I swear I can see and smell hints of it. To say that this is a sweet, dark, and earthy blend would be a defensible summary. It wouldn't do the stuff justice, though, because so many flavors fade in and out, as though it were the handiwork of some Middle Earth wizard. The black cavendish and latakia paired with the casing play a lot of games together. At times, it's easy to understand where the name came from, because you'll taste something earthy and somewhat bitter, reminiscent of mushrooms. Sometimes you'll get a sweet and bitter taste reminiscent of coffee. In its finest moments, the flavor reminds me of kettle corn. A remarkable flavor, thick clouds of delicious white smoke, a room note that won't offend most, and an easy burn down to a fine, salt and pepper ash put Shortcut to Mushrooms on the very short list of aromatics I find enjoyable. It's a perfect companion for a nice, sunny day outside. I highly recommend this to aromatic smokers looking to branch out, or to people like me who don't mind the occasional vanilla aromatic, but would prefer not to feel as though they stuffed a cupcake into their bowl.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 25, 2013 Mild Mild Medium to Full Pleasant to Tolerable
I very much enjoyed this. I like Latakia but was looking for something that wouldn't drive the women in my life away (wife and daughter). This fit the bill nicely. The room note started sweet but settled down toward a friendly campfire/earthy smell that we all found pleasant (since we like camping anyway). The taste is hard to describe: a bit of vanilla Latakia with earthy under tones, autumnish. I think the mushroom some are tasting is the background earthy/musty (but not unpleasant) note... And frankly mushrooms taste earthy musty. I suppose other blends that are earthy in taste, if called mushroom in the name, would get others to note it.

It did burn down to a white ash and it burned very cool with no tongue bite. So cool in fact that I decided to try and abuse it, myself, and the pipe. So I puffed two bowls of this really hard and fast and I could not get it to bite, not even nip, and it would only came up to a medium warm on my bowl... Fantastic! Since I do absent-mindedly find myself puffing away pretty hard.

This is well on the way of becoming the standard in my pipe.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jun 25, 2014 Mild to Medium Mild Medium Pleasant
Like many aromatics, rather damp when it first arrives, but well worth the wait to let it dry out a bit. This is an unusual aromatic, in a very good way. I find many aromatics to be lacking in flavour, most of the perceived flavour actually coming from the aroma, or from being very heavily cased. Whereas this tobacco has a phenomenal flavour... it literally tastes like a very high quality fresh wild mushroom soup, or even sautéed mushrooms of the kind you'd put atop a piece of steak. Not so surprising because it actually has bits of mushrooms in it. It is an aromatic for those who prefer something more earthy and meaty than saccharine sweet. I could smoke this every day. It does not bite, even with some vigorous pulling. Especially through my churchwarden the smoke stays very cool. (I didn't actually intend on using the churchwarden because of the whole Lord of the Rings reference thing... it was more based on what I expected from the tobacco.) Another unusual quality to it as an aromatic is that it has a decent amount of nicotine, a very pleasant strength, akin to that of Cornell and Diehl Autumn Evening. A few friends of mine who have tried it now smoke this almost exclusively. I have certainly gone through well over a pound and will continue to keep it in my rotation.
Pipe Used: Stanwell Hans Christian Andersen
PurchasedFrom: Just for Him website
Age When Smoked: new
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jun 20, 2013 Medium Medium Medium Pleasant
If there could only be one, this would be it. It satisfies the English craving with a side note of an aromatic. Such great liturgical, contemplative overtones (there are those who understand), and a room note that has everyone's attention and approval. So far I have dedicated two Stanwells and a Peterson to this wonderful blend. Order plenty.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 24, 2019 Mild Mild to Medium Medium Very Pleasant
So let me start like this...I live in Germany and I traded a few Germains tobacco with a guy down in Chicago. He sent me a generous sample of this out this world baccy with the C&D's and some GL Pease tins ! Me as a latakia lover fell in love instantly cause this delivered my craving for latakia and added a sweetness to satisfy my sweet tooth too! This tobacco unites an aromatic with latakia in a really special way. The taste is out of this world! Period!!! Now I got a serious problem! It is easier to find 500 bucks under a rock while taking out your dog for a walk than finding this baccy in Europe and secondly it's been discontinued! So if you read this desperate message go ahead and DM me on insta (@the_cigar_parloir) if you are in for a intercontinental trade!
Pipe Used: Cobs, yellow bole, briars
PurchasedFrom: Traded on Instagram
Age When Smoked: Unknown
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 12, 2017 Medium to Strong Medium to Strong Full Very Pleasant
Great tobacco, room note is extremely pleasant, taste is very unique it's damp on first arrival (letting it sit out wouldn't hurt) the Latakia is very subtle but defiantly there. The black cavendish adds a mild sweetness and the topping is very mushroomy it taste like carmelized smoked mushrooms is the best way I can describe it. Even the wifey tried it! After your done smoking it leaves the room smelling like smoked mushrooms. It Burns evenly and leaves no dross in the bowl. Quality tobacco. Highly recommended.
Pipe Used: Missouri meerschaum ozark trail hardwood
PurchasedFrom: Justforhim.com
Age When Smoked: One week
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 30, 2010 Mild Medium to Strong Mild to Medium Tolerable
I was so impressed with all the rave four star reviews that I was tempted to order a pound. I'm glad I ordered the sampler!

While I thoroughly enjoyed the flavor of this blend, I will order no more because there are so many others I prefer made with superior quality tobaccos that do not contain all the chemicals to make this one of the wettest and stickiest tobaccos out there.

I concur with Captain Enormous' review.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 21, 2010 Mild Medium Medium Tolerable to Strong
A true 4 star blend should be a rare thing. I don't think this is one of them.

Let me temper the rave reviews that have come before this one. . .

This is a smokeshop mixture and seems to use the usual humectant-soaked blending tobaccos (McCleland? Lane maybe?). It's an outstanding blend, so good it nearly transcends it's B-grade ingredients. It seems to be a Latakia/Cavendish mix. Which means it's smokey and earthy and (not overly) sweet.

This is worth a try for anyone. Pay the $10, get the whole Middle Earth sampler. Even if you don't love any of the blends, it's a pleasure working your way through them.

For me, I was never able to lose the feeling that I wasn't smoking really quality leaf. And that's a shame, because I like this stuff. I wish there was a version out there by a blender that had access to better ingredients.
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