Just For Him Treebeard

I purchased a half pound of this and two other of the Middle Earth Pipeweeds in late 2008. LOTS of time to sit and age. I tried them when I bought them but due to my over indulgence in tobacco spending, I am just now getting back to it (I just smoke once or twice a week).

Now onto my review. Very nice. Kind of like the nice woman at the grocery store, whose name I can't remember, this kind of nice just isn't memorable. Beautiful light browns and some dark chocolate brown. Still moist despite spending most of 8 years in an ill fitting reused condiment glass jar. Taste is very mild. Nothing at all bad or bitter or biting. Just mild, very slight nut and vanilla flavors. The thing is about this one is the wonderful range of flavours which you can find. Make sure you don't ruin your taste buds with a heavy Latakia blend or spicy food. This tobacco is a great middle of the day smoke. 3.325 rating.

Just a side note. I think this blend uses Mclelland 5100 as the virginia. As I open the jar, I get that familiar smell. The taste also has that nice sweet flavour. I think so. At least this blend from 2008 had it. They may have chosen a different red virginia in later versions.

Treebeard is definitely a very light vanilla aromatic. Well... actually an Ent from the brilliant mind of a great 20th century author. The whole thing about adding Tolkien names to tobacco blends is just marketing, partly because the allure of pipe smoking in his works helps draw attention to what would otherwise be just another brick and mortar tobacco shop blend. That being said, this tobacco tastes nothing like Ent... at least not what I imagine they would taste like (luckily). It tastes like a well crafted mild danish style aromatic with hints of vanilla. Please don't misunderstand my meaning, this is a wonderful blend that stands on it own and I smoke this as one of my favorite everyday smokes. Its light and airy and has just enough vanilla to add interest. Its definitely worth a try if you like soft aromatics with earthy burley flavors. There is a lot in a name, and the name "Treebeard" does much to help it stand above the noise of so many others out there. To be honest, I would still smoke even this if it was named "boring tobacco from midwest number 47" or even "Old Bob's hairy ass".

I bought the LOTR sampler and thinking that I would not enjoy this blend it turned out that I do enjoy it ...right behing Mushrooms and Ruins but I do enjoy it. I would say this is a smoke to sit and enjoy over a long period while contemplating lifes trials and tribulations ..... a very pleasant all around smoke.

A nice smoke. Nothing too special, but nothing to cry about, either.

Mine burned well, no bite, and to the bottom of the bowl.

Flavor is mild, more sublime than overt. Not something for a quick smoke, but more for a sitting where you don't mind trying to decide just exactly what tune the pipe is playing today.

This is my first foray into the Middle Earth Series from JFH. This seems to me to be quite a mild blend in taste and aroma. The room note seems quite nice. There seems to be a decent amount of Vitamin N along with a nice amount of smoke produced and little or no gurgle while smoking and it burns down to a nice ash at the end of the bowl. I would recommend this to a new smoker and the old hand as well. You should get a few compliments from those around you in the smoking area and passers-by as well.

I've tried this blend, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I'm a fan of most of the JFH blends, especially their middle earth pipeweed series.

However, I'm going to write this review on behalf of a good friend of mine who has declared this to be his absolute favorite tobacco of all.

Treebeard is indeed a grown-up version of the longbottom leaf blend, but it's got an extra hint of complexity in there that I just can't put my finger on. It has a definite deep woodsy, earthy sort of taste and aroma, which comes as no surprise because Just For Him has succeeded in capturing the essence of Tolkien's work on more than several blends so far.

Just like the fictional forest, full of dark and angry trees, centuries old, rich earth, and decades and decades of isolation, this tobacco invokes the essence of a fantastic, otherworldly sort of place. Best enjoyed in a churchwarden, Treebeard is a complex but quiet blend. It's more atmospheric than active when smoked, preferring to suggest rather than define the flavors that it's made of. A masterful little blend, my friend finds it to be the very reason he smokes a pipe, and I don't blame him.

This woody gem is definetly worth a try.

Treebeard is another special blend from Just For Him. They classify it as aromatic English.

This is truly Long-Bottom Leaf with a little more kick.(See my review of LBL). However, not enough kick that I would like but its good for a sweet treat. The sweetness is not overdone and if your looking to try something to satisfy that tobacky sweet tooth you may want to fire some of this up.

In the Middle-Earth Pipeweed line I recommend Short-Cut To Mushroom and in the Just For Him blends I recommend Just For Him...if your looking for something with a hint of sweetness. Just For Him blend starts off creamy and rounds off into a delicious nutty euphoria. You can find these at justforhim.com. Call them they will sell by oz.

I decided to try the Middle Earth Pipeweed while I was reading Lord of the Rings. I didn't read the descriptions, I just requested all four.

Treebeard is the first in the series that I have tried. When I read the description I immediately thought, "Uh-oh... Vanilla". I suspected that someone was trying to cash in on the current LOTR popularity with some cheap heavily cased tobacco, and that this wasn?t going to be a very pleasant experience.

I needn?t have worried. I opened the pouch and found a very natural-smelling blend. Yes, there was vanilla present, but it smelled natural as well. The cut is nice, a mixture of short and medium ribbon. A mixture of predominantly reddish-brown leaf with a nice mix of dark (almost black) and bright highlights make for a visually appealing blend.

Treebeard packs easily, as you would expect from the cut. Moisture content is OK, but a bit of drying wouldn?t hurt.

Lighting was easy. On the initial light you get a taste of the vanilla, which isn?t overdone at all, nor does it taste like candy. The red Virginia comes into play right away, and the vanilla stays in the background. As the bowl progresses, the Burley comes out now and again. The vanilla is always there, as is the Virginia. If not for the Burley, this would be a truly one-dimensional smoke. The sweetness of the Virginia keeps it pleasant.

This is a cased Virginia ? take normal precautions for your tongue. Smoke it slowly and enjoy it.

The room note is actually quite pleasant. It almost doesn?t smell like smoke. Where the vanilla is a secondary player in the bowl, in the room it dominates with the Virginia in support. The aroma is light and fresh.

On the Just For Him website this tobacco is listed by the pound only. If you contact them by email or phone, you can buy it by the ounce.

Just got their sample pack. I started with this one. Treebeard has a distinct barky, or woodsy flavour to it. It lit well after the first light/tamp/relite. Stayed burning the whole bowl without relight. I had a slight gurgle at the end that one pipe cleaner took care of. It started woodsy and stayed that way building a slight sweetness(vanilla perhaps?) towards the end. I had very slight tongue bite near the end but I sip/puff often. Definately reminded me of a woodshop or hike through the forest as it's charecter name implies. A good starting place for the middle earth sample pack in my opinion.