Manifatture Sigaro Toscano Forte

The best thing about this tobacco is its price! While smoked, it can give satisfaction to people who like plain kentucky: I'm not in that number. It gives its best when smoked in a corncob or meerschaum, maybe even in a clay, to smooth it out a little its sharpness. I know about people who find it great to mix it 50/50 with Clan: a rare case in which by blending two disgusting tobaccos together you can come across something smokable!

Forte is one of the most natural pipe tobacco in world, that's sure till to the point to being one of world's rougher tobaccos: pouch aroma is fusty, taste and flavors are very woodsy and earthy, room note is musty, almost redolent of humus… Not the right choice for a refined gourmand but good if you look for a walk in the wild side.

This tobacco is like a hot, good, strong cup of black coffee. Honest, true, dark, mediterranean tobacco. Though someone smokes it all day long, I wouldn't be able, 'cause I like to change, but it's definitely in my rotation. When I'm in the mood for something very traditional with great body, I'm looking for this tobacco. Must have for the Kentucky lovers.

This is one of the cheapest tobaccos sold in Italy: for its price, it actually can't be despised! It's not a subtle or elegant tobacco, but it delivers a stout, sturdy natural taste that will appeal to lovers of Toscano cigars (the kind of leaf in the same).

Forte can be smoked even carelessly: you can stuff it in a corncob, and you only have to take care not to rush it. Being very finely cut (it can be used for RYO too) and dry, it can turn hot and quite bitter.

Anyway, a tobacco that has many decades of history on its shoulders: plain robust old stuff, with lots of taste, a pleasant nuttiness and cigar overtones.

Many old smokers in Italy (but also some young ones) swear by this tobacco, as it is cheap, completely natural and without frills.

I bet that blending with some Virginias and some more delicate Kentuckys can lead to interesting experiments. I know some people who also add it to EMs to "spice them up".

Cheap Italian Kentucky with an unpleasant surprise. I never paid too much attention to the contents of this tobacco before starting to smoke the pipe. I used to roll this in cigarettes because it's cheap, gave me the nicotine fix I needed and it has a simple Kentucky taste. Then one day I read on a forum that someone was complaining about the presence of reconstituted tobacco in the blend: I then pured the contents of the bag on the table, turned on the light and armed myself of a pair of plastic tweezers with the goal of finding and taking out of it all the reconstituted tobacco. I found around 5 to 8 grams of the stuff in the bag, it looks like coarse recycled paper and it's lighter in color than the real tobacco in the bag. I then tried to smoke that crap on its own in a cigarette: zero taste, zero nicotine. Then the real tobacco on its own in my pipe: without the reconstituted tobacco in it it's even stronger in taste and nicotine hit. It's a simple Kentucky not particularly aromatic, just plain strong tobacco taste, good if you want to smoke a simple inexpensive tobacco or if you have some tobacco that needs a bit more body to it ( add some forte to it and it will be fixed), but if you want the taste of a sigaro toscano in your pipe just crumble a piece of a real one.

This blend is very similar to Comune. However, this one is a bit milder: same pure, raw taste of good tobacco, no flavors, no toppings, no aromas whatsoever. The result is that Forte, despite its name, can be smoked a bit more pleasantly than Comune. Not an every day smoke, yet a must-try blend.

A pleasant smell welcomes you when you first open the pouch. Sometimes it comes humid, sometimes quite dry. One may love to smoke, especially this tobacco, a little moist, which you won't regret because it has minimum level of additives. One's tongue would catch a silky, more like a velvety smoke. The optimum humidity level burns medium to fast. Taste doesn't change if you smoke the bowl straight ahead. If you are not a pure tobacco lover, an average size bowl would be enough to leave you feel relieved at your chair. If you dare to try two bowls straight, then it's guaranteed that you feel the nikotine in your veins. It's always good to consume some water when smoking Forte.

Very good quality Kentucky: dry and unflavored. If you like Kentucky, so you will like Forte. If smoked slowly, so it doesn't bite. Very cheap in Italy.

I love kentucky! Forte it's a italian pipe' tobacco. It contains some types of italian kentucky and some burley (despite what someone said). Since 2012 the recipe is changed a little (also package). . Now it's a little less strong and rough (unfortunately). It has some flavouring (not completely natural, however it stays on natural taste). It's not so simple to taste the first time. The taste is of wood, earth and pepper (remainds toscano cigars that are made of kentucky). Room notes are strong. Full nicotine. Easy to burn. Good also to give body and strenght to mixture without influence them (without exceding). It's cheap. It remainds very old and rough times. Not reccomended who likes aromatized.