Milan Tobacconists Jefferson Street

(3.18)
Named after the street our shop has been on for over 100 years, Jefferson Street is a medium strength sliced burley blend with a smattering of Turkish and cavendish tobaccos. This blend offers a rich, nutty flavor with a slight hint of rum raisin and a moderately sweet finish. Nice room aroma.

Details

Brand Milan Tobacconists
Blended By  
Manufactured By  
Blend Type Burley Based
Contents Burley, Cavendish, Oriental/Turkish
Flavoring Rum
Cut Ribbon
Packaging Bulk
Country United States
Production Currently available

Profile

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

Average Rating

3.18 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 02, 2016 Mild to Medium Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant
The burley is the star component; very nutty, earthy, with a deep molasses and cocoa sweetness. The Turkish adds a smokey, woody, slightly dry push in a subordinate role. In the background, the light brown Virginia cavendish is toasty with a drop of honey and a few blades of grass. The black cavendish is mostly unsweetened, though it is infused with brown sugar as a supporting player. The toppings are mildly applied, and I notice the rum a little more than I do the raisin. They work with, instead of sublimating, the tobaccos. The sweetness level is moderate. The strength and taste is a shade closer to medium than they are to mild. The nic-hit is just past the mild threshold. Won’t bite or get harsh even when pushed. The tobacco is a little moist, but I saw no need to dry it. Burns at a reasonable pace, cool, clean with a light creaminess and very smooth, rich consistent flavor from start to finish. Leaves little moisture in the bowl, and requires few relights. The after taste (mostly burley) pleasantly lingers a little. An easy going mixture that has just enough punch to maintain your interest as you smoke away the day. Three and a half stars.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 01, 2014 Mild Medium Medium to Full Pleasant
This is a very enjoyable blend. My palate gathers lots of sweet notes, light vanilla, brown sugar, and maybe just a bit of rum. There is something else there that eludes me. I'm thinking dried fruit, raisins, figs, ect.

Overall a great smoke. I would eagerly buy more, but alas it is across the country from me. I was provided a generous sample from a online friend. I guess I'll just have to savor what I have.
Pipe Used: Wild Honey
PurchasedFrom: Gifted
Age When Smoked: ?????
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 22, 2014 Mild to Medium Mild Very Full Very Pleasant
I thought I reviewed Jefferson Street two years ago when I found this blend by ordering their aromatic sampler. Aroma is like a baked devils food cake. Appearance is just like Captain Black White with blacks and tans dominating but that's where the similarities end. First off I don't see how the above reviewer said this blend doesn't dry out, for me if I leave a portion to sit for a half hour it becomes brittle to the touch, so no PG... Taste is sweet, malty, with chocolaty dark flavors. I have never tasted this amazing mixture of tobaccos before. The Turkish which is never used in an aromatic combines with the burley and black Cavendish to create the devils food, hot chocolate aroma and taste. Rum Raisin is a good analogy but with cocoa. Amazing that a non aromatic can give off the aroma of a full aromatic. Nicotine level is just right, not Nightcap strong but not as weak as a black Cavendish, again just right. I have shopped at literally 90% of all the online tobacco shops and these guys have THE BEST customer service! Renee is super helpful and their prices are awesome for the product you get. Hand blended not renamed Lane blends! Try some Jefferson Street and see what I mean about the magic Turkish leaf can do when combined with some Cavendish!! YUM!
Pipe Used: Cob, Dr Grabow, Bjarne
PurchasedFrom: Milan Tobacconist
Age When Smoked: Fresh, just delivered
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jun 04, 2008 Mild to Medium Mild Medium Very Pleasant
After reading an article on Milan Tobacconists I decided to try some of their blends. Each one has been wonderful and I look forward to trying more. "Jefferson Street" was mentioned prominently so that was one that I just had to try.

A very colorful blend of ribbon-cut leaves, Jefferson Street has a slight raisin-like scent and a moisture content that gives it ample pliability and softness. I found no midribs, sticks, tobacco dust, etc. in the bag. It loads into any pipe effortlessly, lights right up on the first match and burns cool and slow.

The flavor has a slight raisin and rum note but it works flawlessly together with the rest of the components to bring about a full smooth slightly sweet cresendo of flavor. Instead of one leaf taking the spotlight, these ingredients stand like a chorus line. The balance is perfect and the flavors develop over the bowl with a gradual increase in strength. The sweetness becomes more pronounced towards the final third of the bowl but is never harsh or bitter.

Jefferson Street burns to a fine grey ash and only requires the occasional light tamp to keep lit. You never know it is done until the pipe goes out and nothing but ash remains at the heel. This blend has to be one of the most underrated blends out there. If this were tinned and distributed widely I think it would be a huge hit.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 14, 2014 Medium Mild Medium Pleasant
Another very satisfying tobacco from the lucky dip selection of eight 1oz samplers that came through the mail a while back.

This blend takes its place in the Milan "non-aromatic" line up (the other two lines are "aromatic" and "english") but it is one of the most aromatic non-aromatics I have tried!! It is however a very restrained, smooth, bite free experience and definitely goes onto my "I'd buy again" list.

Great value too - the low prices charged are not commensurate with the high quality of all the Milan tobaccos I have tried so far.
Pipe Used: Falcon
PurchasedFrom: Milan on-line
Age When Smoked: new
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 22, 2008 Mild Mild Mild Pleasant to Tolerable
I really like this blend. It lights easy and stays lit. I find that I keep putting it towards the front of my tobacco "bar". I find that the first part of the bowl is sweet, and then about midway through I can taste the rum raisin.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 28, 2007 Mild to Medium Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant
On a whim, I order some of this tobacco as a crap shoot. I was pleasantly suprised. A solid American burley blend accented with turkish, smooth cavendish, and (virginias?).

Burley is rough cut while there is ribbon and shag cut present from the other blends.

Packing: The batch I got is still new and is moist and needs some drying time but note, very little to no bite even in the hydrated stage. The bag aroma is very pleasant and it is like rum and dates - rum raisin is a good description.

First light and 1st 1/4: semi sweet - this aromatic is NOT the goopy sweet stuff you find at most malls. This is semi sweet with a quality blend with wonderful bold burley flavor and aroma. The initial room note is SO good. hard to describe... none like I have tried before.

Mid bowl: the sweet topping and/or casing starts to relax and through the nose you recognize the turkish peaking through. Nutty, nutty, nutty and sweet burlies otherwise.

Last of bowl: The mouthful of burlies is like your eating something baked. 3/4's of flavorful burley with turkish and (virgina?) tanginess. some ashiness taste but not bad, the casing is gone somewhat and all left is the great nutty burly flavor. The room note still has a hint of the flavoring and works well with the burly. The nicotine is stronger the last half of the bowl no goopiness, solid gray ash, wonderful quality smoke.
UPDATE 2/28/07 Bringing down to 2 stars just for the PG level I have to dry out and that ticks me off
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 13, 2016 Mild to Medium Mild Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
The blend consists of a mix of short ribbon of varying widths. The colors are tan, brown and black. The tin note is slightly sweet and hard to identify, but the description says rum and raisin. The power of suggestion makes me think that is it.

Hydration is good and maybe slightly more moist than I might prefer. I smoked it as delivered. There were no surprises in the packing or smoking.

On lighting, there is a whiff of something chemical, but it does not persist and the smoke has good flavor. It is burley forward with a slight bitter edge and some sour from the orientals. The burley is earthy and the Orientals give it a woody note or two. There is some sweet from the cavendish and an aftertaste that reminds me of Arrowhead. The topping is more pouch note than smoke, and it was hard to put a finger on in the pouch. I will call it spiced rum. This is a burley+ blend and not an aromatic. The orientals give it a little something extra for variety.

This has been good and a pleasant smoke. It is easy to recommend.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jun 17, 2021 Medium Very Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
Bag note smells of tobacco with a slight sweet rum note. Perfect moisture, lots of ribbons, packs and stays like very nicely. A well behaved tobacco.

The flavor is burley. Nutty, toasty, coco, earthy burley. It almost tastes so nutty I thought this had a hazelnut topping. Slightly sweet but not a sweet goopy type of tobacco. The rum is a nice touch but still leaves lots of tobacco flavor. Burned cool and well. Left a burley nutty aftertaste that did linger. Probably a three star blend however I’m not a fan of burley.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
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Jan 31, 2018 Mild Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Very Pleasant
Is Jefferson Street really an aromatic? Of course, it’s soaked in rum that probably tastes delicious. The room note really does recall warm spice cake. Of course, SWRA is really an aromatic too - the casing there tastes almost half as good, and that’s a fair comparison. Jefferson Street has a much richer tobacco flavor to boot, and it also smells “kind of nice” to non-smokers. But hey, so does Ramback Gold - and that without any casing whatsoever. What makes a true aromatic, honest? It’s a rhetorical question. Maybe I’m just at a loss now over Ramback Gold being out of production and have started blubbering.

Jefferson Street really does smell a lot like spice cake though. If you enjoy aromatics and especially cherry casings you’ll likely love this stuff. And it is premium tobacco, but I would only buy it to blend with in the future. It came so heavily cased that it shied me away from trying any more non-aromatics blended by Milan at first. But if you like the tangy flavor of Burley dressed up a bit, give it a go.
Pipe Used: Briar
PurchasedFrom: Milan Tobacconists
Age When Smoked: 1 Week
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