Mac Baren Amphora Mellow Blend
(2.19)
A popular blend of fine tobacco with a suggestion of mint and balsam. Enjoyably mellow. The blond character of the finest Oriental leaf is enhanced with the lightest hint of mint and rounded off with choice burley, Kentucky, and Virginia leaf.
Notes: Formerly branded by Douwe Egberts, then produced by the Imperial Tobacco Group, as other Amphora Blends. Now made by MacBaren.
Details
Profile
Strength
Very Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
2.19 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 11 - 16 of 16 Reviews
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 12, 2011 | Very Mild | Mild | Mild | Tolerable |
Similar to their original offering with a bit of balsam; not mint, not menthol, no pine trees, but balsam of all things. It has more flavour than original (which makes me question their naming convention), but whether you enjoy that extra? ...I suspect you wont.
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 23, 2010 | Mild | Mild to Medium | Mild | Pleasant |
The aroma is kind of funny. Partially rubbed flakes.
The taste is kind of bland.
The taste is kind of bland.
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 24, 2007 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
This was my weirdest experience with Amphora.
I will keep it short: beurk. This mint/balsam thing, stay away from it!
I will keep it short: beurk. This mint/balsam thing, stay away from it!
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 11, 2006 | Medium to Strong | Medium to Strong | Medium to Full | Very Pleasant |
February 2006.
Over the year's,I have tried three pouches of this wretched blend,and each time I think why do I bother??
Well I do know why I bother,when anybody else smoke's this blend,it smell's 'Really Good'
It light's very easily and stay's lit for age's,for the first three to four bowl's it's great.Infact,even wonderful at time's. Then,when it come's to that fifth bowl,it positively reek's,with a true taste of rank mint,from hell's garden it self!!! Then I start sneezing and my sinus's burn,my eye's water,my throat hurt's,and then my ear's even burn,like a red hot poker is stuck in both of them. Ouch!!
It leave's my pipe's goopy,and has taken awhile to get rid of that horrible,and dreadful flavour after that fifth bowl.
"Mellow,it is not" Get the picture?
It's a definite 'No Go' anymore,Ever Again!!!!
If your a dare-devil,try it at your own peril!!
Over the year's,I have tried three pouches of this wretched blend,and each time I think why do I bother??
Well I do know why I bother,when anybody else smoke's this blend,it smell's 'Really Good'
It light's very easily and stay's lit for age's,for the first three to four bowl's it's great.Infact,even wonderful at time's. Then,when it come's to that fifth bowl,it positively reek's,with a true taste of rank mint,from hell's garden it self!!! Then I start sneezing and my sinus's burn,my eye's water,my throat hurt's,and then my ear's even burn,like a red hot poker is stuck in both of them. Ouch!!
It leave's my pipe's goopy,and has taken awhile to get rid of that horrible,and dreadful flavour after that fifth bowl.
"Mellow,it is not" Get the picture?
It's a definite 'No Go' anymore,Ever Again!!!!
If your a dare-devil,try it at your own peril!!
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 08, 2023 | Mild | Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Package note of dark fruit, spices and vegetation. Tobacco is a thin ready rub of brown, dark brown and tan. Moisture content is great. Burns fast with few relights. The strength is mild and nic is mild. Flavoring is mild, with notes of mint and balm. Mint was mild from start to finish, Balm faded in and out mid-way, both were never stronger than a background flavor. Taste is mild to medium and mostly consistent, with notes of peaty herbal-sour vegetation, mild mint, wood, toast, dry dirt, mildly savory, molasses, nutty, mildly spicy, floral, lemon grass, bitter orange peel, tangy dark fruit, a sweet hay and spices background note, and a mildly peppery almost smooth retro. Burley is leading with Kentucky, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia and Flavoring supporting. Room note is pleasant to tolerable, and aftertaste is good.
Pipe Used:
2016 Northern Briars Premier Rox Cut #4 Prince
Age When Smoked:
5 years
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 17, 2022 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Reading the decription and the other reviews here caused me to pinch myself. Mint? Balsam? Seriously? Did I smoke the same tobacco, or have they changed the recipe in the meantime? The MacBaren website says nothing about those casings. I hate mint with tobacco, so I'm pretty sure it wouldn't go unnoticed (unless maybe as one of several strong toppings). Not to mention something as obvious as balsam. The pouch does look almost exactly like here, though (without the word "blend")
Well, I can only honestly review what I know I smoked, so:
Yet another great title in the Amphora line. A nicely mellow mix of virginias and orients, with just the right amount of burley to give it a little bit more depth; I think a slightly more burley-heavy version of this is what Amphora Burley should have been like. Good pouch note of honest tobacco, nice strong ribbons let you rub & pack your pipe exactly as you like it, and it burns evenly and consistently, producing a full and wholesome smoke that is totally enjoyable as a daily.
Highly recommended, and will be buying again as soon as I get the chance. Maybe then I'll get the mint & balsam version?
Well, I can only honestly review what I know I smoked, so:
Yet another great title in the Amphora line. A nicely mellow mix of virginias and orients, with just the right amount of burley to give it a little bit more depth; I think a slightly more burley-heavy version of this is what Amphora Burley should have been like. Good pouch note of honest tobacco, nice strong ribbons let you rub & pack your pipe exactly as you like it, and it burns evenly and consistently, producing a full and wholesome smoke that is totally enjoyable as a daily.
Highly recommended, and will be buying again as soon as I get the chance. Maybe then I'll get the mint & balsam version?
Pipe Used:
Various
PurchasedFrom:
Kiosk/tobacco shop in Poland
Age When Smoked:
Fresh from pouch