Hearth & Home Rolando's Own

Negoita and I share the same palate! This was a VaPer with strength and complexity. Sweet, in a tart sort of way - if that makes sense. And smoke slowly or get a buzz!

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I just finished up a good sized sample. probably about 6 bowls. All of these bowls were just a fantastic experience delivering to me the ideal taste, for my palate, that a Vaper should convey.

The Virginias used seem to hit all the flavor notes that a Virginia can deliver, there is that light hay sweetness, citrus and even a little earthiness. The Perique is spot on. Not too strong, but adequate. All these3 flavors combine together to make an extremely enjoyable experience. I don't typically like to give four stars to a blend that I have only sampled, but I am going to with this one. It is seldom that you have a smoke that blows your mind with every bowl.

Well worth the money for any vaper lover. I will be buying much more of this one.

This is my first venture into the world of Va/Pers. I have smoked other blends with minimal amounts of perique and enjoyed them.I recently started smoking straight Virginias and figured that this was the natural progression. This is the first time that I have encountered a blend where the perique is more than a condiment and ya know I likes it! That being said, I can see where a lot of perique could make a blend overbearing.This seems to have about the perfect amount to my tastes.I am an aroma man and I must say I really love the smell of perique in the smoke.I just love sitting back and French inhaling the smoke.I don't detect the same amount of Va sweetness that the previous reviewers did but that doesn't detract from my enjoyment. This goes immediately into my rotation and I will be smoking a lot of it. I'm glad that I went ahead and ordered a pound without sampling it first.That's because I am beginning to believe that Russ and Co. are incapable of making a bad blend.I don't really get much complexity in the blend but I am not sure that my taste buds are really capable of doing so. I don't like to analyze blends very much. I reduce it down to simply whether I enjoy it or not and how much. I enjoy Rolando's Own and I likes it a lot!! This may be my first venture into VaPers but I doubt that there is one out there that I will enjoy more the Rolando's Own but I will keep my options open.

Pipes and Cigars is rapidly becoming my sole source for pipe tobacco.I don't see the any need to look elsewhere.

This, along with Dunbar, is becoming one of my favorites. Rolando's is sweet, but doesn't seem artificial. I especially like the smell of the tobacco from the pouch. It reminds me of when I was a boy going to the tobacco floor to sell our tobacco, and I always loved the smell of the tobacco, and although we were selling burley, Rolando's natural tobacco smell is refreshing. Rolando's smokes smooth and burns evenly. Sometimes it takes a few relights to get going, but then it's pure smoking pleasure. It doesn't bite. There's nothing bad to say about this blend. The price from pipesandcigars.com is very reasonable in bulk. Compared to Dunbar, I slightly favor Dunbar because it's a little sweeter leaves a little more flavorful room note, but Rolando's is almost as good. I usually rotate between the two, which is a good combination.

From initial light to final ash this is a pleasantly smooth, yet medium-full bodied smoke. I experienced no bite whatsoever, & it burnt very nicely straight out of the package it was shipped in. This was my first experience with perique, but I found its spicy pepperiness intriguing enough to order several of the other Hearth & Home VaPers.

Perfect all day smoke for me. Even more pleasant when paired with a piping hot cup of earl grey or a few fingers of single barrel scotch

This blend has it all for the Virginia-Perique fan. Deep, earthy Virginia flavors enhanced by Perique's guilding at just the right moment as the bowl develops. There are pleasant moments of sweet flavors and also that red Virginia flavor that simply tastes like only red Virginias can. The Perique content is noticeable and potent without dominating or overwhelming. Rolando's Own is round, rich, and remarkably quenching.

What makes this a really magical blend are the cut and room note. Rolando's Own has among the best burning aromas to be found. The cut keeps the burn slow and steady, delivering copious clouds of swirling incense. It is most tongue-friendly for the experienced Virginia smoker. Another winning attribute is that it performs well in different pipe chamber configurations and sizes.

If there is any casing, it is strictly in the pouch aroma, extremely mild, neutral and does not survive the fire, so to speak. The pouch aroma also strongly suggests fermented leaf- mouthwatering. I would put this bulk blend against any tinned VAPER available at retail today, right along with Beacon, Escudo, Dorisco, St. James Woods or the many VAPER's tinned by C&D.

Among its kin of Anniversary Kake, AJ's VaPer, Marble Kake, Virginia Spice, RO is the most round and complex to me. I've yet to try Frenchy's Sunza Bitches nor LJ Heart Virginia, more VAPER's by the same blender, Russ Ouellette

This was the first coarse cut that I've packed and smoked. Everything else to date has been finely cut or ribbon. The smell in the pouch is amazing, almost a sugar/sweetness smell to it. Comes a little wet. Packs well in medium to large pipes, but you have to break in down some for a smaller pipe. I packed an Armellini churchwarden, let it sit for 10 mins before lighting to dry out. Lights up beautifully, with great taste and good amount of smoke. Didn't have to relight often, which is great on a larger pipe.

This has become my favorite tobacco under all circumstances. It is mild and flavorful and bite-free. Give it a try and I think you'll agree that Rolando's Own and Anniversary Kake are the best "bang for the buck" out there in the VaPer blends.

An interesting blend of Virginias and Perique. Nicely sweet and very, very nice room note, reminds one of a heavily cased and sweetened cavendish, but it never presents that way in taste.

I best compare this to the other VaPer from P&C, AJ's VaPer. This is sweeter and seems lighter though the perique is up front. It never overpowers and doesn't quite have the depth of its sibling. Also slightly less in overall richness, but still a great flavor bomb and heck of a deal.