Samuel Gawith X Blend Limited Edition
(1.78)
This very special blend of cavendish tobaccos and Orientals is limited to a run of just 500 tins. X blend has been in the making for some years, conceived, blended and tinned long before its release.
Details
| Brand | Samuel Gawith |
| Blended By | Samuel Gawith |
| Manufactured By | Samuel Gawith |
| Blend Type | Cavendish Based |
| Contents | Cavendish, Oriental/Turkish |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Coarse Cut |
| Packaging | 50 grams tin |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Production | No longer in production |
Profile
Strength
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Overwhelming
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 24, 2019 | Mild | Mild | Mild | Tolerable |
Non-descript mottled mostly brown ribbons with the weirdest tin note I've ever encountered. Smelled like a combination of frying pork and some sort of disinfectant/air freshener. Really off-putting! Thankfully the aroma wasn't very strong. This came to me jarred but the gifter noted that it was from tin # 378, as he recalled. As I've smelled worse and smoked it, I gave this one a go.
The taste was just as strange. Not terrible but not terribly pleasant, either. There were some cigarette notes but mostly this was a dry-ish semi-sweet Cavendish with some simmering oriental thrown in. My reference for such a blend is McClellands Oriental Cavendish but this was not a basic black cav base and the orientals were more subdued. The Cavendish here reminded me more of the SG Westmorland variety. The orientals were neither spicy nor overly flavorful in any way. They lent a slight spice. I have no idea what SG was trying to accomplish here, but the results were unpredictable. I found this best after a meal but even so it was no flavor powerhouse. Not much nicotine and certainly not very complex, although it did show some mild changes over the course of a bowl. I think perhaps SG came into some leaf that wasn't to their standards and decided to create a limited edition blend to use it up. Not for me. I actually smoked 6 bowls and gave the rest away.
The taste was just as strange. Not terrible but not terribly pleasant, either. There were some cigarette notes but mostly this was a dry-ish semi-sweet Cavendish with some simmering oriental thrown in. My reference for such a blend is McClellands Oriental Cavendish but this was not a basic black cav base and the orientals were more subdued. The Cavendish here reminded me more of the SG Westmorland variety. The orientals were neither spicy nor overly flavorful in any way. They lent a slight spice. I have no idea what SG was trying to accomplish here, but the results were unpredictable. I found this best after a meal but even so it was no flavor powerhouse. Not much nicotine and certainly not very complex, although it did show some mild changes over the course of a bowl. I think perhaps SG came into some leaf that wasn't to their standards and decided to create a limited edition blend to use it up. Not for me. I actually smoked 6 bowls and gave the rest away.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2009 | Medium | Very Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
After ready the other reviews and then this came to me, i was somewhat hesitant about it. It smell like cigarette tobacco in the tin and had a little of the fine ribbon cavendish cut. It packed easily in the pipe and for me it took several relights though it was not wet and left no moisture in my pipe. But from the first puff to the last it had a nice, nutty smooth smoke with just a touch of the turkish sweetness. I thought the room note was great but I was alone at the time sodon't have another opinion but why anyone would not like this tobacco that likes English is beyond me. If it were not a limited production I might add this to my regulars in rotation. I really like the flavor from beginning to end and that is how I like my tobacco. Don't be afraid to try it.
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