Mac Baren Honey & Chocolate
(2.68)
A fine loose cut blend made of a very special kind of cavendish. The long and delicate cavendish process makes this blend soft and smooth with a taste of honey and chocolate.
Notes: Discontinued 2014.
Details
Profile
Strength
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium to Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.68 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 21 - 30 of 74 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 13, 2013 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Medium | Pleasant |
This is a quality tobacco from Mac Baren. Opening the tin I immediately sensed the aroma of dark chocolate. I felt no particular the flavor of honey, just a subtle and slightly sweet aftertaste in smoking.
The dark brown Cavendish tobacco is nicely cut to Loose Cut form. The tobacco is wet enough maintains an adequate level of moisture for a long time after the first opening of the tin.
Lights easily and does not require enough extra lighting. Moderately strong in nicotine. It does not biting the tongue, of course I smoke very slowly and calmly. Smoking this tobacco gives interesting and delicious taste, beautiful aroma in the room and remains an easy smoke for at least the first two-thirds of the bowl. Reaching to the base of the bowl tobacco strengthens enough in intensity and shows a slight bitterness, but acceptable. I found him not a very sweet aromatic, the taste of dark chocolate dominates and also sometimes the sense of raisins and honey as background offer a satisfying smoke.
At the end of the smoking it lets gray ash in the bottom of the bowl and does not wet the pipe bowl. Also the filter pipe is not getting too dirty.
I smoked this tobacco in straight, half bent and full bent pipes with filter of 9mm.
Honey & Chocolate can accompany very nicely the morning and afternoon coffee, and a brandy also.
A good aromatic tobacco.
The dark brown Cavendish tobacco is nicely cut to Loose Cut form. The tobacco is wet enough maintains an adequate level of moisture for a long time after the first opening of the tin.
Lights easily and does not require enough extra lighting. Moderately strong in nicotine. It does not biting the tongue, of course I smoke very slowly and calmly. Smoking this tobacco gives interesting and delicious taste, beautiful aroma in the room and remains an easy smoke for at least the first two-thirds of the bowl. Reaching to the base of the bowl tobacco strengthens enough in intensity and shows a slight bitterness, but acceptable. I found him not a very sweet aromatic, the taste of dark chocolate dominates and also sometimes the sense of raisins and honey as background offer a satisfying smoke.
At the end of the smoking it lets gray ash in the bottom of the bowl and does not wet the pipe bowl. Also the filter pipe is not getting too dirty.
I smoked this tobacco in straight, half bent and full bent pipes with filter of 9mm.
Honey & Chocolate can accompany very nicely the morning and afternoon coffee, and a brandy also.
A good aromatic tobacco.
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| Feb 21, 2013 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I smoke a lot of different blends and like to try everything from a traditional English blend to a nice aromatic, so when I opened the can of this Hoeny and Chocolate blend I was expecting a pleasant smoke. I was seriously disappointed. The chocolate tin note was the most pleasant part of this tobacco. The taste was flat and somewhat bitter. Unfortunately I can't recomend this for any reason other than to smell the open tin.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 17, 2013 | Mild | Mild | Mild | Pleasant |
My tastes in pipe weed cover a large spectrum, neither being a snob on English blends, nor clinging for dear life to aromatics. I run the gamut from the strongest traditional styles to dessert-level pipe candy. That having been said, I wish there was a bit more chocolate taste to this blend. Tried mixing in a little cherry with some tonight (I don't know what the hell I was thinking when I bought the cherry baccy...I really don't care for any cherry blends...thankfully, I only bought 2 oz of that). The blend came out a bit too heavy on the cherry. Going to try to experiment with that and perhaps a mango blend to see if I can concoct something a bit more interesting.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 07, 2012 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Medium | Pleasant |
I concur with many of the other reviews that this blend took some getting used to. As with many heavily cased aromatics, I needed to let the blend "breath" a bit after opening the tin. Initially, I thought the blend wasn't very good but I have been smoking it intermittantly for six months and it has indeed become very enjoyable. It is defintely a heavier smoke than vanilla blends. Nice cavendish taste with a whiff of chocolate. I would buy again but smoke intermittantly. No problem with tongue bite.
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| Nov 24, 2012 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Medium | Very Pleasant |
When I first purchased this tin, the smell was overwhelming to me. I thought that i had made a mistake. I was wrong. I find that this tobacco is best smoked in a church warden pipe. The room note is very remeniscent of sitting in a kitchen chair in my youth waiting impatiently for my mother finish cookies. All in all I would recommend this tobacco.
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| Nov 07, 2012 | Very Mild | Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
Please stay away from this tobacco! If you do, then I will go completely mad from smoking all of it! Yes, I admit to being a user of this brownie and honey sweet tobacco and from the severe addiction to it. Brownies! Cocoa taste not chocolately, and a sweet honey flavor lurking in the back. Naugthy boy. It drives She Who Must Be Obeyed into a tizzy! Coffee is the best accompanist to this little piece of heaven in a bowl. That and just a bit off the end of the chocolate bar.....not too much...
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| Jul 26, 2012 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
This has a wonderful and distinct aroma of chocolate in the tin. Unfortunately, it does not transfer to the room note or flavor. The taste and smell of chocolate and honey in the smoke is so razor thin it is barely detectable. So I don't understand how anyone can possibly rate this as having medium flavoring. This is a pleasant enough smoke for people who don't like aromatics, but nothing particularly noteworthy. Not bad by any means. As an aromatic, I give it one star. As a non-aromatic, two.
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| Jun 02, 2012 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Medium | Pleasant |
this is another home run from macbaren. the name can be articulated with many characters this tobacco shows. it is sweet and have that dark chocolate taste and scent to it. considerable nic delivery in this one so you might wanna consider that. the tobacco hold the fire perfectly and burns clean plus the room note is superb. do i recommend it, indeed i do. (just keep in mind that it could be harsh if mistreated).
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| Apr 04, 2012 | Medium | Medium | Medium | Pleasant |
I only bought this because my local shop was very low on tins and this was the only thing in I hadn't tried yet. I was very surprised. Definitely a dark chocolate taste as it is not sweet, but I enjoyed it. Gave me a good dose of Vitamin N, not over powering but a good idea to smoke it slow to avoid the hiccups. While not my favorite I would buy again.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 15, 2012 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Medium | Very Pleasant |
I acquired a tin of this blend in a trade. Swapped out Plumcake for it. I have to say I love this blend. It smells just like a nice freshly baked brownie in the itn and that carries over into the taste pretty successfully. It takes the lighting very well and burns nice and evenly with few relights. Overall a great anytime aromatic from Mac Baren.
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