Mac Baren Mixture Flake
(3.02)
When Mixture was introduced in 1958 is was considered a revolution in pipe smoking... Now? 47 years later you can enjoy the famous Mixture taste in this blend. Mixture Flake is made from more than 35 different tobacco leaves from different parts of the world. Mixture Flake is made from choice Virginia and burley tobacco and touch of the original Mac Baren Cavendish. Each leaf has its own special qualities and only by blending and pressing them in the right proportions does Mixture Flake achieve its unique taste. Mixture Flake does not consist of one dominant taste, but a profusion of different nuances of taste that keep changing? all from a single tamp of tobacco A unique, slow burning, slightly aromatic flake which you can enjoy all day long.
Details
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.02 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 11 - 20 of 52 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 09, 2009 | Extremely Mild | Extremely Mild | Mild | Very Pleasant |
This is NOT broken flake. These is whole, un-rubbed, flake tobacco.
These flakes are exquisitely neat, compact and easy to lift from the rectangular tin, fold and stuff whole into your pipe. They smell delicious as sniffed in the container, without any aggressive topping stench.
The unrubbed slice lit easily and burned slowly and cooly most of the time. It only got a trifle hot towards the bottom third, when the amount of tobacco, broken down from poking, responded to re-lighting with a bit of anger.
The taste is not unlike several of the Fribourg & Treyer Virginia flakes I tried a while ago: mild, light indeed, yet still tasty enough. This one has the subtlest semi-sweet (not very sweet at all) character, with a muted smokiness that surprises but stays very much in the background. There is none of the Burley dullness or treacly topping of Mac Baren's Navy Flake.
Too inoquous for me, this superbly produced offering ought to please indeed those who want the lightest Virginia flake, expertly un-fanged by MB's elegant use of Burley and Cavendish-processed leaf.
These flakes are exquisitely neat, compact and easy to lift from the rectangular tin, fold and stuff whole into your pipe. They smell delicious as sniffed in the container, without any aggressive topping stench.
The unrubbed slice lit easily and burned slowly and cooly most of the time. It only got a trifle hot towards the bottom third, when the amount of tobacco, broken down from poking, responded to re-lighting with a bit of anger.
The taste is not unlike several of the Fribourg & Treyer Virginia flakes I tried a while ago: mild, light indeed, yet still tasty enough. This one has the subtlest semi-sweet (not very sweet at all) character, with a muted smokiness that surprises but stays very much in the background. There is none of the Burley dullness or treacly topping of Mac Baren's Navy Flake.
Too inoquous for me, this superbly produced offering ought to please indeed those who want the lightest Virginia flake, expertly un-fanged by MB's elegant use of Burley and Cavendish-processed leaf.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 11, 2015 | Very Mild | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
It's been in the humidor for years nowm, and never tried. Was it age, (my own or the tin's) but I was very, very pleased in it's opening. I'd thought after much "spending", that my Brown Clunee was as good as the Vprs were going to get. But, as the saying goes;.......with a little GlenMorangie .....I'm in heaven! There's also a tin of their Navy Mixture, and I'll talk to you after thats opened. Can't wait, just hope the "Scotch" holds out!
Pipe Used:
Radice
PurchasedFrom:
Pipes & Cigars (who else)
Age When Smoked:
5+ years
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 25, 2015 | Medium | Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
This is the flake version of Mac Baren's successful Mixture Scottish Blend. However, it's not as freely available as the the ready rubbed.
Just like its twin it's a blend of at least 35 different tobaccos (Virginia grades, Burley, Original Cavendish) with a sublime indistinctive flavoring. The tin note has the typical slight hay and honey-like smell.
I smoke it using the fold and stuff method for filling my bowl. After the charring light I level out the ashes before the true light.
The taste is just as unobtrusive as its scent. There's a fine honey sweetness, which mostly comes from the Virginias in the blend and appears a little bit more pronounced than in the ready rubbed version, and there might as well be some sublime Whisky flavoring. It's also a mild smoke, that can be enjoyed all day, burning slowly and coolly. Even if you don't like aromatics, you might give this one a try. There's no danger of ghosting.
The room note is rather pleasant.
Just like its twin it's a blend of at least 35 different tobaccos (Virginia grades, Burley, Original Cavendish) with a sublime indistinctive flavoring. The tin note has the typical slight hay and honey-like smell.
I smoke it using the fold and stuff method for filling my bowl. After the charring light I level out the ashes before the true light.
The taste is just as unobtrusive as its scent. There's a fine honey sweetness, which mostly comes from the Virginias in the blend and appears a little bit more pronounced than in the ready rubbed version, and there might as well be some sublime Whisky flavoring. It's also a mild smoke, that can be enjoyed all day, burning slowly and coolly. Even if you don't like aromatics, you might give this one a try. There's no danger of ghosting.
The room note is rather pleasant.
Pipe Used:
Lorenzo Spitfire
PurchasedFrom:
Local Tobacconist
Age When Smoked:
Fresh
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 01, 2012 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
Mixture Scottish Blend is my daily smoking for over 10 years. Flake mixture,cooler smoke is sweet and creamy as the original cut.A great success of sublime mixes and easy day after day. Highly Recommended.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 08, 2012 | Medium | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I really enjoy this Macbaren offering. It's been described well enough before me quite well, I especially agree with the "morning smoke" quality of this blend....highly recommended, just remember, it is a danish flake and will smoke hot if you rush it. A pipesmoker should never rush his pipe.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 13, 2005 | Mild | Mild | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
Absolutely wonderful. Easy to smoke, and as mentioned, a relatively cool smoker. Finally, I get to enjoy the taste of Mixture without suffering from tongue bite!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 10, 2018 | Very Mild | Medium | Mild | Pleasant |
I found the tin while looking for MB Navy Flake and noticed it was already 8 years old. I figured it was worth purchasing for that reason alone. Smoked it with pipe buddies after a good evening meal and in the morning on an empty stomach. Very little nicotine, which, for me, is not a positive. Some will like that, though, so to each his own. If you smoke this fast, it will bite, so beware. The honey flavoring is nice when sipped slowly. It lasted almost to the end of the bowl. The aroma is very pleasant. Retrohales comfortably until it gets a little harsher toward the bottom of the bowl. I intend to mix what I have left with something to increase its strength. Not bad at all, but not for me in the future.
Pipe Used:
Basket briar (barracini crown)
PurchasedFrom:
The Humidor, Murfreesboro, TN
Age When Smoked:
Aged 8 years in tin
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 31, 2013 | Mild | Very Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
I don't consider this an aeromatic blend in the strictest sense. It is a mild Flake tobacco that tastes pretty much like Mixture Scottish Blend ready rubbed. They are the same blend. I find this easy to rub out and pack into the bowl. Lights well and stays lit throughout. A nice easy smoke and is truly an all day smoke. I enjoy the light smoky characteristics of Mac Barens original Cavendish. The Virginia's are very mild and easy with a slight sweetness in the entire blend and is easy blown out through the nose. Very pleasant. This blend doesn't evolve a lot throughout the smoke, but gives subtle evolutions of flavor. The very mild maple/honey characteristics in the Cavendish lend a nice sweetness to the the flavor. The room note is a mild pleasant pipe smoker scent. A really good blend to smoke while working on projects or out doing yard work. No bite experienced at all.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 23, 2010 | Medium | Mild | Medium | Tolerable |
This is one of my favrite morning smokes. It has a good smooth bread like taste as well as the typical Mac Baren honey taste. It's easy to pack either fully rubbed out or folded and stuffed and burns nicely. I don't notice any bite with this one. Definitely recommend for daily smokers and especially as a morning smoke.
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