G. L. Pease Key Largo

Key Largo is a great blend to smoke during the end of summer when the weather gets colder and you are transitioning from lighter summer blends into latakia blends in the winter. Pease's tin description is spot on in the sense that it is earthy and creamy with hints of cocoa and deep-roasted coffee. No debate there. The cigar flavor pokes it's head out randomly throughout the smoke. It does slightly burn the back of my throat, reminiscent of my experiences with Robusto and C & D's Habana Daydream. The latter, much more so, which I assume is the perique and cavendish. (And I love perique.) Though I enjoy both Robusto and Habana Daydream, I find Key Largo much smoother, this tin in particular, probably because of the age of the tin. I usually break it up a little before packing, but I might try stuffing the broken flake in the pipe to see how that goes. I usually prefer it in a medium to large sized bowl (rather than a small bowl) in order to let the flavor develop as it is smoked. Key Largo is very enjoyable with coffee in the morning or a brown ale later in the evening.