Mac Baren 7 Seas Regular Blend

This has a chemical taste to it. I prefer 1Q, and Peretti's 432 (I think that is what they call their vanilla aromatic). Burns OK and has a good room note.

This blend came in very, very wet in the pouch and the scent vaguely resembled dark chocolate, with a chemical undertone, but no vanilla unlike I expected. The blend is mostly black cavendish from what I can tell.

Although the smoke is creamy, the tobacco taste is very uninteresting, the chemical topping barely comes though and it bites. Hard. For those reasons I should have stopped but I stubbornly—and regrettably—didn't want to waste the pouch, so I powered through more bowls. In the course of a month smoking this on and off, my mouth got sore and irritated every time, no matter how much I dried it and no matter how slow I smoked. And it coated my mouth, not letting me taste any other blends afterwards. It insidiously numbs your mouth before you feel the soreness. I even tried to mix it with a local VA brand, letting it meld for a week and a half under pressure, but that didn't help any. This blend is made with low-grade tobaccos, and for that it simply cannot be improved.

No and no, Mac Baren. It's cheap, but from my experience I cannot recommend this to anyone and will surely dispose of the leftovers. Look further.

Very enjoyable mellow sweet smoke, i get a rum chocolate and a mild vanilla in the taste. Tobaccos arent to bad quality either. for the price of this one i think its a good aro, not my personal favorite but definitly a notch higher from other blends of this genre.

7 Seas Regular picked a good time to sail over for a tasting. My buds have burned out lately with too many aromatics and heavy English blends, so I was happy to smoke something a bit more basic. I opened the pouch to something musty, dusty, and somehow sour, and I was not overly excited by the aroma.

The lack of excitement however, worked to its favor, because I didn't pay much attention to what I was smoking and by the end of the bowl I was surprised by how much time elapsed. The burn was not unnaturally slow, to the contrary, the unassuming nature of the blend caused my puffing pace to slow down (and I tend to huff hotly). It was a warm pleasant smoke you could find yourself reading a book to (or in my case sit on the computer playing games).

If I had to pin a flavor to this one is tricky, it isn't too sweet, but something softer akin to a graham cracker. It is hard to say if my experience was positive due to the timing of when I had it, or if it was a well crafted blend, but in either case I was happy to set sail.

second tin tobacco I ever bought.Instantly became a favorite. Lots of cavendish, burns extremely slow. out of all the 7 Seas this was my favorite. deffinately something to try if you havent.

I have tried all the 7 Seas blends except the Red. This is by far my favourite of the series. It is not a nicotine power house & thats ok for a mild flavourful aromatic. It is a nice change of pace from the heavier true tobacco blends I also like but it is not a goopy , chemical type of aro & this is a good thing.THis is my present aromatic of choice.

Over the past two days I've given 7 Seas Regular blend a couple of bowls, and I thoroughly enjoy it. A great cool smooth smoke with a casing of chocolate and vanilla which intermingle and sometimes intertwine. They're cased on a black cavendish and golden burley leaf combination. Sometimes the vanilla took over and sometimes the chocolate took over, other times the two flavors mixed wonderfully, and still sometimes the taste of the great leaf combination took over for a moment. It's been a wonderful smoke every time. The flavors mingle just enough to make the smoke tremendously enjoyable without leaving me wondering where the flavor casing has gone. By the time I realize I'm mostly tasting the burley and black cavendish all the sudden the vanilla or chocolate flavor pops back up. Like most MacB blends it's a little moist in the tin, but it hasn't given me any problems with lighting or tongue bite. Definitely worth a try. By the way, you can buy it in bulk from most websites so you can get a 2oz sample bag very reasonably priced.

I come to review a couple of the new Mac Baren blends under the 7seas line: the Regular Blend and the Golden Blend. They have striked me much more than I expected. The GB is a mix of Virginia and Burley, non-contrasted golden colour, medium-large ribbon. The RB is a mix of golden Burley and Black Cavendish, very dark in colour with some lighter specks, broaden cut. Leaves are good quality with no sticks. Both are aromatics of the same league, the “vanilla/pastry” constituents are clearly detectable but delicate, very different from the typical Mac Baren standard. Vitamin N present in traces… Unlike any other aros, they burn surprisingly cool & smooth, and the flavour actually reflects the pouch aroma. The GB displays a more true tobacco aroma than RB, nevertheless I found myself more fascinated with the latter. In fact, the RB offers an intriguing sweet/toasty/smoky flavour which is comparable to a EM. The GB is also sweet/spicy, but in a higher scale spectrum. The quality/price factor is very remarkable. Three stars.

I like the idea of reviewing each blend on its own merit, but there is an elephant in the room with this one.

Captain Black White-1.5 ounce plastic pouch, $9-$16, 7 Seas Regular-3.5 ounce all-metal tin, $13-15

This stuff is half as expensive and twice as good as CB White. Compared to what you pay for a pouch of CB at a brick-and-mortar, 7 Seas is worth at least $30 a tin. It's smoother and more tasty although the flavoring is a little lighter. The moisture content is also better. If you are looking for your first pouch of tobacco, don't buy a pouch at all, order this. Better in every regard.