Wellauer & Co Morning Pipe
(3.40)
Classical English mixture with not too much latakia, high grade Orientals with slightly toasted bright and red Virginia.
Details
| Brand | Wellauer & Co |
| Blended By | |
| Manufactured By | |
| Blend Type | Balkan |
| Contents | Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Broken Flake |
| Packaging | 50 grams tin |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Production |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 01, 2017 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant |
Although the country they operated out of (Switzerland), was known for flavored tobaccos, this brilliant old blending house went against the grain by producing some of the finest English style blends ever produced. And believe it or not Wellauer & Company also was known for its brand of chocolates and other confections. The only way I could get their tobaccos back in the 1980s and early '90s was to swap tobacco with an old Pipe Smokers Ephemeris member who had me send him tobacco he couldn't get there.
Morning pipe was certainly the same style of tobacco as its Dunhill namesake, with a rather heady Latakia and Virginia combination mixed with some Orientals to awaken the palate. My notes from back then indicate it was a heavy broken flake with a much stronger Latakia and Nicotine presence than Dunhill's Early Morning Pipe.
Morning pipe was certainly the same style of tobacco as its Dunhill namesake, with a rather heady Latakia and Virginia combination mixed with some Orientals to awaken the palate. My notes from back then indicate it was a heavy broken flake with a much stronger Latakia and Nicotine presence than Dunhill's Early Morning Pipe.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 03, 2020 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Medium to Full | Very Pleasant |
First of all, this is “normal” ribbon cut, and not a broken flake as mentioned on the head of the page. It must be an error. I remember having smoked it in the 80ies and to my knowledge it has always been a mix of fine and medium ribbon cuts.
Wellauer Morning Pipe (WMP) is a typical, classical English mixture of above medium strength and full flavour. There is everything there to make it worthy of its type of being an English mixture: Virginias, Orientals and Latakia.
Given its name “Morning Pipe” automatically leads to comparing it with the famous “Early Morning Pipe” (EMP) of Dunhill (now Perterson). Well, I leave this up to you, it is a matter of personal preference, I like both. To me the WMP is slightly stronger, but it is also a more straight-forward, more basic English blend so to say. Whereas the slightly lighter EMP is a little more complex, has a few more side aromas to dig in and is more rounded off. Both blends are delicious. No problem to smoke several bowls in a row, no bite or sharpness.
The company “Wellauer AG” (founded in 1898 in Switzerland, and still going) has some underrated, interesting pipe tobacco offerings. Wellauer pipe tobaccos were blended to order by PLANTA (in Berlin, Germany). Since PLANTA went out of business on the 31st August 2019, MacBaren took over and will continue to produce some Planta tobaccos in Denmark. But that’s another story. At this moment it is unknown where Wellauer's mixtures will be blended in future.
Wellauer Morning Pipe (WMP) is a typical, classical English mixture of above medium strength and full flavour. There is everything there to make it worthy of its type of being an English mixture: Virginias, Orientals and Latakia.
Given its name “Morning Pipe” automatically leads to comparing it with the famous “Early Morning Pipe” (EMP) of Dunhill (now Perterson). Well, I leave this up to you, it is a matter of personal preference, I like both. To me the WMP is slightly stronger, but it is also a more straight-forward, more basic English blend so to say. Whereas the slightly lighter EMP is a little more complex, has a few more side aromas to dig in and is more rounded off. Both blends are delicious. No problem to smoke several bowls in a row, no bite or sharpness.
The company “Wellauer AG” (founded in 1898 in Switzerland, and still going) has some underrated, interesting pipe tobacco offerings. Wellauer pipe tobaccos were blended to order by PLANTA (in Berlin, Germany). Since PLANTA went out of business on the 31st August 2019, MacBaren took over and will continue to produce some Planta tobaccos in Denmark. But that’s another story. At this moment it is unknown where Wellauer's mixtures will be blended in future.
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