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Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| JimInks (2410) |  |
Mild to Medium | Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
The burley has a near-medium strength; nutty with some molasses, earth, and a hint of cocoa. The dark, pressed Virginia is earthy, mildly tangy, richly dark stewed fruit sweet with some citrus and a touch of grass. The perique is a minor player, mildly spicy with a few raisin, fig, and date notes, adding some complexity to the blend. The spice is more noticeable once you’re part way into the smoke. I’m not sure about the toppings, but they are sweet, mildly floral, smoky and woody. Among the fruit notes are tones of pineapple and perhaps apricot. The toppings don’t sublimate the ready rubbed tobaccos that much as the burley and Virginias work well together as the major components. The flavor is at the medium level, and is consistent to the end. No bite or harsh spots to be found; burns smooth and cool with few relights at a moderate pace. The nic-hit is just a fraction over being mild. The strength is mild to medium, and could be an all day smoke for the experienced smoker. Leaves very little moisture in the bowl, and will burn to ash. Has a sweet room note and after taste.
-JimInks
6 people found this review helpful.
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| Käpt`n Cook (17) | |
Medium | Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
I bought this tobacco because I like the name of this Blend. It sounds mysterious. And it was an good idea. The Out of Africa is a broken middelbrown flake. The tin smell ist sweet, decent fruity and spicy. I can`t define the smell correctly. But it is not the usual German fruit flavour. The Taste of this Blend ist like the tin smell fruity and spicy and good medium strong. After the half of the bowl, the taste of the tobacco gets stronger and the fruit flavour is now in the background, but allways present and in connection with the tobacco base a really nice duo. I smoke not often aromatic tobaccos, but this one is really interesting and not boring. The Out of Africa is not really an aromatic Blend - it`s a blend between aromatical and natural flavour.
really recommended
4 people found this review helpful.
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| Big Train (95) | |
Medium | Strong | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Wow . I have never seen a blend like this . Upon opening the tin I was bowled over by the aroma . It smells like the earth , the rain forest , decayed vegetation , fruit , and other undefinable items . A virginia - burley mixture , yes , but not like any other I have ever tasted since I started smoking in 1962 . Smoking was a unique experience . A tobacco that changes character through out the smoke , here and there you realize it's virginia or burley or even perique but it seems to matter not . I was lost in a jungle or a savanah in Africa . A totally different experience and I've , in all humility smoked it all . I can not imagine how Hans conceived or created this mixture but my hat is off to him . Forgive me for not being more specific about the tobacco qualities but this is a " total experience " tobacco , not to be dissected by mortals .
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