Esoterica Tobacciana Penzance

Penzance Esoterica Tobacco This cross-cut English Flake is a wonderful complex recipe of the finest Virginias, choice Turkish and Orientals and Cyprian Latakia. Hand blended, hard pressed, broad cut into thick flakes. Long matured and easily crumbled.It Smoker cool full bodied yet remarkably gentle no tongue bite. The Room Note Aroma was typical Latakia/ English. Penzance is one of my favourite English tobaccos.English blend from Esoterica. in the Tin or Bulk came as mostly crumbled cake. I would call truly outstanding. It is full and rich enough to satisfy just about any English blend smoker. I give it 4 Star . I smoke this regularly, and it is definitly my favorite . Sometime a all day Smoke. if you like English Tobacco you have to get some to try

January 2004. Penzance. 'Perfection'Yes,I use the word perfection and I mean it totally! This is definitely the answer for those seeking a fully excellent tasting English or Balkan related tobacco.To me,its just as good as Balkan Sobranie,yet-smoother. I was greatly impressed with Margate,but I honestly think this is just as good,or maybe even better. The flavour of the virginias,turkish,orientals and cyprian latakia,are perfectly synchronised. Very easy to light,leaving a nice white grey ash. Every bowl is a true,pure delight and totally completely delicious. 10+ out of 10. And if you don't like it,please post it to me!

Penzance was my first experience with cake. There is a special intensity from the compressed tobacco and the burn qualities are remarkable particularly in a latakia laden blend like Penzance. I detect a chocolate-like quality in this blend that keeps me coming back for more.I'm not talking ground up hershey bars or synthetic casing but rather a subtle note like fine Belgian chocolate. If you own any G size pipes and have an hour and a half of solitude ahead of you(or solitary confinement for that matter)try this one.

True english sliced crumble cake. This is english pipe tobacco at it's best. Earthy,smokey,sweet background,nutty,genuine leather aroma.This is not for the part time english tobacco smokers,for it is high calibre. If you are not in to good Turkish,Virginia,Cyprian Latakia,and in the highest quality,pass it by.As for me and my pipes, we shall enjoy this most wonderful and relaxing leaf. It's great with single malt Scotch Whisky,or even coffee.

This is what a hand-made high-quality English blend is supposed to be. Rich yet soft and elegant, full without being harsh, deliciously smokey aroma, etc., etc., etc. This is what civilized pipe smoking is all about.

Fill up a nice oil-cured English briar with Penzance, give it some fire, settle back and relax. Life is so very good.

Penzance is a top nothc full English blend in the crumble cake form I like so much (though this is far more satisfying than Bengal Slices). As such it is very easy to rub out, very easy to burn and very cool smoking. The tin aroma indicates a heavy latakia content, and can seem a bit musty as well. Though I have smoked better balanced and/or fuller English blends (Rennaissance & Margate to name a few) there is something about Penzance that continually draws me back. Yes, it is delicious...and it's perfectly suited to large bowled pipes as it burns slowly and coolly. The blend isn't terribly complex, it's basically an ongoing duel between the sweet virginias and the rich smokey latakia, with some condiment tobaccos present to spice things up slightly. Generally it's a direct assault on the sweet and smokey taste buds. The room aroma is also quite distinct, though I doubt our non-smoking friends would be appreciative. Defintiely a top notch tobacco, and did I mention how much I like crumble cakes?.