Vauen No. 20 Italian Blend
(2.64)
A well-rounded, complex mixture of black and brown Cavendish, a good portion of Burley, various sun-ripened Virginia varieties and naturally sweet broken Virginia. This mixture is enriched with an exclusive and highly aromatic espresso taste. This nuanced, deep tobacco delights connoisseurs with the highest demands.
Notes: Formerly named "Horst Lichter Kollektion Espressotabak TAB 20".
The television chef and rhenish bon vivant Horst Lichter sure enough is one of the most prominent pipe smoker of Germany. He lends his name for several pipe models of the company Vauen. As a chef he knows what makes an excellent flavor. Therefore this Horst Lichter pipe tobacco was developed from a close collaboration with the television star. This way a mild creamy variety of medium strength which has a full bodied, yet not overly dominant note of sweetish espresso. (Horst Lichter is a TV chef that hosts various TV shows in Germany. As he's also a pipe smoker Vauen and Horst Lichter collaborated to create two personalized blends for him.)
Details
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium to Strong
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
2.64 / 4
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 Reviews
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 08, 2013 | Mild | Mild | Mild | Pleasant |
A friend of mine bring me a 50g tin(price12.5euro),from Germany.It's a high quality aromatic tobacco.Aroma is mild as you open the tin and taste is mild too.No tongue bite at all till the end of the bowl.Taste is the same from the start to the end.I was expecting it more aromatic but the tobacco quality is so high that i don't mind at all.Burns extremely well without residues at the end.
Pipe Used:
briar
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 21, 2019 | Medium | Medium to Strong | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Vauen's got some hits and misses, but i think this is one of the hits.
Comes fairly moist in the tin and will need some drying. The tin note is.... well, pretty much what you'd expect from an espresso-aromatic. It's a note of sweet, caramel-y coffee.
Once you put a light to it, you'll get a nice, straightforward aromatic smoke. There's a hint of nut from the burley and some creamy smoothness from the cavendish, while the virginia stays very much background, overruled by the fairly prominent flavouring.
Speaking of which, the flavouring is much like the tin note. Sweet, creamy, coffee-like. There's not much complexity to it, but i like it. Which is suprising, considering i really, really dislike coffee flavours, normally. This blend makes it all work nicely, i find.
I'm also quite happy to report that unlike some other Vauen aromatics, this one actually burns fairly cleanly and, most importantly, the flavouring does -not- taste completely artificial/chemical.
In the second half of the bowl, the flavouring drops off a fair bit, but is happily replaced by the nutty and slightly grassy notes of the burley and virginia.
It does need more relights than i'd like, but in exchange, i found this tobacco to be incredibly resistant to harshness or biting. It doesn't mind being smoked at a rate of knots.
Burns to a fine ash and doesn't leave much dottle behind. Some moisture, but not a massive amount, either.
It's fairly straightforward, but it does what it sets out to do, and it does it well.
Comes fairly moist in the tin and will need some drying. The tin note is.... well, pretty much what you'd expect from an espresso-aromatic. It's a note of sweet, caramel-y coffee.
Once you put a light to it, you'll get a nice, straightforward aromatic smoke. There's a hint of nut from the burley and some creamy smoothness from the cavendish, while the virginia stays very much background, overruled by the fairly prominent flavouring.
Speaking of which, the flavouring is much like the tin note. Sweet, creamy, coffee-like. There's not much complexity to it, but i like it. Which is suprising, considering i really, really dislike coffee flavours, normally. This blend makes it all work nicely, i find.
I'm also quite happy to report that unlike some other Vauen aromatics, this one actually burns fairly cleanly and, most importantly, the flavouring does -not- taste completely artificial/chemical.
In the second half of the bowl, the flavouring drops off a fair bit, but is happily replaced by the nutty and slightly grassy notes of the burley and virginia.
It does need more relights than i'd like, but in exchange, i found this tobacco to be incredibly resistant to harshness or biting. It doesn't mind being smoked at a rate of knots.
Burns to a fine ash and doesn't leave much dottle behind. Some moisture, but not a massive amount, either.
It's fairly straightforward, but it does what it sets out to do, and it does it well.
Pipe Used:
Various briars
PurchasedFrom:
Cigarworld.de
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 20, 2019 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Medium | Very Pleasant |
I bought a tin of this at my local pipe and cigar store back in January, smoked a bowl or two and moved on to something else. I believe it was the last tin they had and I was curious. The tin label had the gentleman himself on the front with his pipe and some large coffee beans up front. This one also squeaked past the inspectors because it had no warning label not that I think the tin is that old. The tobacco is extremely moist with a strong cocoa/chocolate smell. I could not really detect any coffee. It smokes very well and definitely has a pleasant chocolate taste. As coincidence would have it, my coffee beans delivery arrived while I was smoking outside on the front porch and the driver said this blend smelled really good. I talked to him for a few minutes, he tried a pipe a long time ago and I told him if he was ever interested to stop by and join our pipe club meetings, we have weekly.
Pipe Used:
Meerschaum
Age When Smoked:
New
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 28, 2016 | Medium | Medium to Strong | Full | Strong |
By opening the tin your are greeted by the full smell of coffee and a dark, cavendisch based mixture. The tobacco comes perfectly smokable out of the tin and it really holds it´s promise of coffee taste. But it is not the fancy latte machiatto but a full bodied, roasted espresso with bitterness and a little sweetness here and there and that taste is consistent through the bowl. Recomended if you like coffee...
Pipe Used:
various
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 04, 2013 | Extremely Mild | Extremely Mild | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Pleasant |
Horst Lichter of "Espressotabak" was my second experience with imported tobaccos, but I think it was very mild in this case I cannot say, anyway, that this pipe tobacco is not recommended. This blend is highly recommended for begginers, and for that most experts smokers, this tobacco is somewhat recommended, but, i can say this is a good tobacco for any time.
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 12, 2018 | Medium to Strong | Strong | Full | Pleasant |
If you like strong aromatic blends this one is for you.If you love coffee , this one is for you.If you like espresso in particular this one is for you.Good quality aromatic,ready to be smoke at once, strong and intense flavor of espresso coffee, smell like fresh cut coffee beans ...Aroma is there until the end of the bowl, no tongue bit and it's recommend it for beginners.Room note quit pleasant ...
Pipe Used:
pipex
PurchasedFrom:
paulbugge