Details
| Brand | Newminster |
| Blended By | |
| Manufactured By | Villiger |
| Blend Type | Oriental |
| Contents | Oriental/Turkish, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | Bulk |
| Country | Denmark |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.70 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2013 | Mild | Very Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
..Quite a nice tobacco...It is an elegant pipe tobacco as well. While mostly Turkish...it is a blend of several types of Turkish as well as some very "soft" Virginia leaf and is well rounded, and I don't see this as one-dimensional at all... Far too many nuances for that.
Very even burn rate and keeping it a bit moist brings out more flavor. Frankly, I was looking for a Turkish tobacco to replace SG Turkish Blend which I have been told will no longer be in production. If that indeed happens, I will enjoy the Newminster as a reasonable replacement. Smoked in a group 4 or larger pipe and could be an all day tobacco.
...a pipe is to be savored...
Very even burn rate and keeping it a bit moist brings out more flavor. Frankly, I was looking for a Turkish tobacco to replace SG Turkish Blend which I have been told will no longer be in production. If that indeed happens, I will enjoy the Newminster as a reasonable replacement. Smoked in a group 4 or larger pipe and could be an all day tobacco.
...a pipe is to be savored...
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2022 | Very Mild | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
My roomie stumbled across a new-to-us cigar store and I got a chance to check it out. Like most cigar stores around here, it leans stogie-centric, but Is far more pipe-friendly than most... by which I mean that they have more bulk blends on hand than just 1-Q, and actually carry a few tins as well. I will be back!
Picked up 2 ounces of Stokkebye OPC, since it’s been on the list for a while, and I’ve been saving this Julius Vesz bamboo-shanked billiard for an oriental blend. Bag note is mostly, almost completely, of milk chocolate. Twist-cramming it into the pipe, the pre-light taste is the same: mild milk chocolate. It’s quite dry, and takes the flame immediately. A slight taste of chocolate remains, the sweetness of milk chocolate, akin to burley, but more light and subtle. There is also a background note of salted nuts— I make it pistachios. I attribute that to the oriental leaf. It’s not like the taste of oriental I associate with Balkan Sasieni or Nightcap or even Squadron Leader: no brined olives or incense. It’s subtler and simpler. Salty, yes, but also sweet. Almost, but not quite, caramel. I now understand how people can taste a butteriness in orientals— I’d sum it up as “sweet cream”. With the interplay of the salted-nut note, the whole thing is very pleasant. Burns readily and quickly, even with the tight pack I did. Even though this is labeled “pipe cut”, you could probably roll a cigarette with this. And you’d get a better cigarette than I’ve ever had. I don’t smoke cigarettes regularly, but this is better than Camel Turkish blend, better than Marlboro Blacks. I tried inhaling this, which I never do, but I barely coughed. If you’re used to inhaling, you would inhale this without a second thought. Despite the airiness and lightness, I didn’t get much of a nicotine hit. A little, because of the inhale, I think, but not much. It’s all about the flavor here. I could see G.L. Pease or (once upon a time, McClelland, RIP), putting this in a fancy tin and charging twice the price. I wonder what this would be like as a flake? Yummy.
Burns quick, to a fluffy dark grey ash. And I want another bowl. Delicious. These 2 ounces won’t last long.
Picked up 2 ounces of Stokkebye OPC, since it’s been on the list for a while, and I’ve been saving this Julius Vesz bamboo-shanked billiard for an oriental blend. Bag note is mostly, almost completely, of milk chocolate. Twist-cramming it into the pipe, the pre-light taste is the same: mild milk chocolate. It’s quite dry, and takes the flame immediately. A slight taste of chocolate remains, the sweetness of milk chocolate, akin to burley, but more light and subtle. There is also a background note of salted nuts— I make it pistachios. I attribute that to the oriental leaf. It’s not like the taste of oriental I associate with Balkan Sasieni or Nightcap or even Squadron Leader: no brined olives or incense. It’s subtler and simpler. Salty, yes, but also sweet. Almost, but not quite, caramel. I now understand how people can taste a butteriness in orientals— I’d sum it up as “sweet cream”. With the interplay of the salted-nut note, the whole thing is very pleasant. Burns readily and quickly, even with the tight pack I did. Even though this is labeled “pipe cut”, you could probably roll a cigarette with this. And you’d get a better cigarette than I’ve ever had. I don’t smoke cigarettes regularly, but this is better than Camel Turkish blend, better than Marlboro Blacks. I tried inhaling this, which I never do, but I barely coughed. If you’re used to inhaling, you would inhale this without a second thought. Despite the airiness and lightness, I didn’t get much of a nicotine hit. A little, because of the inhale, I think, but not much. It’s all about the flavor here. I could see G.L. Pease or (once upon a time, McClelland, RIP), putting this in a fancy tin and charging twice the price. I wonder what this would be like as a flake? Yummy.
Burns quick, to a fluffy dark grey ash. And I want another bowl. Delicious. These 2 ounces won’t last long.
Pipe Used:
Julius Vesz bamboo billiard
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