Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Bob's Chocolate Flake
(3.00)
The main characteristics of this flake come from the 8% latakia included in the blend and the smooth chocolate aroma. Brazilian, Zimbabwe, Malawi Virginia leaf make up 82% of the blend providing a mild/medium smoke cooled with the addition of 8% Malawi sun cured and 2% Malawi burley. The latakia cools but does also add strength and aroma. The cocoa casings and chocolate top flavors are rounded off with vanillas and other flavors providing sweet notes.
Notes: Due to EU regulations, this was renamed and sold in those countries as "Bob's Flake".
Details
| Brand | Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. |
| Blended By | Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. |
| Manufactured By | Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Burley, Latakia, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Cocoa / Chocolate, Vanilla, Whisky |
| Cut | Flake |
| Packaging | 50 grams tin, bulk |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild to Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.00 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 251 - 258 of 258 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 21, 2007 | Medium | Mild to Medium | Medium | Tolerable |
I keep trying to get past this damned perfume that has been liberally dumped on Bob's Chocolate Flake because the underlying tobacco and cocoa/chocolate flavoring is really good. This weed smells like a cheap whore when you light it.
Unlike SG Chocolate Flake, I can actually taste the chocolate in this one.
Why anyone would ruin a perfectly fine tobacco by dousing it in perfume is beyond me. An unscented version of this one would be awesome. Hint...hint.
Unlike SG Chocolate Flake, I can actually taste the chocolate in this one.
Why anyone would ruin a perfectly fine tobacco by dousing it in perfume is beyond me. An unscented version of this one would be awesome. Hint...hint.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 15, 2007 | Medium | Medium to Strong | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
Who cares if it's only 8% latakia - it's the only blend with wich I can get my latakia fix indoors without being served with divorce papers. It does have a bit of that soapiness/floralness or whatever you want to call it typical of these lake disrict flakes but it's held in check by the chocolate and vanilla flavoring. And you actually can notice the influence of the latakia in the blend while your wife can not! That alone makes this stuff worth 5 outta 4 stars... When I smoke this the chocovanilla flavoring doesn't fade in and out as some others noted - it's pretty constant to me. Still, it's among my favorite dozen blends or so, and the only really strongly "flavored" one among those... Blowing smoke rings, Chad
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 11, 2007 | Medium | Mild | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
To me, the tin aroma of this Flake is of a very light Lakeland essence. Smoked slow, it burns cool and dry. The Latakia is indiscernible. While very well behaved in all aspects, what brings me back time and time again to BCF is the tobacco flavor itself and its truly medium bodied character.
Regardless of prep or packing method, the trick to getting the most out of BCF is a slow cadenced pull. Anything above a very slow sipping like pace will result in a complete loss of the already faint and elusive chocolate flavoring. Hitting the zone with this one however, is truly sublime and worth the effort involved required to get the most out of it.
Regardless of prep or packing method, the trick to getting the most out of BCF is a slow cadenced pull. Anything above a very slow sipping like pace will result in a complete loss of the already faint and elusive chocolate flavoring. Hitting the zone with this one however, is truly sublime and worth the effort involved required to get the most out of it.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 14, 2007 | Extremely Mild | Very Mild | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Unnoticeable |
The burning leaf smells of ash and latakia. However the smoke is the most pleasent part of this blend of tobacco as it really is not noticable upon ones clothing.
The flavor was not there at all, just an ashy ciggarette taste with the occaisonal watered down tast of vanilla and latakia. The best flavor came at light up when the 15 matches that were needed to get it burnign, fully rubbed out, provided some nice sulfur taste.
Burns well, cakes well, burns slower then PA in a smal bowl.
The flavor was not there at all, just an ashy ciggarette taste with the occaisonal watered down tast of vanilla and latakia. The best flavor came at light up when the 15 matches that were needed to get it burnign, fully rubbed out, provided some nice sulfur taste.
Burns well, cakes well, burns slower then PA in a smal bowl.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 21, 2006 | Medium | Mild | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Simply put, this is perfect in a large bowl with a cup of coffee. Another great blend from G&H!
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| Jul 02, 2006 | Medium | Medium | Medium | Tolerable |
A wonderful Tobacco. If I were stuck on an Island, and could only have one blend this would be it. Smokes cool, no tongue bite, and burns to a dry clean ash. The Chocolate and light Latakia makes this flake my favorite. A must try. Up-Date!!! I am glad I was not stuck on an Island, Because this Tobacco has turned out to be quite boring. after smoking a lot of this stuff, I am changing my review. bland, not complex and slightly bitter. Next review I will not jump the gun.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 02, 2006 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
If you like a good quality choco/english aromatic then this stuff is for you... kinda like Squadron Leader with diabetes. Pay no attention to the Ivory Soap and Chanel #5 that were accidentally dumped into your tin...
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 25, 2003 | Mild to Medium | Very Strong | Mild | Tolerable |
Yuk. Just yuk.
If you like lake-district blends, this may be for you. It's not for me. The aromatic component overwhelms the tobacco, it's cloying, and (to me) generally unpleasant. The only tobacco so far where I've not been able to finish the bowl. "Chocolate bar meets urinal cake", and the stink clings tenaciously to a pipe.
I bought this because of various ravings about its flavor. Indeed, in the jar this has a restrained smell of lightly cased natural tobacco. When flame touches weed, however, all bets are off and the casings club you about the palate. If you want tobacco that tastes nothing like tobacco, this is your blend. You can have my share.
Update: Over the years, this has grown on me. I pick up a little from time to time, and can enjoy it on rare occasions. I wouldn't recommend it unless I knew someone really liked Lake District flakes, but I don't abhor this as much as I used to.
If you like lake-district blends, this may be for you. It's not for me. The aromatic component overwhelms the tobacco, it's cloying, and (to me) generally unpleasant. The only tobacco so far where I've not been able to finish the bowl. "Chocolate bar meets urinal cake", and the stink clings tenaciously to a pipe.
I bought this because of various ravings about its flavor. Indeed, in the jar this has a restrained smell of lightly cased natural tobacco. When flame touches weed, however, all bets are off and the casings club you about the palate. If you want tobacco that tastes nothing like tobacco, this is your blend. You can have my share.
Update: Over the years, this has grown on me. I pick up a little from time to time, and can enjoy it on rare occasions. I wouldn't recommend it unless I knew someone really liked Lake District flakes, but I don't abhor this as much as I used to.
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