Hermit Tobacco Works Co. Captain Earle's - Ten Russians

(3.45)
Capt. Earle's Ten Russians is a true delight for lovers of latakia. Rich and full bodied, Ten Russians is pressed to deliver a perfectly balanced blend to the true aficionado of full English tobaccos.

Details

Brand Hermit Tobacco Works Co.
Blended By Cornell & Diehl
Manufactured By Cornell & Diehl
Blend Type English
Contents Cavendish, Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia
Flavoring
Cut Krumble Kake
Packaging 2 ounce and 8 ounce tins
Country United States
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Strong
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Strong
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Full
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

3.45 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 13, 2024 Strong None Detected Full Tolerable
Captain Earle’s
Ten Russians

Blend notes: “ Capt. Earle's Ten Russians is a true delight for lovers of latakia. Rich and full bodied, Ten Russians is pressed to deliver a perfectly balanced blend to the true aficionado of full English tobaccos.”

Ten Russians is a strong Latakia blend. The other tobaccos serve as the crowd in the movie — you see them cheering but none of them get name credits. Now, I don’t know the definition of a Lat-bomb and don’t really care. In most lists of supposed Lat-bombs this Ten Russians is included.

That said this is not terribly complex. The Latakia is good and a bit sweet. It does not overpower but it’s clearly the star. This isn’t as tasty or as strong as Tashkent, Balkan Suprene, Balkan Sasieni, Bengal Slices, Quiet Nights or Gaslight.

It’s a step or two past Maltese Falcon or Father Dempsey in terms of Latakia.

I think it’s a 3.5 stars out if 4 blend.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 02, 2023 Medium Extremely Mild Full Pleasant to Tolerable
A nice stronger latakia where I didn't get much of what I consider to be an oriental flavor. As far as the share of latakia is concerned, it is quite strong tobacco, but it can be consumed quite pleasantly. Even though I smoked it from a freshly opened tin, the tobacco was not too moist. To my satisfaction, all ten russians burned evenly and without stinging.
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Jan 17, 2023 Medium to Strong None Detected Very Full Strong
Appearance: 2-ounce tin had a label with the date "August 9, 2019." The tobacco is fairly even and fine cut, compressed into a cake that nevertheless crumbles easily. The color of the blend is well dark-brown, reminiscent of a not-so-dense oil, with occasional flecks of the color of stale hay. Definitely, it’s plenty of latakia. What is interesting: the color of the cake is darker than not only Quiet Nights, but also Da Vinci, which is claimed to have 75% latakia. The consistency of the tobacco is excellent, I did not need to dry it out.

Flavor: opening the tin, along with the dense aroma of latakia, I immediately picked up a distinct aroma of "ketchup". It became clear that the tobacco would take some time to air it before I could recognize the individual notes. After two weeks in the glass jar, the tobacco notes became more distinguishable, but the latakia notes - leather, peat, tar, baked meat - certainly dominated. Along with them there was a sour note of cheese, a subtle wine note of cavendish and a slight spicy aroma with a note of musk. As for the Virginia, it was almost completely lost in the density of latakia notes - I felt the baked fruit only after five minutes of airing the tobacco.

Taste: the taste was dry, dense and eloquent from the first seconds - massive wood-smoked, peaty and at the same time, creamy, with a dash of meat juice, latakia, which is so much that I almost touched it with my tongue. There was a bit of white pepper as a spice, a little bit of oriental sourness... Just a slice of grilled beef off the coals. No sweetness, simple and, I repeat, very dense. A "real man's" tobacco, a latakia bomb in all its glory. Cavendish and orientals smooth out the pressure of the "black queen" just a little, but there is almost no room for Virginia. Despite its simplicity and brutality, the flavor can't be called heavy - although maybe I'm just used to latakian blends. This flavor doesn't change much and doesn't depend on the shape of the pipe - except that the woody notes are a little more noticeable in bents than in straight pipes. The tobacco smokes equally dry and cool, leaving no moisture and burning out into whitish ash. The strength of the tobacco is clearly above average, the nicotine hit is possible even from a large pipe, in XL pipes it is inevitable.

The smoke from the blend is a dense carpet around the room, with a peaty, woody smell, and resists even a good draught and stays in the room for a long time. Don't even try to smoke this at home – or, obviously, you’ll be kicked out into the cold. Fortunately, my wife loves latakia. But even she found the smoke from the big pipe a little too much.

Well, conclusion? A somewhat monotonous, but very powerful, in taste and impact, blend. I don't recommend smoking it on an empty stomach. Also, it goes great with a glass of rum - add to yourself the atmosphere of the sea and remember Captain James Earle, his wife, Honor - and the ship “Charles W. Morgan.”
Pipe Used: Peterson 69, 999, POTY 2007, POTY 2019
PurchasedFrom: Exchanged for good 😉
Age When Smoked: 2019
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