Mac Baren Original Choice
(2.76)
Original Choice is a new pioneering pipe tobacco which will appeal to "novice" pipe smokers and the younger generation. It has a mild, aromatic taste, and the truly remarkable thing about Original Choice is the fact that we have managed to develop a tobacco that does not smart on the tongue.
Original Choice is made of specially selected tobaccos. It is a blend of Virginia tobacco from North Carolina and mild, air-dried Burley from Tennessee. One of the suppliers of the Virginia tobacco is Boyette Farm, where the Boyette family has been working since 1797 to produce the best possible Virginia qualities. Their success has been due in part to the warm and dry climate. It is now the fifth generation that has taken its place behind the solid oak writing desk to play roulette with Mother Nature, as the family puts it. Fortunately, thanks to generations of experience, the odds are stacked in favor of the Boyette family. That is why a plug of Original Choice is always a good idea. The packaging is made of an exclusive type or corrugated card, which not only looks good and protects the tobacco but is also completely environment-friendly. It is not every year that Mac Baren Tobacco launches new types of tobacco. That is why we have pulled out all the stops to make full use of our experience and our production of the new blends. That is also why we have managed to make sure that Original Choice does not smart on the tongue. Numerous test smokers have already given Original Choice their approval and have already made it their first choice.
Notes: Introduced in 1998.
Details
Profile
Strength
Very Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.76 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 11 - 13 of 13 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 23, 2012 | Mild | Mild to Medium | Mild | Pleasant |
Another blend I can locally find.
A bit moist, burns hot, on the wet side with a mild flavour. Bites if you are not careful. Smells great though, wife loves it.
Comes in 40gr pouches; I am sure you can find a better aromatics at this price.
A bit moist, burns hot, on the wet side with a mild flavour. Bites if you are not careful. Smells great though, wife loves it.
Comes in 40gr pouches; I am sure you can find a better aromatics at this price.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 06, 2006 | Medium | Medium | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
Original Choice is not what I would call a high grade smoke. Yes, it loads very well in a pipe. Yes, it burns well, and leaves a grey ash in a dry pipe. No, It does not bite the tongue. But the flavor of the casing is something I never want in anything, much less my pipe tobacco. Fortunately, I tried this in a cob, and when the Original Choice went in the trash, the pipe followed closely. Some may find this a quality tobacco, but I do not.
On trying a second bowl, crazy as it seems, I got nothing but tongue bite, tongue bite, and, oh yeah, tongue bite. Maybe I should have tried smoking the corrugated pouch. Or better yet, I could have lit my torch and stuck that in my mouth.
On trying a second bowl, crazy as it seems, I got nothing but tongue bite, tongue bite, and, oh yeah, tongue bite. Maybe I should have tried smoking the corrugated pouch. Or better yet, I could have lit my torch and stuck that in my mouth.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 28, 2005 | Very Mild | Mild to Medium | Very Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
DITTO HERMIT 78. This is crap! What a waste of tobacco of any quality. I say this in embarrassment for the Mac Baren company. I'am a fan of several of thier blends (Plumcake, Navy Flake, VA #1) but this is a disgrace. The tobacco mix is a base of black broken cavendish cake with some lighter, blond short strands of leaf. It smells sickeningly sweet in the pouch, very candy/confectionary-like and tastes like cotton candy when smoked. Yes its' true like the pouch says this is mild with out a bite, but so what. What I like about Mac Barens' main line blends is that of thier unique nature of being relatively lightly aromatic and not confectionary, despite thier strength. And thier choice of flavorings like honey, real sweateners and the like. Often times such flavorings are applied just to reinforce the natural flavor like in thier rollcakes. This is such a departure from such traditions and what I expect from them in products. In the product description it says that many test smokers have given thier approval for this, however I could only do so with a gun to my head.
- NOT RECOMMENDED
- NOT RECOMMENDED
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