Two Friends Celtic Mist

Not a warning but merely an advise: "Lose all hope he who smokes this".

Tin note promises something, something close to whisky and baileys, maybe a note of coffee or two and caramel cappuchino. But unfortunately it doesnt bring anything similar when light comes. First puff is a mouthful of something acrid, waxy in the tongue and overall repellent. Not even plainly sweet, just awful. The texture of the smoke remains kind of sticky, you feel how each layer of smoke adheres to your mouth like, wax exactly. And if you try to get the flavour it is some kind of coffee condimented with a whole ashtray. And it gets more intense as it proceeds ocassionally bringing a fair play of tobacco at least.

Must say i got rid of this after strike three. I was never capable to bring something decent out of it. Curiously the guy i gave it to said it was delicious, so, to each his own madness.

Apricot brandy air freshener. I know it isn't topped with it, but that's what it smells and tastes like, in the tin, the taste, and the room aroma. Overly sweet and fruity. Perhaps airing it out for a bit may help, but I doubt it since it isn't moist at all in the pouch. What a disappointment.

Having tried other offerings from the Two Friends, I had high expectations for Celtic Mist.

Reading the reviews posted here led me to wonder ? why is it that there is such a wide variance of opinion as to the casing on this tobacco? Some call it overwhelming, while others wonder if it is there at all. I ended up in the latter category. What happened to the liquor? Did somebody use it as a ?topping? in a cup at coffee break instead of using it on the tobacco? There would appear to be some major problems with consistency.

The description made this sound like something I might enjoy. But from the start, the Cavendish ruled like a Third-World dictator. The Burley and the lighter Virginia never stood a chance. Every time they would attempt to make their presence known, the iron-fisted dictator would quickly squash the rebellion and retighten the grip.

The tobacco burned well, and left the pipe nice and dry. Unfortunately, the unflavored Cavendish gets tiresome in a hurry. There was no tendency to bite ? the sweet-bitter-dry smoky flavor that was pleasant at the beginning just stayed in power too long for me.

Celtic Mist is kind of like Duvalier for your pipe.

This tobacco smells and tastes exactly like the bubble gum I chewed as a youth. I do not like it in my pipe. Paddy.

Having tried and enjoyed both English Chocolate and Valle Crucis by Two Friends, I was eager for more, but I wouldn't be much of a third friend if I didn't warn you of the dangers ahead. Celtic Mist is disgusting.

This is not the first time I've opened an Aromatic in which the blender dumped a whole bottle (or two) of stinky casing juice over the tobacco. On a rare occasion this technique can work (Cult's Blood Moon, East India's Officer's Club, many Dan products), but more often than not, you get a sticky mess. While the intense aroma of brown liquor and burnt sugar is pleasing enough to the nose, it didn't translate when smoked.

If you should attempt to smoke it, make sure you dry out the damp mix for at least a few days. What follows is a strong acrid smoke that gets caught in your throat without any pleasant flavor. Just a lot of stewed Cavendish taking you on a tour of the chemical factory.

While I still have no clue what Irish Mist is, it surely doesn't work by the bucket here, consider instead, smoking Kramer's Blend for Danny Kane to experience just the right amount of it.

I've tried all but one of the Two Friends blends, and this is the only one that gets a one star rating. The taste isn't pleasant (it reminds me of really cheap coffee creamers), and the flavor sticks to your pipe like Superglue. I might actually have ruined a cob with this, which would be a first. The tobaccos themselves seem to be of decent quality, but this was a genuinely unpleasant experience for me (and I enjoy quality aromatics).

This blend tastes as though an attempt was made to flavor it like those irish coffee creamers you find next to the coffee machine at your local convenience store. It just doesn't work for me. Bitey and unremarkable, this blend would best serve as garden mulch.

Like the above reviewer stated, this is one of the best looking blends I've ever seen. The pouch aroma is wonderful too, even though the "little essence" of Irish Mist is a whole ton. Upon lighting, this was the worst biting blend I've ever had and the flavor was fair at best. I'll go with pipestud on this one. Terrible stuff...