Sutliff Tobacco Company Match Troost Aromatic Cavendish

The gold Virginia cavendish provides tart and tangy citrus, sugar and honey bread notes with a little grass as the main component. The nutty, earthy, toasty burley is a condiment. A pinch of earthy Oriental provides a floral note, a little wood, vegetation, and not much else. The toppings are mild butterscotch and a more obvious caramel. They are mildly fruity and tone down the tobacco a bit. The original has a little deeper flavor, but it’s bitey if you puff very fast, and can lose just a little of its flavor when that happens. The latter two observations are not true of the Match, which is much smoother, will not bite, and is moderately close in taste to the original. The flavor doesn't weaken near the finish or if you puff beyond a reasonable pace, which can happen to the original, especially if the tobacco is dry. The coarse cut of the tobacco is the same. Both have very little nicotine. The strength is a step past the mild mark. The taste is close to the center of mild to medium. It burns cool and clean at a reasonable pace with a very consistent taste. Both leaves hardly any moisture at the bottom of the bowl, and need an average number of relights. Both have an short lived, pleasant after taste and room note. Both are all day smokes. I gave the original two stars. This gets three because of the lack of bite, and it's smoother than the original even if it isn't a perfect match.

-JimInks