Peter Stokkebye Luxury Twist Flake (No. 402)

This flake looks beautiful. The smell is very pleasant with caramel, coconut amd vanilla dominating and natural Virgina and hay in the background. Rubbing the flakes is very easy and also easy to pack the thin, ribbon like leaves. In the taste the flavour goes a bit to the background and the high quality Virginia tobaccos show themself. The N level is a bit higher than regular aromatics. Burns well and dry, leaving a fine ash, and keeping the creamy, delicious taste until the end of the bowl. Highly recommended as an all day smoke with some complexity.

Ok ..I admit it..I had a dread fear of VA blend tobaccos going back to the mid 90's when I tried almost all of the Mac B blends and other blends with a high content of Red VA tobacco. Just within the last 6 months have I started to try some VA blends and have been quite surprised, and this one rates as another of of my favorites! This is one smooth and cool character, if this tobacco was a person it would be that person who would be able pick your pocket if you with him alone in an elevator and when he denied doing it ..you believed him! This tobacco is SMOOTH..not once during the two bowls I smoked last night did I experience anything remotely harsh or notice any bite. The tobacco stayed lit without much effort and it was quite easy to break the flakes and pack my pipe as well. The pouch aroma was something sweet...I was told coconut and I find that pretty much spot on but while smoking it the coconut did not seem out of place at all. A perfect MATCH! Once again I have found another VA blend to add to my growing collection of jars!

I've been smoking this one for a while now and every time I go back to it, I fall in love with it again, until I run out. Tightley presed square flakes of Pure Red, Orange and toasted brown Virginia, with a very light sweetnes enhancement. The casing is neither over the top or in the way, but perfect. The Virginia comes thru in billows of smoke and the aroma is pleasing to all. Wonerful, wonderful pipe tobacco here.

I am writing this because I think ltf is a great blend for those who want a great fine Virginia flake that is easily found at a more than fair price. The flake cut is flawless and the tin note is lovely. May be a bit moist but this leaf should not be dry or it loses the sweetness inherent in its Virginia roots. May need a few relights but better to smoke slow then to heat this up. Lasts a long time in the bowl if smoked correctly. If you are into the savory sweetness of a pure Virginia flake try a few oz of this. You will not be disappointed

What a pleasant surprise this tobacco is!! I've had limited success with virginia flakes (probably more my technique than the tobacco)and I tried this one with some apprehension. I was surprised to find that it burns well, smells good, tastes good and is satisfying! What more could I ask for? It smokes well folded, rolled, or rubbed out, although I prefer rubbed. I highly recommend this tobacco. Up side? You may consider this a keeper. Down side? You can critique a really good tobacco.. 4 Stars.

First impressions: Ooh very sophisticated. This cavendish treatment on a Virginia is very well done. I'm impressed. Very smooth, no bite, wonderful delicious old timey Cavendish retrohale. It's really good. I find myself retrohaling almost every puff. The flavoring is subtle but present on every puff. The grassy citrusy Virginia is in some weird space between sun cured and dark fired. Very interesting. It's great on its own but would work well as a condiment tobacco too.

What can you say? You either like AROs or you don't. Do you like sweetened Baccy? If you do this is one of the finest. Is it sweet? You bet. Is is caramel. You bet. Is it vanilla you bet! Is it perfectly prepped Vas in an amazingly easy to use slice. Yeppers little Johnny. Is this good? No. It's fantastic. Don't buy if you are a straight VaPer or English. It's Danish so it's subtle. There is no tonquin. Danes aren't fond of it.

I have been smoking this blend for about two months now and it is always a delightful experience. The flake is moist and rubs out well. It stays lit and i have not yet had any tounge bite from it. Deep mild in richness, light hay and grass notes, sometimes floral. As a bulk, i feel it out surpasses many others and even many tins if jarred. I plan on buying another pound soon. Cheers.

After conversing with one of the guys at Iwan Ries about dedicating one of my Kirsten bowls for Virginia tobacco, he said let me get you something from the back and came forth with a sample pouch of this. Almost love at first sniff what's the closest thing I can think of describing the smell. I was initially concerned it could be a somewhat overpowering aromatic blend but was pleasantly surprised to find a clean sweet Virginia taste as well.

Some of the previous Virginian blends I've had have more of a neutral tea like quality. This one brings up a little more something with it. This one brings in a little bit of caramel maybe into vanilla and that sweet taste transfers all the way through the bowl. It tends to develop at the bottom very nicely. Getting it lit can be a little bit of a challenge but once it has a nice char top get smokes quite well and stays lit even when rested for a moment.

The flavoring is not very present but it does come through and adds some taste to it.

Even the wife was impressed when she gave it a shot in a cob. She's sometimes intimidated by flake tobacco but found it easy to work with and prefers it over some of the aromatics she likes since that flavor comes through.

If you have an aromatic aversion you might not care for this, but as another reviewer noted it's a great stepping stone to VAPer blends.