Peter Stokkebye Luxury Twist Flake (No. 402)

I decided it was time to try a flake, and this is what I selected. My selection was based primarily on looks and smell (almost like country air mixed with Raisin Bran). But looks are ultimately insignificant, as it all goes to ash...

This blend responed best to being rubbed, or shredded and then torn into small pieces. The roll-and-stuff method left little half-burned tobacco bits stuck to the bowl, and trying to cube-cut it resulted in the strips just falling apart anyway.

It smokes cool and dry, and is the first Danish blend I've tried that did not give off a vile sour taste or Char-Broil my mouth. It also seems to have quite a lot of nicotene; after my first smoke, I had to sit down because my head was spinning. However, the taste falls into two categories: remarkably similar to McClelland's 2045 Oriental (the blend previously smoked in my little ol' cob), or nothing at all. I probably would have enjoyed it more were my palate a little better developed and not ravaged by cigarette smoking. My girlfriend found it unappealing, and it's also a bear to keep lit.

If you're a Virginia fan, this blend may just ring your bells. Luxury Twist Flake has merit, but at this time, it's just not for me.

First foray into the world of straight Virginias and flakes. Did the stuff and puff method in one of my newer pipes, lasted for about an hour or so, counting relights.

Nice flavor that crosses between almost cigarette-y to hay like Virginias. Will bite if you puff too furiously. Left a nice white ash line on the edge of my bowl. Good flavor, but just not with that particular zazz that I look for in a blend.

Peter Stokkebye Luxury Twist Flake:

Nope Sorry Pete, this one just doesn't do it for me. Too much top-dressing or casing or whatever is used to sweeten this blend. Almost cloying.

Good tobacco for aromatic lovers with medium range aromatic blend cravings.

The other Luxury blends are fine and a couple(but not all) of the Latakia ones are very nice as well but this one is just foo sweet for me.

The room note is ,I suppose , all right but nothing I have much opinion on.

The strength is O.K. as well (body and mouth effects not overwhelming.) It's just that sweet taste that reminds me of the goopy Lane or Altadis stuff. Can't and don't want to handle it.

I am aware that I am in the minority opinion on this and that's O.K. with me

Recommend it? Only somewhat and to aromatic smokers. This is not as implied a straight Virginia flake in the traditional sense of the word. It is a very sweet blend which is fine if the smoker likes that sort of thin. I don't.

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Strong, smokey, calms down a little toward the middle of the bowl. Can be harsh at times. The virginia tasted a little tart. Perhaps some aging would do it some good. I have a feeling the reviews may vary greatly because some of this stuff may have been aged well, while other stocks are not. It's not the quality of the tobacco in question, it's the age. If your order was aged from the git-go, congrats. Otherwise throw it in the cellar for several months and we'll see what happens.

Luxury Twist Flake has an apetisant form and smell, packs and lights easily. Offers a cool, long lasting smoke.

Unfortunately this high grade tobacco has a mild strength and taste for my tastes. It has a sweet taste which has been enriched with a casing. I can't explain the casing, maybe it is just the cavendish, although it reminds me a bit vanilla.

The mild strength and less taste can result a fast puffing cadence which ruins the smoke. I hardly recommend smoking this tobacco very slowly.

If you look for a sweet and mild strength tobacco this one can be one of your favorite.

I was extremely impressed when I opened the bag, of all the Luxury series I liked the appearance of Twist flake the best. The smell reminded me very much of fresh made baked goods of some kind.

Upon lighting I realized there is some kind of topping on it, its not a aromatic by any means but you can tell there is a sweetener, and its not an all together unpleasant topping at that. I tend to like my aromatics...well aromatic and my english/va blends to be topping free but I rather liked the subtle flavor added to this. The topping does have one unpleasant quality though. I imagine when its not doing its job flavoring tobacco it moonlights as wood stain at some pipe maker. Rubbing it out would sometimes leave a gooey substance on my hand that would stain it a golden brown.

While the first light was an amazing flavor, it only lasted about 3 puffs and began to fade. It continued to fade for about 1/3 of the bowl and then leveled out to a mild, not very sweet VA flavor. I was somewhat let down by this, especially since the bowl started out so nicely.

Oh I did find a quality with this tobacco that was somewhat a double edge sword. Unlike most VA's I found that puffing to hard would drastically alter the flavor. When I started to draw to much the flavor would quickly turn to ash in my mouth, literally, it tasted like ash and nothing like tobacco. Slowing down would correct the problem. I say double edge sword because the flavor would turn revolting long before it would bite wich if a person was learning to smoke VA's for the first time, would be a great way to learn without having your tongue bit off.

All that aside, I wouldn't mind buying this tobacco again, I wasn't hugely impressed but I had to give it respect. It was good for what it was, it just wasn't what I was looking for.

Fourth bowl same as first--very mild flavor that becomes somewhat heartier a third of the way through the bowl, where up until that point I could not have been more disappointed in what seemed to be a flatliner from the get go. The next leg of the journey reveals more of the good virginia flake qualities, but the first leg is always a let down. Re-lighting definitely knocks down the already very mild flavor and makes what should be a pleasant experience a chore. There are, however, a variety of pleasant flavor shadings and transformations half way through the bowl which continue to excite the pallet almost to the point of redemption, and for now, I'm willing to continue my exploration of this tabac.

My original review was lost somehow. A flake pretty enough to frame. Stokkebye makes some of the softest, low-moisture flakes that are easy to lite.

I like this better than Troot Slices or Mac Burnout's Dark Twist or most aromatic blends for that matter. I gave this a try because my favorite tobacco-man personally bade me, the late Peter Stokkebye.

LTF has an aroma of Danish pastry, when Danish pastries were made with real butter; crisp, tender, flakey and found on bakery shelves, and were not made with vegetable shortening and stuffed into shrink wrap as a gooey "treat".

LTF is delicate, moderately cool, provides copious smoke, and worthwhile if mild, simple aromatic tobacco in flake-form is your deal. The price for 1 1/2 lbs. is hard to beat.

I smoked a ton of this. Its like the other version of Navy Flake they offer without the perique. (Since you can barely notice the perique in that they are similar). It has more bite than Orliks golden slices, a little more pronounced flavor,sweeter- but it is a little grassy notes that eventually drove me back to OGS. Buy a half pound, it is positively the best smelling tobacco ever! I bought a bunch once that was moldy, stokes is cheap....

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