Motzek Type 5 English Art

(3.40)
In particular, the lover of English latakia blends is familiar with the problem of bringing the good taste of tobacco with a pleasant room note into line. With "English style", we managed to crown the good, balanced flavor with a pleasant smoke. (Translated from http://deintabak.de/)

Details

Brand Motzek
Blended By Herbert Motzek
Manufactured By Motzek / TAK
Blend Type English
Contents Burley, Latakia, Perique, Virginia
Flavoring
Cut Mixture
Packaging 100/200g Pouch
Country Germany
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

3.40 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 24, 2017 Medium None Detected Medium Tolerable to Strong
The dark fruity, earthy, lightly woody red and brown Virginias take a mild lead over the smoky, woody sweet Cyprian latakia. The Virginias also sport a very light floral, fermented note. The nutty, earthy, molasses sweet and lightly bready burley plays an important condimental role. The spicy, raisiny, plumy perique is present in every puff as it underscores the experience. The nic-hit is a tad closer to medium than it is to mild. Won’t bite or get harsh. The tobacco has a little dampness. Burns cool and clean at slightly less than a moderate pace with a mostly consistent, rich, slightly creamy flavor from start to finish. Leaves just a little moisture in the bowl, and needs some relights. Has pleasant, lingering after taste, and stronger campfire room note. Not quite an all day smoke, but it’s certainly repeatable. Three and a half stars.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 10, 2018 Mild to Medium None Detected Medium Pleasant
Got to sample this tobacco recently and quite liked it. The unburnt aroma puzzled me though! It somehow smells florarl-ish, soap-y and almost like whipped cream. Not unpleasant, but different, than I was expecting it to be.

In the pipe Type 5 English Art is pretty Virginia forward, seasoned by the Latakia, which unobtrusive and light handedly applied. The taste is earthy, sweet, a bit floral, with some hay too it. The Latakia sports some mild smokiness and a salty character, reminding me of the sea.

Virginias and Burley dominate and are seasoned by the Latkia to make for a pleasant, mild and unobtrusive mixture that's easily an All-Day-Smoke, and perfect for people who want to try Latakia for the first time. The seasoned pipe-smoker might adore it for it's mild smoothness and the rather pleasant room-note. Spicy-sweet and smoky. A solid smoke, that's 3-star worthy to my palate!
Pipe Used: Clay Pipe
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 11, 2017 Medium None Detected Medium Tolerable
I really enjoyed this blend, but found the name of English Art to be a little misleading. To my tastes and without looking at the contents or such, this tasted like a VaBurPer. I guess I sensed a smokiness, but found it more akin to the smokiness of Dark Fired Kentucky to that of Cyprian Latakia.

I guess you can say that the presence of latakia is very light, so much so that I questioned its existence altogether both in the tin (bag really) note or in the combustion of its contents. I think the star to my tastes was the burley and the Virginia. So much so that I would and did classify and group this blends with my VaBurs among my open containers. There is a nutty and earthy sweetness that runs deep in this one and there is a touch of spice from perique, but it is lightly applied.

I found it to be a very tasty blend somewhere between three and four stars. I am leaving it at three as it isn't Strang and it isn't (IMHO) a true English blend. I do however, understand that under the various definitions of English in our hobby, almost anything can be called English. I think the majority of us consider it a blend that primarily consists of Virginia, Latakia and Oriental.
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