G. L. Pease Samugweeg

I paid an exorbitant amount (at the time) for this to win it on ebay when you could still buy such things on ebay of course. I am happy there were not two as I really didn't care for this. I also am not sure the other two reviewers smoked what I did. I notice the title of this review is Smaugweed, but the picture shown is a tin of Goblin Weed, in the red tin.

The tin I smoked resembled the picture; however, my tin was brown. As I understand this makes no difference as both the red and brown contained the same blend. I am assuming the other reviewers smoked a blend called Smaugweed, because I am sure there is either no latakia in Goblin weed, or it is applied so faintly that I couldn't smell or taste it.

If I had to guess the contents of this blend I would guess that it is a Virginia blend with some oriental(s) added. I am guessing the majority of the oriental mix is Smyrna (Izmir) as this reminds me of several C&D/Pease blends that do incorporate that particular leaf. The virginias form the base on this as it mostly behaves, to my tastes, like a straight va. There is just this sour citrus accompaniment that leads me to believe there is something more. What there isn't, is any kind of campfire or leather notes that I would expect to find in a blend with Latakia.

Overall, it is just "ok". There was nothing that repeatedly drew me to this. I did like that it had some body to it, but the virginia part of this could have delivered more sweetness IMO. Overall, it performed well and wasn't bad by any means. It certainly doesn't command the pricetag I assume it would now carry as there can't be too many left out there. YMMV