Rattray Accountant's Mixture

I don't know what everyone else was after, but I kinda hoped for a heavier (more Latakia) Red Raparee, and maybe just a touch of sweetness. Bingo. This stuff is great. A little milder than Old Dublin, and a little sweeter, which, IMHO is what would make OD better.

I like this tobacco - very soothing.

A friend of mine who is an accountant bought a tin of this mixture, primarily for the name, and gave me a generous sample of it. When you first open the tin, you?ll think you?re in for a real treat. It has a wonderful, all-natural aroma with a slight sweetness and perhaps the scent of raisins. It is lovely in appearance, with beautiful Virginias in the blend, some of which almost appear to be rubbed out flake. The moisture level is good, though care should be taken when packing, as I found it easy to pack this too tightly.

Once under fire, however, this blend doesn?t live up to the expectations created by its tin presence. It is a pleasant though, in the end, unremarkable smoke. For me this rather bland mix falls into the ?decent smoke? category; nothing unpleasant about the smoking experience, but nothing particularly memorable about it either.

It is aptly named. Not because accountants are bland and boring, but because it?s a good mix to smoke when you?re toiling away crunching numbers or some other such task that takes your attention away from the flavor and nuances of the tobacco you are smoking. The blend for a late-night, contemplative smoke this is not.

Some reviewers described this tobacco - as the name suggests - as being not exciting, mild or even a bland and boring mixture. After smoking it for nearly a month, I´d say: I wish it was. It might be a great mixture, but I always feel a spicy or acrid taste on my tongue which I don´t like at all. It´s not a tongue bite as such, as experienced with most flavoured "tobaccos" but it´s a peppery taste, which I just didn´t expect and didn´t want. Without this spiciness and a bit more of the leathery smokiness and richness of a Black Mallory or Red Rapparee, this would certainly be a tobacco to honor its name.

A little smoked and notorios earthy notes. The black cavendish is present all thrue the smoke. A little piece of advise: have food in your belly because you'r going to feel nicotine in your head. Highly recommend this blend

Love Syrian Latakia. Had to give this blend a shot. Well if they are still using Syrian Latakia you could have fooled me. I notice all the tale tell taste of not Syrian but Cypress Latakia. It is a good smoke that any Latakia lover can enjoy but the unique taste of Syrian Latakia is simply not there. It is an enjoyable smoke with a smoky room note. Burns pretty good as well. I have a feeling that most of the blenders can no longer get their hands on Syrian Latakia any longer so if they use some in a blend you better believe it will be a small amount.

It's hard to believe that the same company that makes such high quality blends like Red Rapparee, Marlin Flake and Old Gowrie produces such bland, boring blends like Accountants, Professional and 7 Reserve. Is this a bad tobacco? No, it looks good, packs well and behaves in the pipe. Accountants suffers from the same issues as the others mentioned above. There are some subtle tastes to be found if smoked slowly, but for me not memorable enough to buy more.

I've just finished my first tin of Accountants Mixture and found it to be a very pleasing smoke. I was surprised to find it contained Cavendish tobacco as I don't detect any of the sweetness you ususally get with all the Cavendish tobaccos I've tried so far. I particularly like the subtle use of Latakia, it's not so overwhelming as you get in some other blends. It reminds me of Dunhills' Early Morning Pipe tobacco as that blend uses a subtle amount of Latakia. I've really taken to this blend and will buy more. I fing Rattrays to be fine tobaccos and would recomend them all (at least the ones I've tried). I can't think of anything bad to say about this blend except the wife hates the smell and wont let me smoke it anywhere near her. This is now one of my favouites and I'd put it in my top three. I like strong tobacco and this has the flavour of a strong tobacco with out being too much. I could happily smoke this all day. Highly recommended.

This contains ore unsweetened black CA than Latakia. It is not a full mixture.

It needs to age a bit because it can bite despite being a dark mixture.

I was a bit disappointed.

A nice tobacco, where the Latakia is a minority and not really detectable. The key players are the Black CA and VAs. This would be what I could call a "light Scottish" blend.

It is a dark mixture which, surprisingly, can generate some tongue bite if pushed not too hard. The tin aroma is the sweetness of the Black CA.

The main flavors are the sweetness of the CA and the grassiness of the VA. The more I smoke Am, the more I am convinced that the latakia is less than 5% of the mixture.

Recommended for those who would like to venture into more natural blends or seeking a starting point in English blends where the Latakia is quasi symbolic.