Gall, 14 January 2015 - 06:17 PM, написал:
Как правильно отметил Андрей Штин в другой теме - эту смесь определяет основа. Пошла она от колоний французских... Вроде как и сигареты их типа Житан строятся именно на этой основе, а сигарные добавки это уже вариации?
Французская смесь
Эти смеси не менее популярны в Швейцарии.
Выделяются за счёт содержания CIGAR LEAF - сигарных сортов из Латинской Америки. Наиболее популярны тонко нарезанные тёмные табаки, без вкусовых добавок, благодаря табакам выращенным в Доминиканской республике из семян кубинских сигарных сортов, пахнут как гаванские сигары и отличаются высокой крепостью.
Наиболее яркие представители: CAPORAL, ST CLAUD
Imperial Tobacco Group, PLC - Saint Claude
Blend Type Cigar Leaf Based
Contents Burley, Cigar Leaf, Virginia
In France we call this blend type "braun tobacco". I don't know if there's a counterpart word in english. Whatever ! You must smoke this tobacco dryer that an aromatic tobacco or an english blend, so it can developp all his taste. Not too dry anyway, of course. I suggest you to smoke with something to drink if you don't want to have your mouth slurred because of the dryness of the tobacco. The taste is rather strong, but not the nicotine strength. So if you want a "heavy" tobacco without being dizzy, this tobacco is for you. Even if you're a young smoker. To me, this blend type ("braun" or natural) is my every day tobacco. And when I want more sophisticated taste, I turn to english mixtures. If I can smoke it every day, it's because I find it good. So I highly recommend it.
Similar Blends: Traditab - 1637, Joseph Martin - Semois Lux No. 3, Joseph Martin - Langue de Chien, Joseph Martin - Old Bohan, Vincent Manil - Réserve du Patron, Vincent Manil - La Brumeuse.
Also brought by French buddies of mine, at the same time as the Caporal and Caporal Export.
This is a more refined and smoother version than the Caporal line, in accordance with some of the other reviewers.
Less acrid and harsh, but still strong,
because based on the Scaferlati tobacco. But I managed to finish off the pouch.
I guess I could like it if I smoked it while getting drunk on Calvados: the strong liquor would smooth out the strong bakkie. But I didn't try it.
For those who have hair on their chest only.
Cheap french drugstore Caporal blend The same leaf as in Gaulloises cigarettes but more rough-cut. It burns damn fast, and is impossible to inhale without getting serious breathing problems. And no, I'm not a neophyte - I smoke Royal Yacht and love it.
If you like Caporal style blends, this might ring your bell - I'll just steer clear.......
One of the classic French national offerings, made for about 92.5% of tobacco and the rest of additives (which certainly contribute to the strong sweetish/honeyish smell of the mixture) as the pouch states. It comes quite dry, in a ribbon cut which is more suitable for pipe smoking than the shag cut of many similar Italian offerings. The taste is, anyway, similar to that of the Italian traditional tobaccos (after all, Italy and France are quite near...): half way between Comune and Forte, if you have tried them. The taste offers a rustic taste which shows some sweetness from the virginias and some woody bitterness (especially at the end of the bowl)
typical of burley or kentucky. It is also reminiscent of some versions of Half&Half that have appeared in these last years. Not a completely bad tobacco, but not one that I would gladly smoke every day... It burns fast and even. Beware because it dries VERY fast, and when it does it becomes unbearably bitter like a bad cigar! Well, it does so even when at the right moisture... but only at the end of the bowl!
Изменено: GilGalad, 14 January 2015 - 07:07 PM