TOM May 07-Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Flake

[Slow Triathlete]

Just tried this for the first time last night. Thanks goes out to Evan for putting this in my newbie sampler.

Right off the bat I'll say that I really liked this stuff. I rubbed the flakes out fully and let them dry for about an hour before lighting them up. I packed them into my Stanwell Golden Danish Bent Acorn and went out in the garage because it was too darn cold on the back deck.

The best way for me to describe this, and I think it was mentioned before, is that this tasted and smelled like a very clean tobacco. I was able to smoke it slow since I dried it out and the taste was great. Pure virginia tobacco. This is the first all virginia tobacco that I have had and I can't really remark on anything bad about it. I had to do probably about 4 relights because I'm still new at this and I didn't want to get it smoking too hot.

I know that a lot of people have this in their cellar or have tried it in the past, but if you haven't then definitely get a sampler or buy a tin sometime. You won't be disappointed.

[paperairplane]

I got a sample from Drob - I tore the flake into long strips and let it dry about 2 hours. I then used a chef's knife to dice it into cubes.

I think it greatly aided combustion, this yielded me a nice long burning bowl. For the straight VA fan, this is fun to play with... but I like weird flake tobaccos.

I might buy some in bulk to cellar... seems like some time would benefit this...