Hey folks,
I teased, that I would get this new blend, with the "balls of tobacco". So here's the review, as promised. I know I have a Motzek Review thread, but this tobacco deserves its own thread, as it isn't a review per se - but a declaration of love! I hope you don't mind! I'll write a shorter, less raving review for the other thread these days, with pure facts and less personal feelings ;-)
But....
HOLY MOTHER OF THE TOBACCO-GOD!
This is the best tobacco I ever had... not only in presentation, but also in taste! Lots of Burley, lots of Orientals, some Virginia... I just smoke the 2nd bowl in a row and wrote a very, very long review with lots of pictures for the german blog I write for. I wanted to share some thoughts and pictures on it with you guys, too!
Excerpt from the german description:
"The Oriental-Praline". Roughly torn Oriental-leaves, some fine Virginia and nutty-ripe Burley, partly wrapped in tobacco-leafs.
Inside the bag, there are three kinds of tobaccos, all seperate and "stacked" ontop of eachother. I'll start with the top, getting to the bottom, as it came in the 100g bag.
At first I was perplex, didn't know how to handle this beautiful melange of various cuts... but once opening a "Praline", I got the idea... You got:
They are the complete mixture. The rough leaf as wrapper, inside the loose-cut and ready-rubbed tobaccos.
1 Praline is enough for 1 giant, or 2 medium-sized bowls. It contains the whole blend as stated above. As every praline has a different wrapper, each one is unique, not only in appearance but also in taste profile!
Rough cut tobacco
Some of them fill half of my hand... it's all Oriental leafs in different shades!
Take some rougly torn Oriental leaf, some ribbons- and ready-rubbed... there you go! You can choose which of the rough torn Oriental-varietals to use then. You can choose how fine or rough you want the Oriental leafs and what ratio they should be with the fine(r) cut tobacco (ribbons and ready-rubbed). But I attend to get the same ratio as the pralines, as they are GENIUS in taste...really.. the best thing I ever smoked, not only due to the lovely appearance!
The taste
The taste is outstanding... just as the bag-note. In the bag-note you get some slight fruitiness, lots of exotic spices and spiciness, ethereal-oils, nuts, herbs (thyme is one I could name)... very savory, with a decently sweet note to it.
In the taste you find lots of Burley goodness in form of sweet- and tart-nuts, dark cocoa notes. The Orientals are sublime... exotic and peppery spices and spiciness, different herbs, ethereal oiliness, very excotic and intense flavours. Virginias add slight sweetness to keep everything in balance, but this blend has a very tangy (spicy), herbal and rather dark aroma in general. Some malty notes, some earth.. very, very complex and lots of flavours to explore and savor.
Medium in strenght, but very full-bodied in flavours! Burley and Oriental dominate the taste, whilst the Oriental is a tad more prominent. This is not only for Oriental lovers, but also for the Burley-Aficionado, and everyone, who likes a very spicy, herbal, ethereal and full-bodied smoke with insane depth and most refined aroma.
Gentleman... I'M IN LOVE!!!! I WANNA SCREAM IT OUT, I WANN TELL THE WHOLE WORLD:
I'M
IN
LOVE!
I feel like coming home with this tobacco...I was a huge Motzek fan before.. but Tom Darasz (the head and head-blender of the company...basically he is the whole company, he has only 1 co-worker for production) really hit the nail on the head for my personal taste with this blend. I got 2 more blends with the order... I don't know when to smoke them, because all I want to smoke is this beauty... it fits 100% my taste...not 98, not 98...100%! I could easily smoke nothing else but this for the rest of my life, it has it all! Nutty, chocolaty and cocoa, exotic spices, ethereal... wow..., just wow!
The taste paired with the lovely, lovely appearance of the tobacco makes for an uncomparable smoke. For me, as a plug, twist, crumble cake and flake FANATIC, this is the icing on the cake cut-wise.
I really wanted to share my joy and happiness about this blend with y'all, so please bare with me for raving like a Backstreet-Boys fangirl
You know.. I was expecting much... I got delivered even more than I could every dream of! This raving is justified, it's a one of a kind looking- AND tasting blend, that's what make me go so wild about it. If it would taste "good" or "great"... ok... cool cut, nice idea... but the taste is so outstandingly good and matches my personal taste to 100%. It deserves some accolades, so here they are! 
Thanks for reading and sharing my happiness,
Deniz
I teased, that I would get this new blend, with the "balls of tobacco". So here's the review, as promised. I know I have a Motzek Review thread, but this tobacco deserves its own thread, as it isn't a review per se - but a declaration of love! I hope you don't mind! I'll write a shorter, less raving review for the other thread these days, with pure facts and less personal feelings ;-)
But....
HOLY MOTHER OF THE TOBACCO-GOD!
This is the best tobacco I ever had... not only in presentation, but also in taste! Lots of Burley, lots of Orientals, some Virginia... I just smoke the 2nd bowl in a row and wrote a very, very long review with lots of pictures for the german blog I write for. I wanted to share some thoughts and pictures on it with you guys, too!
I knew I was ordering sth. special when placing the order... but what came today overwhelmed me and topped the high expectations I had even more!Excerpt from the german description:
"The Oriental-Praline". Roughly torn Oriental-leaves, some fine Virginia and nutty-ripe Burley, partly wrapped in tobacco-leafs.
Inside the bag, there are three kinds of tobaccos, all seperate and "stacked" ontop of eachother. I'll start with the top, getting to the bottom, as it came in the 100g bag.
At first I was perplex, didn't know how to handle this beautiful melange of various cuts... but once opening a "Praline", I got the idea... You got:
Whole "Tobacco Pralines":
1 Praline is enough for 1 giant, or 2 medium-sized bowls. It contains the whole blend as stated above. As every praline has a different wrapper, each one is unique, not only in appearance but also in taste profile!
7 of them were in my bag, on top of the roughly torn leafs and underneath those, there was the loose-cut tobacco.
It's a joy to handle it... the pralines are too big for putting into a bowl, just rip them open, and kinda rub the wrapper leaf out to your prefered size
Then there's the loose parts, so I call them
Seperated ingridients of the "Pralines":
It's a joy to handle it... the pralines are too big for putting into a bowl, just rip them open, and kinda rub the wrapper leaf out to your prefered size
Then there's the loose parts, so I call them
Seperated ingridients of the "Pralines":
Rough cut tobacco
The fine-cut tobacco with ready-rubbed parts
So once you smoked all the pralines, you can smoke the sepearted parts. Or keep the pralines as rare treats and use the seperated ingridients for daily-smoking!
Take some rougly torn Oriental leaf, some ribbons- and ready-rubbed... there you go! You can choose which of the rough torn Oriental-varietals to use then. You can choose how fine or rough you want the Oriental leafs and what ratio they should be with the fine(r) cut tobacco (ribbons and ready-rubbed). But I attend to get the same ratio as the pralines, as they are GENIUS in taste...really.. the best thing I ever smoked, not only due to the lovely appearance!
The taste
The taste is outstanding... just as the bag-note. In the bag-note you get some slight fruitiness, lots of exotic spices and spiciness, ethereal-oils, nuts, herbs (thyme is one I could name)... very savory, with a decently sweet note to it.
In the taste you find lots of Burley goodness in form of sweet- and tart-nuts, dark cocoa notes. The Orientals are sublime... exotic and peppery spices and spiciness, different herbs, ethereal oiliness, very excotic and intense flavours. Virginias add slight sweetness to keep everything in balance, but this blend has a very tangy (spicy), herbal and rather dark aroma in general. Some malty notes, some earth.. very, very complex and lots of flavours to explore and savor.
Medium in strenght, but very full-bodied in flavours! Burley and Oriental dominate the taste, whilst the Oriental is a tad more prominent. This is not only for Oriental lovers, but also for the Burley-Aficionado, and everyone, who likes a very spicy, herbal, ethereal and full-bodied smoke with insane depth and most refined aroma.
I'M
IN
LOVE!
I feel like coming home with this tobacco...I was a huge Motzek fan before.. but Tom Darasz (the head and head-blender of the company...basically he is the whole company, he has only 1 co-worker for production) really hit the nail on the head for my personal taste with this blend. I got 2 more blends with the order... I don't know when to smoke them, because all I want to smoke is this beauty... it fits 100% my taste...not 98, not 98...100%! I could easily smoke nothing else but this for the rest of my life, it has it all! Nutty, chocolaty and cocoa, exotic spices, ethereal... wow..., just wow!
The taste paired with the lovely, lovely appearance of the tobacco makes for an uncomparable smoke. For me, as a plug, twist, crumble cake and flake FANATIC, this is the icing on the cake cut-wise.
I really wanted to share my joy and happiness about this blend with y'all, so please bare with me for raving like a Backstreet-Boys fangirl
You know.. I was expecting much... I got delivered even more than I could every dream of! This raving is justified, it's a one of a kind looking- AND tasting blend, that's what make me go so wild about it. If it would taste "good" or "great"... ok... cool cut, nice idea... but the taste is so outstandingly good and matches my personal taste to 100%. It deserves some accolades, so here they are! Thanks for reading and sharing my happiness,
Deniz
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