Troost Special Cavendish Pipe Tobacco Reviews

Open a pouch of this and smell the fragrant, but not sugary, aroma. The flavoring employed is a distinctive recipe that's rather hard to break down into its individual ingredients. To my nose, there's a good amount of chocolate for fullness, perhaps a bit of licorice, almond and at least one variety of fruit, maybe even cherry, This may sound like candy, but it's far better than that - one smells fermented tobacco aroma in there as well.

The texture of this blend is that of a flake tobacco that has been unevenly crumbled up, almost as if it had been done by hand. It was quite dry in the pouch each of the three times I tried it in 1997 and it tended to dry out quickly once the pouch was opened.

Upon lighting up, one notes that this does not taste sweet as might have been expected. Instead, the flavorings add a flowery aspect to the nutty taste of the base tobaccos, Interestingly, more of this aroma is experienced later as aftertaste than while actually smoking.

The smoke has a creamy fullness to it, suggesting Virginia tobaccos, and a zestiness that suggests burleys. These two qualities coexist in good balance with each other, such that this is neither a heavy nor biting mixture.

It's a notch or two stronger than a mild tobacco, but it doesn't smoke harsh. Overall it is reminiscent of Amphora red in character, only smoother, richer and cooler smoking. This one should have a lot of fans: aficionados of flavoured tobaccos would probably enjoy this step toward a more natural-tasting mixture and smokers of natural blends who like clean-smoking aromatics should find this appealing.

It leaves a rich and slightly musty scent in the room after smoking which, although pleasant, does indeed smell like tobacco and won't likely be mistaken for cookies baking in the oven.