![]() This seemed to work for me but I have wider bowled pipes. Packing: I usually folded two coins and stuffed them into my pipe and then rubbed out 1-2 coins and filled that on top. Light brown to a bit darker brown is what you get here. However, this is the lightest colored roll cake that I remember getting from them. If you have sampled any of their other Roll Cake blends (and I highly suggest that you do, especially Dark Twist) then you know what to expect here. Let’s get to it then.Īppearance: This comes as a standard MacBaren Roll Cake. There is A LOT going on in this blend and vanilla is just scratching the surface. ![]() It’s a wonder sometimes that any of us lasted after those fire burners. I think that most of us cut our teeth on crappy vanilla and cherry blends. I will say that first off this is not your Grandpa’s Vanilla blend. Just kidding, I smoke several that would be considered light aromatics or straight up aro blends quite often. Should I start this off like so many other reviews on TR? I don’t usually smoke aromatics but……. Pipe Used: Small Bowl Canadian and Fat Author This is going into my rotation for when I want something a little sweeter but with a good tobacco base and/or if I'm going to be smoking around others. Burned well either way and provided a nice long smoke. I followed that by folding/pressing in an Author shape using some of the "shavings" as tinder on top. I tried them first broken up in a small canadian that I use as a tasting pipe. ![]() The vanilla is a nice touch, it's mildly in the taste but much stronger in the room note which my wife complimented. There is just a little spice from the KY. The main taste that I got was sweetness from the Virginias. The were easy to light and burned very well. They are very similar in size to Three Nuns or the other MB coins. The moisture level was ideal in the bag and it's very easy to prepare the coins however you want. The bag note was sweet, but not nearly as strong vanilla as say 1Q. I'm a big fan of coin cut/curly tobaccos so I was excited to give the vanilla roll cake a try. Not quite an all day smoke, but it is repeatable. ![]() Leaves little dampness in the bowl, and requires a few more than an average number of relights. The coins are rather pliable, and moderately moist so they don’t need any dry time. The topping does weaken a mite toward the finish. As the creamy smoothly sweet Madagascar vanilla topping mildly tones down the tobaccos, it also synergistically unites with them to create a mostly consistent, piquant, creamy sweet and tingly spicy, fragrantly floral, zesty, well balanced, complex, deeply rich flavor that extends to the pleasantly lasting after taste. Won’t bite or get harsh, but it does have a few minute rough edges. The strength and nic-hit are a step past the medium mark. The burley provides a lot of earth, wood, nuts and herbs as a strong component that plays above its percentage in the mix. The various gold and light brown, fragrantly floral Virginias and Virginia cavendish offer a lot of tart and tangy citrus, some grass/hay, tartly sour lemon, sugar, bread and toast, light tangy dark fruit, earth, vegetation, wood and spice, along with slight acidity and incense. ![]()
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