Interesting Perique article

[Pipe Smoker]

Hard to believe that this appeared in the NY Times, but here it is:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/us/tobacco-lovers-discover-mystique-of-perique.html?_r=0

I'll be smoking some Escudo in the morning.

[Haebar]

That is an interesting article. Here are some Youtube videos of a tour of St. James Perique factory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYYqB4oSa7Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXkuquLnXEQ

[cbr310]

That was a good read, thanks!

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[Bruck]

"But for the purist, the only true perique is grown and processed in St. James."

True enough, but Larry the Tobacco Butcher makes a pretty respectable facsimile in KY.

[Chad Vegas]

That's crazy! Never knew the rarest tobacco in the world was next-door!