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[cbr310]

Pete, how is the Balkan Sasieni? I got 2 tins a few weeks ago on sale at 4noggins. have tried it yet.

[NeverBend]

Pete, how is the Balkan Sasieni? I got 2 tins a few weeks ago on sale at 4noggins. have tried it yet.

Hi Matt,

I've only smoked 5 bowls but I liked it well enough to buy more. Not a deeply nuanced mixture but it has nice flavor and good latakia pop without overwhelming the Virgnia so there's a sweet line in there. Tinned more moist than I generally like but it has burned well and both smoke and burn are mostly consistent to the finish.

Hope that helps.

[NeverBend]

I received my order from PipeTobacco.Com today. 7 boxes and 1 bag of Gawith Hoggarth were correct along with a pound of Balkan Sasieni but instead of 8oz each of Mixture #965 and MacBaren's Virginia there were tins, 50 grams of the former and 100 grams of the latter.

I called them and they were helpful, apologetic and said that they'd ship out the correct 80z bags immediately and told me to keep the tins.

Not the way I'd want to get a present but the customer service was solid and I'm a happy camper.

Today I received the 8oz bags of MacBaren Virginia and Dunhill Mixture #965. Can't ask for more than that.

I was just on their site and they are selling out of a lot of Gawith Hoggarth bulks, possibly due to the merger of Samuel Gawith and Gawith Hoggarth (after exactly 150 years of being separate entities). I suspect that there'll be new packaging but also possible price increases and change in quality. Never say never.

I just counted and found that I'm missing a hole in the head so I'm headed back there for one last order because of the above, lots of reasons to cellar tobacco but mainly the price.