Aged Tin of Margate
Bonanzadriver
Master
in Tobacco Talk
Back in the beginning of the year I spent several hours utilizing my
google fu skills in search of Penzance. Having read all of the raving
reviews I had to try some.
While calling stores all over the
nation I found that everyone was out of every Esoterica blend. All but
one. He happened to have a few tins of Margate and was selling one per
customer.
I picked it up for $15.
It was heavenly. I loved how light yet flavorful it was. The tin note was great. The smoking experience fantastic.
A
few months back I found a member, on another forum, that had a tin for
sale that was 4 to 5 years old. His price was fair, $20, so I reached
out to him and me made the deal.
Being as I still had 1/2 of my original tin (only smoking it every couple of weeks or so, I delayed opening this tin.
Since buying this recent tin I came across a couple of other deals on 8oz bags of Margate and picked them up as well.
I
have a good friend in the Pipe world that has been incredibly generous
to my son and I and has given us several ample samples of great blends
including RDF, Stonehaven and others. He and I were talking the other
day and I learned that he enjoyed Redcake and had never tried Margate.
So, I sent him the remainder of my original Margate tin and a nice helping of some 10 year old Redcake.
This
evening, while polishing a couple of ol briars, sippin scotch and
listening to Johnny Lang, I decided to pop the tin on the Margate.
Holy Cow !
First of all I love, love, love the tin note. The doily like wrapping paper was stained and awesome oily brown.
After
peeling back the doily wrap and removing the top piece of paper I found
a beautiful dark and mottled tightly packed treasure of delicately fine
tobacco goodness.
I gently removed small pinches of the lace
like ribbons and deposited them into my favorite Margate smoker... My
Savinelli 320ks Author.
If I had never had this older tin I could
have still died a happy man, based on my experience with the younger
tin I'd already enjoyed. But now.... Now I'm completely ruined. Don't
get me wrong, any Margate definitely beats No Margate, but this stuff is
heavenly.
So here's a big shout out and thanks to all of you who
so highly recommended this great blend and to matchstick for selling me
this older tin!
Dino
google fu skills in search of Penzance. Having read all of the raving
reviews I had to try some.
While calling stores all over the
nation I found that everyone was out of every Esoterica blend. All but
one. He happened to have a few tins of Margate and was selling one per
customer.
I picked it up for $15.
It was heavenly. I loved how light yet flavorful it was. The tin note was great. The smoking experience fantastic.
A
few months back I found a member, on another forum, that had a tin for
sale that was 4 to 5 years old. His price was fair, $20, so I reached
out to him and me made the deal.
Being as I still had 1/2 of my original tin (only smoking it every couple of weeks or so, I delayed opening this tin.
Since buying this recent tin I came across a couple of other deals on 8oz bags of Margate and picked them up as well.
I
have a good friend in the Pipe world that has been incredibly generous
to my son and I and has given us several ample samples of great blends
including RDF, Stonehaven and others. He and I were talking the other
day and I learned that he enjoyed Redcake and had never tried Margate.
So, I sent him the remainder of my original Margate tin and a nice helping of some 10 year old Redcake.
This
evening, while polishing a couple of ol briars, sippin scotch and
listening to Johnny Lang, I decided to pop the tin on the Margate.
Holy Cow !
First of all I love, love, love the tin note. The doily like wrapping paper was stained and awesome oily brown.
After
peeling back the doily wrap and removing the top piece of paper I found
a beautiful dark and mottled tightly packed treasure of delicately fine
tobacco goodness.
I gently removed small pinches of the lace
like ribbons and deposited them into my favorite Margate smoker... My
Savinelli 320ks Author.
If I had never had this older tin I could
have still died a happy man, based on my experience with the younger
tin I'd already enjoyed. But now.... Now I'm completely ruined. Don't
get me wrong, any Margate definitely beats No Margate, but this stuff is
heavenly.
So here's a big shout out and thanks to all of you who
so highly recommended this great blend and to matchstick for selling me
this older tin!
Dino
Comments
@Bonanzadriver It's impossible to hurt my feelings. My heart was broken way back in the early 60s' when they cancelled the original "The Outer Limits". Since then I've been a shell of a man.
But seriously ... great review. I'm unfamiliar with Margate ... is it an aromatic blend? The reason I ask is because we've discussed the aging of tobacco before and it was suggested that aromatics do not age well - and in some instances actually looses flavor after a few years. It just seems like non-aromatics and English blend really shine when aged.
I'm still holdin out hope that the SciFi or SyFy channel people will come to their senses and bring back SGU (Star Gate Universe). The Best Scifi Show EVER!