My new Mini Meerschaum and 1st impressions of Dunhill Nightcap September 16, 2012

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What a nice surprise when I got home last night…. http://imgur.com/a/rf0QK

I got a package from 4noggins as well, with Nightcap in it. I had my first bowl

of English just a bit ago, while watching the sun go down. Being an Aromatic smoker, I didn’t know if I’d like Latakia, but wow, what a delicious introduction to it!

So here’s my take on Nightcap:

On opening the tin, I was greeted with multi tiered aroma that brought back all

sorts of memories…grass, earth, campfires, my landscaper Dad’s work clothes

(which always smelled like coffee, hay, and chewing gum), my uncles who smelled

like tobacco and whiskey, and the familiar leathery smell of my first motorcycle

jacket. Being that I’ve been an Aro smoker, the aroma first took me by surprise,

but then the memories flooded with just that one whiff, and I thought “Oh my

gosh, this is gonna be tasty”. I had never had anything with Latakia in it

before, and I was pretty excited to light the bowl.

The taste on char light reminded me of frothy thick Cha…the thick tea of the

Japanese Tea Ceremony. It was wonderfully grassy and earthy, with an initial

mouth feel as if after taking a sip of that great tea. After the true light I

was amazed at the flavors….it was like a tobacco everlasting gobstopper! 🙂

The flavors of grass, hay, campfires, earth, a whiskey-ish hint, the

Virginias….it was indeed a rich blend of flavors. Absolutely delicious! The

flavors seemed to dart in and out, each hint of flavor peeking out then going to

the background one by one, all led by the nice camping/campfire–almost peppery

taste. (is that the Latakia and Perique that have that flavor? Yum!)

It smoked wonderfully smooth, cool and dry, with a distinct hearty feel and no

bite at all. There was a pleasant flavor in the background that I couldn’t put

my finger on….and it was most prominent when I exhaled through my nose. It

wasn’t until I got to the last third of the bowl that I figured it

out…..Nagchampa! It tasted a hair like how Nagchampa incense smells! Awesome!

I wonder if that hint of incense is why I’m so relaxed and “chilled-out”. 🙂 It

is a bit too hearty for me to smoke all day (felt like I had a meal after

smoking it! haha!), but definitely this is going to be a go-to tobacco for

evening reading or cozy Autumn/Winter nights.

Oh my gosh…. I think I’ve gotten *really* excited to try other English blends.