Setup: 5%: Druid with the short barrel, dual coil 9 wrap 24g kanthal, .37 ohms, 70 watts, cotton wicks
10%: Conqueror Mini, dual coil 9 wrap 26g kanthal, .55 ohms, 45-50 watts
Testing: HS Magic Mix @ 5% and 10%, 80/20 VG/PG, 3 mg nic, aged 2 weeks
Flavor description: Kind of dry tobacco leaves, ashy, sweet smoked plum or prune in the background. Not really fruity or too sweet. Flavor profile is the same at both strengths.
Off-flavors: None
Throat hit: Medium. The dryness of the Tobacco note kind of hits the back of the throat more. The plum/prune flavor hits more on the back of the tongue. 10% mix is obviously a little stronger here.
Uses: I think my preferred single flavor mix would be closer to the 10% range. If used as a base for a tobacco mix, I'd keep the percentage kind of high- probably in the 6-8% range. If you want to add a bit of flavorful ashiness to a mix, maybe in the 3-5% range. It could maybe be used like Dirty Neutral Base, but with much higher percentages. I haven't tried this yet, but if I were to try to mimic this flavor, I'd probably try something like .5% or .75% DNB and maybe .5% INW Smoked Plum, and 2%-3% INW Garuda. I might give this a shot and edit this with results. But that should give you an idea of what the flavor profile is like.
Pairings: Pipe/cigar tobaccos, fruits for a fruity tobacco, could try some nuts and caramel and vanilla.
Notes: I believe the INW Fortuna Strike is a clone of this flavor. They are certainly similar, but not really exact. Fortuna is almost a prune syrup kind of flavor with subtle tobacco notes hidden in the back. Magic Mix is more up front with the Tobacco and ash, with subtle plum notes. I probably wouldn't sub one for the other, but you might be able to get away with it. I'll personally probably stick with the INW because it's a little stronger and cheaper. I've always been hesitant with HS because it's more expensive and seems to need a bit more to really pop. Nonetheless, Magic Mix is a pretty solid flavor. I'll probably just rock it single at 10%.
Very nice. We need more HS reviews here. I haven't tried any more after Churchill. Hows that going btw?
I think today puts it at 2 weeks so I'll give it a try tonight and my comment in that thread. Haven't tested it since there day I mixed it.
Try any other Hangsen yet? I was feeling like a baller today and ordered like 9 new flavors, 5 of them Hangsen. Got Deluxe Tobacco, PE Tobacco, SE Tobacco, Tobacco Blend, and Turkish Tobacco. I've got like 15 other single flavor testers sitting around which I've been meaning to review, so I'm not sure how quick those reviews would come. Might just do a quick rundown on them.
I haven't ordered any new flavors lately. I am about to do a review of FA perique black in the next few days though
Awesome, looking forward to it! The only perique flavor I've ever had was when I first started DIY and ran out of nicotine so I bought a 24 mg Perique flavor from the tobacco shop to dilute down to 3 mg. Needless to say, the tobacco shop didn't exactly have the best juices. But it's kind of scared me away from trying Perique Black.