MFG | Concentrate | % ---|---|---- FLV | Connecticut Shade | 0.3 FLV | Cured Tobacco | 1.3 FLV | Kentucky Blend | 0.8 FLV | Mango | 1.3 FLV | Virginia Tobacco | 1.2 INW | Shisha Vanilla | 1.5
It's a Cigar, with vanilla and a hint of Mango.
The goal here was to make a vanilla mango cigar that did not smack of "bottom of the display blunts" I wanted a solid mid-grade Caribbean type tobacco note. I think I did well, let me know your thoughts :)
Flavorah has done a superb job with their tobacco concentrates. IMO they raised the bar for tobacco concentrates and blurred the lines between NETs and imitations bringing a level of realism to the ersatz that boggles the mind.
FLV Cured - I have many times mentioned that this flavor is a "Generic cigarish tobacco" It is a really good base that is easy to bend into cigar or pipe. It does not lend well to cigarette outside of some fringe ROY bulks. Anyways here it is used as a base to build a cigar from.
FLV Connecticut Shade - If you have heard me talk about FLV much you have heard me say that this is a really good cigar wrapper leaf flavor. It has some really cool "offnotes" hints of coffee, chocolate, maybe a little spice(anise). It is a great building block for a cigar. Used here to lend a little more complexity to the profile. But mainly to bring hints of Caribbean tobacco to the table.
FLV Kentucky Blend - An interesting one. Another generic tobacco with hint of ash and a hint of smoke. Great for a cigarette type and also to lend a "smoking" to any tobacco blend.
FLV Virginia - A specific sweet virginia feel concentrate with the spicy "tongue bite" notes that accompany many Virginias. Used here to boost sweet and cut some of the dark from Kentucky Blend. But also for it's spicy notes to blend with the "mid-grade cigar" profile.
FLV Mango - Because Mango all the things, all the time. Used low here in relation to the strength of the profile. I just want a mango note to pop out here and there. This will change according to your airflow and power.
INW Shisha Vanilla - Because Vanilla all the things all the time. And also because FLV does not have a straight vanilla. I am using this specific vanilla for it's three characteristics and it's ability to stay present against a strong profile. It brings of course vanilla, a cream note to help lend a little more body and finally adds some more sweet without being cloying.
I shake and vape this, to be perfectly honest I have not had a bottle last over two weeks. It does change a little bit, tobacco gets more nuanced, vanilla comes forward a little more and the mango keeps playing in the background.
Edit: I have since mixed multiple large batches of this to experience it on the long steep. IS GOOD! It stays a mid-grade cigarish tobacco with hints of vanilla and mango. :) This mix is also really good without the Mango!
My one word description for this magnificent stuff?
#SULTRY
I might be a bit biased because
> Mango all the things, all the time.
speaks to my soul. But this is one of my all-time favorite recipes, ever. And this is coming from someone who never had much interest in tobacco recipes before. Now I do; this is the recipe that officially converted me. In my review on ATF, I made my amazement that a vanilla mango cigar did not come out all soggy and gross and somehow "did not smack of 'bottom of the display blunts'" very clear.
That was before that line about the blunts was added to the description, btw. If OP gets recipe of year for this he owes me a dollar or something for stealing that comparison from my review to re-write the description, just saying.
OMG people just mix it up already. It's soooooooooooooooooooooooooo good.
Haha, before I settled on a name for this recipe and before I shared it with you I almost named it Cigar10-T ;) And yes, I totally stole part of your review for the rewrite!
Well you've convinced me to give this a shot. Not much of a tobacco lover but I have enjoyed a few from time to time.
Honestly, this is probably "the one" for me. The one I can finally say is a permanent recipe I'll always make when I get tired of everything. Thanks for posting. I've been making sure I'm stocked on this since May. I do like it fresh after mixing though for more boldness. I don't have many descriptive words. Just wanted to tell ya that since Abuella, I've been trying your new recipes as well (just mixed bloody mango on the 3rd (great snv)).
This shit is amazing.
I didn't think I'd like it but mixed it because I figured I'd try and and hot damn it's addicting.
Glad you enjoy it. I think the only people it is a miss with are people that are super sensitive to anise, which I usually hate but the note is faint in Connecticut Shade to begin with and it is used low.
I actually love Anise and wish connecticut shade had more, haha.