bentbulldog
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I've been reading an reading and hearing opinions. While I can understand that tobacco is very dificult to catgorize, my confusion concerns orientals/Turkish
A lot of people consider Latakia an oriental/Turkish. While I'm sure that the leaf used comes from the areas that grow "oriental" I would think that there is a big difference between oriental and Latakia in that Latakia is fire cured whereas orientals are sun cured. Latakia has that distinct smokiness that, to me separates it from orientals. The most descriptive explanation for orientals that I've heard is tea like, sour/spicy herby. But if you fire cure the tobacco, it becomes a Latakia. I can understand that leaves are referenced to by where they're grown but it's the final product that matters. So can anyone comment on this?
As for the other part, I have bought tins of Red Rapperee, Presbyterian mixture, 1792 flake, and of the Grand Orientals , Drama reserve, classic samsun, and yenidje supreme. I categorized these as oriental/Turkish blends (Latakia is little to none and orientals dominate) is there anything that I should add which follows this line?
A lot of people consider Latakia an oriental/Turkish. While I'm sure that the leaf used comes from the areas that grow "oriental" I would think that there is a big difference between oriental and Latakia in that Latakia is fire cured whereas orientals are sun cured. Latakia has that distinct smokiness that, to me separates it from orientals. The most descriptive explanation for orientals that I've heard is tea like, sour/spicy herby. But if you fire cure the tobacco, it becomes a Latakia. I can understand that leaves are referenced to by where they're grown but it's the final product that matters. So can anyone comment on this?
As for the other part, I have bought tins of Red Rapperee, Presbyterian mixture, 1792 flake, and of the Grand Orientals , Drama reserve, classic samsun, and yenidje supreme. I categorized these as oriental/Turkish blends (Latakia is little to none and orientals dominate) is there anything that I should add which follows this line?