Mild/Moderate latakia blends

[Storm_Crow]

Boswells Countryside is a good light lat.

I'll 2nd Chelsea Morning. Honestly, if you can't find a GL Pease latakia blend you like then you simply might not like latakia.

 

[monbla256]

G.L.Pease Ashbury. Probably his BEST light Latakia blend that is absolutely biteless and is a true Balkan type. Not very well known here but truly one of the "classic" traditional English/Balkan blends made today

 

[idbowman]

Honestly, if you can't find a GL Pease latakia blend you like then you simply might not like latakia.

I have no doubt...with the exception of Frog, any Lat. blends I've had that I've enjoyed have been GLP blends - having now had several bowls of Blackpoint that I've let dry, I really, really like it. A lot. Sometimes the perique is a bit strong, but other than that good (which is odd for me to say, since I'm a pretty big perique fan in general).

I regret that I let one blend I didn't like - years ago - turn me off of a whole genre which I now find incredible. Oh well...spilled milk, and all that.

 

[s.ireland]

Sounds like you're looking for

...CHELSEA MORNING!

It's not heavy on the lat, has some perique and is a wonderful smoke. Medium-strong and very scrumptious. It's going to be extra delicious after Chelsea wins the Champions league on Saturday!!! :lol!:

Not superstitious, are we?! :cheers:

Chelsea...ugh.

I'm sure its a fine blend, but the name sounds a bit rancid.

Sounds like a CHAMPION'S blend to me! :cheers: :twisted: haha

I know you'll at least enjoy CM, Ian. Our tastes are similar, as you pointed out in another thread. I'd send you some but I'm currently out I need to fix that problem...

Ashbury does sound really good as well from monbla's review. There's just so many GLP blends! I recently tried a bowl of Bohemian Scandal... OMG! Such a balanced Latakia blend! Too bad it's now defunct

I forgot to mention SG's Skiff mixture! Also a very nice lighter English. I have plenty if you'd like to try... Maybe by then I'll have some more Chelsea Morning in stock as well

 

[Kyle Weiss]

Pease does such a good job working with the sour and almost astringent nature of Cyprian Latakia, it's hard for me to find balance in other blender's mixtures.

When I want Latakia flavor without the Latakia intrusion, I reach for EMP.

This comes from my contrary-to-theme bliss from some Billy Budd right now...which really mans-up one's tongue. 8)

 

[idbowman]

When I want Latakia flavor without the Latakia intrusion, I reach for EMP.

See, and this was that one blend that turned me away from lat for so long. Dunno if my tastes were still so aro-inclined at that point or what, but EMP is the one blend that I'm still gun shy about getting into.

Sounds like a CHAMPION'S blend to me! :cheers: :twisted: haha

I've pretty much come to the conclusion that my next tobacco order has to include a tin of CM...hopefully it's nothing like the football club which shares a namesake, being overrated and misguidedly fawned over by some Americans, even though they are clearly pretenders to the throne every bit as tasty as everyone says! 8) :lol:

Seriously, though, I'm looking forward to buying some...I'm pretty eager to give it a try. I was in a B&M not too long ago with the intention of picking some up, but they didn't have any in which is how I ended up with Blackpoint.

 

[Kyle Weiss]

When I want Latakia flavor without the Latakia intrusion, I reach for EMP.

See, and this was that one blend that turned me away from lat for so long. Dunno if my tastes were still so aro-inclined at that point or what, but EMP is the one blend that I'm still gun shy about getting into.

I think I recall you mentioning that. Interesting. I find the stuff so subtle but so balanced in its use of Lat that I can reach for it on a day when I can't decide if I want something mellow or something smoky. *shrug* I still have yet to dive into "Skiff" by Sammy G, but I'd love to find some other mixtures that do the same but perhaps have a slightly different tune to march to.

 

[desertpiper]

Still being new to pipes and lat blends (which I like). What seems like a mild lat blend to me is G.L. Pease's Meridian. I prefer Charing Cross at night, but Meridian works for a good day time smoke for me.