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Old 11-01-2009, 12:54 PM   #8
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Default Re: How do you tell tobacco types? Newbie help

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Originally Posted by kzm007 View Post
...do I look at a tobacco and say, "Oh, this is a Virginia, this is a Latkia, this is a Cavendish, this is an English, etc."?
Maybe someone can tell by looking but I sure couldn't. I can't tell by smelling it either. Nor can I tell, for sure, by smoking it. It's hard for me to spot burley mixed with VA and perique and it sometimes takes a few bowls or pipe changes to decide if a blend is english, balkan or oriental.
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