Newb here going from cigar to pipe and tried this tobacco. Loved it! is there any other tobacco that I can try that is similar ?
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Davidoff Flake Medallion
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Escudo, Peter stokkebye luxury bullseye flake, Peterson navy rolls
The cavendish in that blend make it pretty unique. Poplar camp (ribbon cut) from Cornell and Diehl is a va/per with black cavendish as well but it has quite a bit more perique. I think rattrays Marlin flake (flake cut) is also relatively similar to flake medallions in blend components.
Welcome to pipes! Davidoff's Flake Medallion's one of my absolute favorites too...:
P Stokkebye No 403 Bulk (Bullseye Flake) is basically the exact same thing.
For something that's similar but with a little variance try Mac Barne's Dark Twist Roll Cake or Vanilla Roll Cake, the casing is quite subtle but definitely adds a different dimension to the smoke.
Thanks for the replies and recommendations. I couldnt find any more of the Davidoff in stock at my local tobacco shop, so ordered som P Sokkebye 403 as Lukas recommended and some Escudo per Andrews list to try out. Keep on puffin !
pretty much any coin but I find flake Medalion to be kind of it's own thing. But all the coins suggested are totally worth smoking and you'll probably enjoy the variety.
That thing irritated my tongue like nothing else. Perique in that blend was just too strong. That was sometime ago. Leaving the rest in a jar for few months helped. But Peterson/Dunhill Navy Roll never had any issues, and super tasty after letting it sit in a jar for few months. Wasn't too impressed with Escudo.
One of my favorites in medallions. I get more intensity of aromas, than with other medallions.
So funny how everyone has these different experiences. I'm a huge fan of Escudo and DNR (for the record I find them quite different smokes) but I found the Davidoff medallions to be bland. I want to like them but I don't get much out of them. Will have to revisit at some point.
Different strokes for different folks.
Im a newb, so when I saw these ‘coins’ it made sense to me, since I saw the dark center, to either tear them apart so the center mixed in with the other tobacco or ‘eeeeek’ drop them in my grinder so it mixed all the tobacco together.
I tried folding them, tearing, taking out the center and sprinkling on top but the way I preferred it was to grind it up to get it mixed good.
Yes - we dumb newbs, but some of us smoked from a pipe for years before turning to ‘real’ tobacco
Im a newb, so when I saw these ‘coins’ it made sense to me, since I saw the dark center, to either tear them apart so the center mixed in with the other tobacco or ‘eeeeek’ drop them in my grinder so it mixed all the tobacco together.
I tried folding them, tearing, taking out the center and sprinkling on top but the way I preferred it was to grind it up to get it mixed good.
Yes - we dumb newbs, but some of us smoked from a pipe for years before turning to ‘real’ tobacco
Hey, if you're enjoying it, you're not doing it wrong.
Charatan: Rolls are a great coin cut vaper with a cavendish center.
I had a similar experience with the Flake Medallions - awful tongue bite. I find that rubbing them out completely and leaving the tobacco out to dry for a few hours takes the edge out. Also, the second half of the bowl is considerably mellower than the first. Looking forward to seeing how they emerge from a few months in the jar.
I don't know if this applies but one things I have experienced with the sadly small amount of D.F.M. I have smoked is it starts out sorta bland and just gets richer and richer as the bowl burns down. Starts of nice but ends incredible. It's one of those blends too for me where I always am shocked by it's end. I get into it and then as if for no reason the pipe stops having smoke and I go to stir and relight and realize it's all gone
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Completely agreed - I've noticed that more with this blend than any other that comes to mind. I was a little bit underwhelmed at first, but the last third of the bowl or so I find incredibly rich and satisfying. Shame it's so fleeting!I don't know if this applies but one things I have experienced with the sadly small amount of D.F.M. I have smoked is it starts out sorta bland and just gets richer and richer as the bowl burns down. Starts of nice but ends incredible. It's one of those blends too for me where I always am shocked by it's end. I get into it and then as if for no reason the pipe stops having smoke and I go to stir and relight and realize it's all gone
Really nice stuff, there are quite a few blends where I rarely smoke more than half to two-thirds of the bowl as I find the taste really goes downhill - this leaves a completely opposite impression to me.
I find luxury bullseye flake irritates my tongue as well but I still smoke it. I have to smoke it extremely slow. I don't think it's the perique as I've smoked some heavy perique blends and never had an issue. So I would put it at something besides perique. Red Virginia doesn't seem to bother me. Perhaps it's that Cavendish center, or there could be a topping or casing used