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McClelland Grand Orientals
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50 gram tins
McClelland's 30-Year Quest!
All but one of these new blends were created without Latakia because McClelland wanted you to be able to experience the flavors unmasked by the effects of that very distinctive condiment.
Discover The Nuances of These Singular Varietals:
YENIDJE SUPREME. Oriental tobacco cultivation began in the 1600s around the villages of Yenidje and Kirdzhali after Venetian and Genoese traders introduced tobacco smoking to the area in the 1500s. The classic Basma seed introduced there over 300 years ago is believed by some to derive from an ancient Venezuelan variety of Nicotiana Tabacum named Barinas. The very finest Xanthi still comes from the original Yenidje (Genesaia) area of Western Thrace just north of the modern town of Xanthi. It is the Xanthi-Yaka-Basma and the Xanthi-Djebel-Basma that comprise the legendary Yenidje leaf which is thin, full-bodied, flexible, with fine veins. Full of oils, the best leaves are quite small, yellow to brown in color, with a pleasant, delicate aroma and sweet, mild, fresh flavor. Discover why this particular classic Xanthi (the Yenidje of old) with its refreshing sweetness is known as “The Queen of Tobaccos.”
YENIDJE HIGHLANDER. The same blend as Yenidje Supreme except Latakia is added.
YENICE AGONYA. Agonya is the famous Turkish tobacco from the Sea of Marmara district of Yenice (pronounced Yenidje in Turkish) which lies to the southeast of Canakhale. This is the anciently famous area of Troy or Illium south of the Hellespont. The Hamdibey or Agonya district plants the Agonya seed, a Kabakulak variety of Xanthi origin (that first Yenidje of legend). Agonya leaves are wide, fine-textured and oval with bare stems. The taste is mellow, the fragrance subtle. When the Greeks followed Helen to Troy, they were after booty, but they were a few centuries too early to share this elegant treasure. How might a round of calming, agreeable bowls of Yenice Agonya have changed history?
CLASSIC SAMSUN RESERVE. Samsun grows in the Black Sea region of Eastern Turkey. We have secured the finest Samsun Maden-Canek leaves. They are small, thin and elastic with a mellow, pleasant, distinctive aroma. Their sweet taste is like the sweetness in a nut meat or sunflower seed. They come from the hinterland of Samsun, mainly to the West of the Yesih Irmak River delta where the climate is very similar to the best Macedonian and Thracian growing areas. Samsun and all classic Oriental leaves are picked one-by-one as they ripen, like flue-cured Virginias. If picked too soon so that the sap remains in the leaf during air and sun drying, the sugars will evaporate with the sap. If allowed to ripen too much on the plant, the leaf will be dry and shatter. Tobacco farmers of the classic Samsun growing areas have elevated these harvesting and curing processes to high art. Taste what comes of 350 years of experience.
BLACK SEA SOKHOUM. Sokhoum tobacco is grown on the mountain slopes in Georgia beyond the far Eastern shore of the Black Sea. It is considered by many to be among the finest Oriental tobaccos grown. Sokhoum is a strain of Samsun seed and the leaves have the appearance of Samsun and share a very similar aroma, but the flavor has a quality that is almost cigar-like, rich and deep and mellow. This is the Easternmost of the classic Orientals. Fewer than 400 miles south of Sokhoum is Iraq.
KATERINI CLASSIC. Katerini is a very important tobacco producing area southwest of Thessalonika on mountain slopes of mainland Greece (Western Macedonia). The small, heart-shaped leaf that takes the area's name and makes it legendary is grown from Samsun seed. Katerinileaf is light golden in color, delicate, elastic, porous and robust. It has a more subtle aroma than Samsun but notice its especially sweet, mild curry-like flavor.
DRAMA RESERVE: The famed Drama leaf is sweet and subtle with a natural olive oil like fragrance. It is grown on the Southern slopes and foothills of the Rhodope mountains, the classic Drama Basma District in Greek Eastern Macedonia and it includes the renowned Mahalla (about 25 per cent). It is refreshing, delicate, intriguing. This blend is designed (without latakia) to demonstrate just why the classic top grade Drama leaf is so celebrated.
SMYRNA No.1: These tiny, No.1 grade tobacco leaves from the mountainous Western Turkey across from the Island of Khios have long been prized as the most aromatic of all Orientals. They grow dense and extremely fragrant in this dry country moistened by Mediterranean Sea breezes. Look for a whole Smyrna leaf on top of the tobacco when you open the tin. Notice the tiny hole where it was strung up by hand to air cure in a time honored, labor intensive process. There is no Latakia in this blend. Smyrna is the defining ingredient in this sophisticated Oriental tobacco. |
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Yenice Agonya
Uban
(Unknown)
9/8/07 10:42 PM
Chocolate, floral, chocolate again - with NO topping. Burns cool & dry to the bottom & I'm buying 3 more.
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